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Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Events

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July 19-20, 1848: Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention




July 4, 1855: Whitman Publishes Leaves of Grass




November 11, 1865: Mary Edwards Walker Is Awarded the Medal of Honor




August 29, 1867: Karl Heinrich Ulrichs Speaks Publicly for Gay and Lesbian Rights




May 6, 1868: Kertbeny Coins the Terms “Homosexual” and “Heterosexual”




1869: Westphal Advocates Medical Treatment for Sexual Inversion




1885: United Kingdom Criminalizes “Gross Indecency”




January-June, 1886: Two-Spirit American Indian Visits Washington, D.C.




January, 1892-July, 1892: Alice Mitchell Found Guilty of Murdering Her Lover




May 25, 1895: Oscar Wilde Is Convicted of Gross Indecency




1896: Der Eigene Is Published as First Journal on Homosexuality




1896: Raffalovich Publishes Uranisme et Unisexualité




1897: Ellis Publishes Sexual Inversion




May 14, 1897: Hirschfeld Founds the Scientific-Humanitarian Committee




c. 1899: Transgender Reporter Covers Spanish-American War Revolts




November 17, 1901: Police Arrest “Los 41” in Mexico City




1903: Stein Writes Q.E.D.




1905: Freud Rejects Third-Sex Theory




1906: Friedlaender Breaks with the Scientific-Humanitarian Committee




1907-1909: The Eulenburg Affair Scandalizes Germany’s Leadership




1908: Carpenter Publishes The Intermediate Sex




October, 1909: Barney Opens Her Paris Salon




1912-1924: Robles Fights in the Mexican Revolution




March 15, 1919-1921: U.S. Navy Launches Sting Operation Against “Sexual Perverts”




February 19, 1923: The God of Vengeance Opens on Broadway




1924: Gide Publishes the Signed Edition of Corydon




December 10, 1924: Gerber Founds the Society for Human Rights




February, 1927: Wales Padlock Law Censors Risque Theater




1928: Hall Publishes The Well of Loneliness




1929: Davis’s Research Identifies Lesbian Sexuality as Common and Normal




1929: Pandora’s Box Opens




1930’s-1960’s: Hollywood Bans “Sexual Perversion” in Films




1933-1945: Nazis Persecute Homosexuals




June 30-July 1, 1934: Hitler’s Night of the Long Knives




1939: Isherwood Publishes Goodbye to Berlin




January 12, 1939: Thompson v. Aldredge Dismisses Sodomy Charges Against Lesbians




1947-1948: Golden Age of American Gay Literature




June, 1947-February, 1948: Vice Versa Is Published as First Lesbian Periodical




1948: Kinsey Publishes Sexual Behavior in the Human Male




1950: Mattachine Society Is Founded




September 24, 1951: George Jorgensen Becomes Christine Jorgensen




1952: APA Classifies Homosexuality as a Mental Disorder




1952: ONE, Inc., Is Founded




1952-1990: U.S. Law Prohibits Gay and Lesbian Immigration




1953: Kinsey Publishes Sexual Behavior in the Human Female




1953: ONE Magazine Begins Publication




1953-1957: Evelyn Hooker Debunks Beliefs That Homosexuality is a “Sickness”




April 27, 1953: U.S. President Eisenhower Prohibits Federal Employment of Lesbians and Gays




1955: Daughters of Bilitis Founded as First National Lesbian Group in United States




1956: Baldwin Publishes Giovanni’s Room




1956: Foster Publishes Sex Variant Women in Literature




January 1, 1957: United Kingdom’s Sexual Offences Act Becomes Law




September 4, 1957: The Wolfenden Report Calls for Decriminalizing Private Consensual Sex




May 27-30, 1960: First National Lesbian Conference Convenes




1961: Illinois Legalizes Consensual Homosexual Sex




1961: Sarria Is First Out Gay or Lesbian Candidate for Public Office




1963: Rechy Publishes City of Night




July 2-August 28, 1963: Rustin Organizes the March on Washington




November, 1965: Revolutionary Cuba Imprisons Gays




February 19-20, 1966: First North American Conference of Homophile Organizations Convenes




