A complete list of articles in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Events
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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