Gay Rights Annotated Bibliography

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http://gaymarriage.procon.org/
The first source; http://gaymarriage.procon.org/; fits into our presentation in a variety of ways. For one, our project explains and discusses the issues the world knew, and still continues to know, with homosexuality. It provides the pros and cons of the rights for people such as these, (not trying to cause any offense here), as well as reasonable arguments and questions. The source provides important dates for as to when some rights were actually legalized in other countries. Another important detail in the site is the “Did You Know?” list; which provides a few more facts on the topic of Gay Rights.
Http://www.history.com/topics/harvey-milk
The second source; which is about Harvey Milk, is connected to our

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