August, 1966: Queer Youth Fight Police Harassment at Compton’s Cafeteria in San Francisco




November 21, 1966: First Gender Identity Clinic Opens and Provides Gender Reassignment Surgery




1967: Los Angeles Advocate Begins Publication




March 7, 1967: CBS Airs CBS Reports: The Homosexuals




April 19, 1967: First Student Homophile League Is Formed




May 22, 1967: U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Law Preventing Immigration of Gays and Lesbians




July 27, 1967: United Kingdom Decriminalizes Homosexual Sex




Fall, 1967: Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop Opens as First Gay Bookstore




August 11-18, 1968: NACHO Formally Becomes the First Gay Political Coalition




October 6, 1968: Metropolitan Community Church Is Founded




1969: Nuestro Mundo Forms as First Queer Organization in Argentina




1969-1973: Gay Catholics Find Dignity




June 27-July 2, 1969: Stonewall Rebellion Ignites Modern Gay and Lesbian Rights Movement




July 31, 1969: Gay Liberation Front Is Formed




August 26, 1969: Canada Decriminalizes Homosexual Acts




October 31, 1969: TIME Magazine Issues “The Homosexual in America”




1970: Amazon Bookstore Opens as First Feminist-Lesbian Book Shop




May 1, 1970: Lavender Menace Protests Homophobia in Women’s Movement




May 1, 1970: Radicalesbians Issues “The Woman Identified Woman” Manifesto




June 28, 1970: First Lesbian and Gay Pride March in the United States




November 28, 1970: Del Martin Quits Gay Liberation Movement




1971: Kameny Is First Out Candidate for U.S. Congress




1971: Lesbian Tide Publishes Its First Issue




March, 1971: Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center Is Founded




June, 1971: The Gay Book Award Debuts




November, 1971: The Body Politic Begins Publication




1972-1973: Local Governments Pass Antidiscrimination Laws




March, 1972-March, 1973: First Gay and Lesbian Synagogue in the United States Is Formed




March 22, 1972-June 30, 1982: Equal Rights Amendment Fails State Ratification




June 25, 1972: First Out Gay Minister Is Ordained




November 7, 1972: Jordan Becomes First Black Congresswoman from the South




1973: Brown Publishes Rubyfruit Jungle




1973: Naiad Press Is Founded




1973: National Gay Task Force Is Formed




1973: Olivia Records Is Founded




January 22, 1973: Roe v. Wade Legalizes Abortion and Extends Privacy Rights




June 21, 1973: U.S. Supreme Court Supports Local Obscenity Laws




August, 1973: American Bar Association Calls for Repeal of Laws Against Consensual Sex




Fall, 1973: Lesbian Herstory Archives Is Founded




October 18, 1973: Lambda Legal Authorized to Practice Law




December 15, 1973: Homosexuality Is Delisted by the APA




1974: Bisexual Forum Is Founded




1974: The Front Runner Makes The New York Times Best-Seller List




March 5, 1974: Antigay and Antilesbian Organizations Begin to Form




June 27, 1974: Abzug and Koch Attempt to Amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964




October, 1974: Lesbian Connection Begins Publication




November 5, 1974: Noble Is First Out Lesbian or Gay Person to Win State-Level Election




1975: First Gay and Lesbian Archives Is Founded




1975: First Novel About Coming Out to Parents Is Published




1975: Gay American Indians Is Founded




1975: Rule Publishes Lesbian Images




1975-1983: Gay Latino Alliance Is Formed




July 3, 1975: U.S. Civil Service Commission Prohibits Discrimination Against Federal Employees




