In
the 1980s, the campaign for homosexual rights received government support as Mel
Boozer, an openly gay running vice-presidency, gave a Democratic National
Convention speech at the same time Scotland legalized male to male sexual
behaviors. On 1981, the World Health Organization (WHO) removed homosexuality as
a mental illness.
bullet In July, the Centers for Disease Control
reported that 26 cases of a very rare form of cancer, Kaposi's Sarcoma, was
found in young gay men. This was later recognized as being due to the presence
of AIDS.
