gays were denied jobs for being gay

gays were denied the right to gather in public or private.

gays were denied the right to send information on homosexuality through the mails and were denied the right to publish and diseminate such material

gays were murdered and beaten up and their attackers set free because they did it to a
gay person

gays were denied housing

gays were rounded up and put into jail and prison with no crime committed except they were gay

gays were denied the right to have sex with a consensual partner

gays were castrated and given lobotomies simply because they were gay

gays were given shock treatments

gays were denied the right to form orgainizations

gays were denied the right to even touch each other in a gay bar.

gay bars were frequently raided and patrons arrested simply because they were gay

gays won all their civil rights from the courts.

... any of this sound familiar?