September, 1975: Anna Crusis Women’s Choir Is Formed




November 17, 1975: U.S. Supreme Court Rules in “Crimes Against Nature” Case




1976: Katz Publishes First Lesbian and Gay History Anthology




1976-1990: Army Reservist Ben-Shalom Sues for Reinstatement




August 20-22, 1976: Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival Holds Its First Gathering




1977: Anita Bryant Campaigns Against Gay and Lesbian Rights




April, 1977: Combahee River Collective Issues “A Black Feminist Statement”




November 18-21, 1977: National Women’s Conference Convenes




December 19, 1977: Quebec Includes Lesbians and Gays in Its Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms




December 31, 1977: Toronto Police Raid Offices of The Body Politic




1978: Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association Is Founded




1978: Lesbian and Gay Workplace Movement Is Founded




July 3, 1978: U.S. Supreme Court Distinguishes Between “Indecent” and “Obscene”




August 8, 1978: International Lesbian and Gay Association Is Founded




November 7, 1978: Antigay and Antilesbian Briggs Initiative Is Defeated




November 27, 1978: White Murders Politicians Moscone and Milk




1979: Moral Majority Is Founded




1979-1981: First Gay British Television Series Airs




October 12-15, 1979: First March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights




October 12-15, 1979: First National Third World Lesbian and Gay Conference Convenes




October 12-15, 1979: Lesbian and Gay Asian Collective Is Founded




1980: Alyson Begins Publishing Gay and Lesbian Books




1980-1981: Gay Writers Form the Violet Quill




April 22, 1980: Human Rights Campaign Fund Is Founded




May-August, 1980: U.S. Navy Investigates the USS Norton Sound in Antilesbian Witch Hunt




June 2, 1980: Canadian Gay Postal Workers Secure Union Protections




1981: Faderman Publishes Surpassing the Love of Men




1981: Gay and Lesbian Palimony Suits Emerge




1981: Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays Is Founded




1981: This Bridge Called My Back Is Published




1981-1982: GALA Choruses Is Formed




February 5, 1981: Toronto Police Raid Gay Bathhouses




June 5 and July 3, 1981: Reports of Rare Diseases Mark Beginning of AIDS Epidemic




June 6-June 20, 1981: San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus Concert Tour




October, 1981: Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press Is Founded




December 8, 1981: New York City Gay Men’s Chorus Performs at Carnegie Hall




1982: Lesbian and Gay Youth Protection Institute Is Founded




1982: Lorde’s Autobiography Zami Is Published




1982-1991: Lesbian Academic and Activist Sues University of California for Discrimination




February 25, 1982: Wisconsin Enacts First Statewide Gay and Lesbian Civil Rights Law




July, 1982: Gay-Related Immunodeficiency Is Renamed AIDS




August 28, 1982: First Gay Games Are Held in San Francisco




July 14, 1983: Studds Is First Out Gay Man in the U.S. Congress




September, 1983: First National Lesbians of Color Conference Convenes




Spring, 1984: AIDS Virus Is Discovered




October 9, 1984: San Francisco Closes Gay Bathhouses and Other Businesses




November 6, 1984: West Hollywood Incorporates with Majority Gay and Lesbian City Council




December 4, 1984: Berkeley Extends Benefits to Domestic Partners of City Employees




1985: GLAAD Begins Monitoring Media Coverage of Gays and Lesbians




1985: Lesbian Film Desert Hearts Is Released




July 25, 1985: Actor Hudson Announces He Has AIDS




1986: Bowers v. Hardwick Upholds State Sodomy Laws




1986: Paula Gunn Allen Publishes The Sacred Hoop




January, 1986: South Asian Newsletter Trikone Begins Publication




September, 1986: AZT Treats People with AIDS




November, 1986: Californians Reject LaRouche’s Quarantine Initiative




1987: Anzaldúa Publishes Borderlands/La Frontera




1987: Asian Pacific Lesbian Network Is Founded




1987: Compañeras: Latina Lesbians Is Published




1987: Shilts Publishes And the Band Played On




1987: VIVA Is Founded to Promote Latina and Latino Artists




March, 1987: Radical AIDS Activist Group ACT UP Is Founded




April, 1987: Old Lesbians Organize for Change




May, 1987: Lambda Rising Book Report Begins Publication




May 30, 1987: U.S. Congressman Frank Comes Out as Gay




October 11, 1987: Second March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights




