SAO PAULO, BRAZIL - MAY 04: Over a million people flooded the streets of central Sao Paulo this Sunday as the city's 18th annual Gay Pride Parade rode into town, with color, music and exotic fancy dress in Sao Paulo, Brazil on May 4, 2014. This year's parade called for the criminalization of discrimination of members of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) community, as well as the approval of the Gender Identity Bill, guaranteeing simplified legal recognition of transgendered people. As many as 400,000 tourists, both Brazilian and foreign, are thought to have come to Brazil's biggest city for the event, which is funded in large part by the local government and state companies. (Photo by Ben Tavener/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

The last nine years have seen an immense amount of victories, both politically and socially, for members of the lesbian, gay, biseuxal and transgender (LGBT) community.

From the evolving nature of gay marriage to greater legal protections for transgender minors, the LGBT community is gradually gaining new levels of validity and recognition in the eyes of the mainstream public.

In honor of Huffington Post's 9th birthday, we at HuffPost Gay Voices have put together a list of nine ways in which life for the LGBT community has improved since the site first launched in 2005. As we look back on these historic moments, let's both celebrate and still remember how much work there is still left to be done.