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... that when Dan Savage's book Savage Love was published, his advice column of the same name had 4 million readers? ... that Anita Bryant's participation in Save Our Children, a coalition working to overturn gay rights ordinances in Miami and other cities in 1977 and 1978, destroyed her career? ...that the GayFest of 2005 was the first LGBT pride parade in Romania? ... that African American civil rights activist Mel Boozer was the first openly gay person nominated for the office of Vice President of the United States? ... that the first same-sex kiss on an American soap opera was between fictional characters Lena Kundera and Bianca Montgomery in 2003, who were also American soap opera's first lesbian couple?