October 14-17, 1987: Latin American and Caribbean Lesbian Feminist Network Is Formed




1988: Macho Dancer Is Released in the Philippines




January 1, 1988: Canada Decriminalizes Sex Practices Between Consenting Adults




March 20, 1988: M. Butterfly Opens on Broadway




May, 1988: Lavender Youth Recreation and Information Center Opens




June 27, 1988: Report of the Presidential AIDS Commission




October 11, 1988: First National Coming Out Day Is Celebrated




November 8, 1988: Oregon Repeals Ban on Antigay Job Discrimination




December 1, 1988: First World AIDS Day




1989: Act Up Paris Is Founded




1989: Vaid Becomes Executive Director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force




1989-1990: Helms Claims Photographs Are Indecent




January 21, 1989: Death of Transgender Jazz Musician Billy Tipton




May 1, 1989: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Gender-Role Stereotyping Is Discriminatory




May 3, 1989: Watkins v. United States Army Reinstates Gay Soldier




June 2, 1989: Lambda Literary Award Is Created




December 10, 1989: ACT UP Protests at St. Patrick’s Cathedral




1990: International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission Is Founded




1990: United Lesbians of African Heritage Is Founded




1990-1993: Artists Sue the National Endowment for the Arts




1990, 1994: Coming Out Under Fire Documents Gay and Lesbian Military Veterans




March 20, 1990: Queer Nation Is Founded




June, 1990: BiNet USA Is Formed




July 26, 1990: Americans with Disabilities Act Becomes Law




December, 1990: Asian Lesbian Network Holds Its First Conference




1991: LeVay Postulates the “Gay Brain”




1991: Revisionist Criticism Recasts Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz




1991: Stone Publishes “A Posttranssexual Manifesto”




April 6, 1991: Asian Lesbians and Gays Protest Lambda Fund-Raiser




August, 1991: Leather Archives and Museum Is Founded




August 27, 1991: The Advocate Outs Pentagon Spokesman Pete Williams




September 29, 1991: California Governor Wilson Vetoes Antidiscrimination Bill




December 17, 1991: Minnesota Court Awards Guardianship to Lesbian Partner




December 30, 1991-February 22, 1993: Canada Grants Asylum Based on Sexual Orientation




1992: Canadian YMCA Extends Family Discounts to Gays and Lesbians




1992: Transgender Nation Holds Its First Protest




1992-2002: Celebrity Lesbians Come Out




1992-2006: Indians Struggle to Abolish Sodomy Law




April 27, 1992: Canadian Government Antigay Campaign Is Revealed




June, 1992: Feinberg Publishes Transgender Liberation




September 23, 1992: Massachusetts Grants Family Rights to Gay and Lesbian State Workers




October, 1992: Canadian Military Lifts Its Ban on Gays and Lesbians




November 3, 1992: Oregon and Colorado Attempt Antigay Initiatives




1993: Intersex Society of North America Is Founded




1993: Monette Wins the National Book Award for Becoming a Man




1993: The Wedding Banquet Is First Acclaimed Taiwanese Gay-Themed Film




1993-1996: Hawaii Opens Door to Same-Gender Marriages




March-April, 1993: Battelle Sex Study Prompts Conservative Backlash




April 24, 1993: First Dyke March Is Held in Washington, D.C.




