In the 1980s, the campaign for homosexual rights
a. finally triumphed.
b. made steady progress.
c. faced growing resistance.
d. received government support.

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.