Homosexual culture has become increasingly accepted over the last century. The United States has just begun to legalize gay marriage in many states, however some areas of the United States are still not accepting of homosexual culture. Many cultures in the world still do not accept homosexual culture. Some cultures accept homosexuality, others see the practice as a sin, others create laws banning same-sex relationships and marriage, and some punish homosexuality with the death penalty. Homosexual culture is referred to as LGBTQI culture and is shared by any person who identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, or intersex. LGBTQI was used to replace the term gay, when used to refer to the LGBTQI community. This introduction of the term LGBTQI was due to the fact that many people in the community felt that the term gay did not accurately represent all members. The LGBTQI community has a long history in the United States. The first gay rights organization, The Society for Human Rights, was founded in 1924 in Chicago. In 1955 the first lesbian rights organization was founded, the organization was called Daughters of Bilitis and was founded in San Francisco. In 1967, Harvey Milk was appointed to the Board of Permit Appeals, making him the first openly gay city commissioner in the United States. This was a big step for the gay movement in politics, however the turning point was the gay rights movement that occurred in 1969. The Stonewall Riots began in New York City in Greenwich Village. These riots kicked off the gay rights movement and brought it to public attention. The riots began when a police raid occurred at a bar called the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village. The raid was followed by riots that lasted for... half the document... the entire riot and its aftermath." Stonewall 25: Cases 1-2. Np, nd Web. 01 March 2014. Higgins, Andrew. "By Faced with the fury over the antigay law, Stoli says 'Russian? Not really'."The New York Times. The New York Times, 07 September 2013. Web. 01 March 2014. "NYC Pride." Gay / Nycgo.com. Np, nd Web. 01 March 2014. "Newfest: Festival of New York LGBTQ cinema." Newfest New York LGBTQ Film Festival RSS. Np, nd Web. 01 March 2014. Solomon, Jesse and Steve Kastenbaum. "New York's first couples marry under new civil marriage law of the same sex." CNN. Cable News Network, July 24, 2011. Web. March 1, 2014. "The Leaders' Conference on Civil and Human Rights." "The Center. Np, nd Web. February 28, 2014."The American Gay Rights Movement: A Chronology." Infoplease. Highbeam Research, nd Web. 01 March. 2014.