April 25, 1993: March on Washington for Gay, Lesbian, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation




May 24, 1993: Achtenberg Becomes Assistant Housing Secretary




June 25, 1993: Clinton Appoints First AIDS Czar




September 21, 1993-April 21, 1995: Lesbian Mother Loses Custody of Her Child




November 30, 1993: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Policy Is Implemented




December 24, 1993-December 31, 1993: Transgender Man Brandon Teena Raped and Murdered




1994: Employment Non-Discrimination Act Is Proposed to U.S. Congress




1994: National Association of Lesbian and Gay Community Centers Is Founded




1994: Navratilova Honored for Her Career in Tennis




June, 1994: Stonewall 25 March and Rallies Are Held in New York City




August 6, 1994: Japanese American Citizens League Supports Same-Gender Marriage




September 16, 1994: U.N. Revokes Consultative Status of International Lesbian and Gay Association




1995: The Advocate Outs Oscar Nominee Nigel Hawthorne




1995: Athlete Louganis Announces He Is HIV-Positive




June 17, 1995: International Bill of Gender Rights Is First Circulated




December 4, 1995: Lesbian Couple Murdered in Oregon




1996: Hart Recognized as a Transgender Man




September 21, 1996: U.S. President Clinton Signs Defense of Marriage Act




1998: Transgender Scholarship Proliferates




April 2, 1998: Canadian Supreme Court Reverses Gay Academic’s Firing




October 6-7, 1998: Gay College Student Shepard Is Beaten and Murdered




October 9-12, 1998: First International Retreat for Lesbian and Gay Muslims Is Held




December 3, 1998-February 25, 1999: Screening of Fire Ignites Violent Protests in India




October 27, 1999: Littleton v. Prange Withholds Survivor Rights from Transsexual Spouses




November, 1999: First Middle Eastern Gay and Lesbian Organization Is Founded




December 20, 1999: Baker v. Vermont Leads to Recognition of Same-Gender Civil Unions




January 12, 2000: United Kingdom Lifts Ban on Gays and Lesbians in the Military




March 21, 2000: Hollywood Awards Transgender Portrayals in Film




June 28, 2000: Boy Scouts of America v. Dale




April 20, 2001: Chinese Psychiatric Association Removes Homosexuality from List of Mental Disorders




May 25, 2001: Japanese Human Rights Council Recommends Lesbian and Gay Rights




September 7, 2001: First Gay and Lesbian Television Network Is Launched in Canada




2002: Sylvia Rivera Law Project Is Founded




April 30, 2002: Transgender Rights Added to New York City Law




June 19, 2002: Gays and Lesbians March for Equal Rights in Mexico City




June 28, 2002: Irish American Lesbian Gains Canadian Immigrant Status




October 4, 2002: Transgender Teen Gwen Araujo Is Murdered in California




February 21, 2003: Australian Court Validates Transsexual Marriage




March, 2003-December, 2004: Transsexuals Protest Academic Exploitation




March 21, 2003: New Mexico Amends Its Human Rights Act




April, 2003: Buenos Aires Recognizes Same-Gender Civil Unions




June 17, 2003, and July 19, 2005: Canada Legalizes Same-Gender Marriage




June 26, 2003: U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Texas Sodomy Law




July, 2003: Singapore Lifts Ban on Hiring Lesbian and Gay Employees




July, 2003: Wal-Mart Adds Lesbians and Gays to Its Antidiscrimination Policy




November 18, 2003: Massachusetts Court Rules for Same-Gender Marriage




November 20, 2003: Transgender Day of Remembrance and Remembering Our Dead Project




March 7, 2004: Robinson Becomes First Out Gay Bishop in Christian History




May 17, 2004: Transsexual Athletes Allowed to Compete in Olympic Games




November 18, 2004: United Kingdom Legalizes Same-Gender Civil Partnerships




April 4, 2005: United Kingdom’s Gender Recognition Act Legalizes Transsexual Marriage




June 30, 2005: Spain Legalizes Same-Gender Marriage




November 29, 2005: Roman Catholic Church Bans Gay Seminarians




January, 2006: Jiménez Flores Elected to the Mexican Senate




March 5, 2006: Brokeback Mountain, Capote, and Transamerica Receive Oscars




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