LGBTQ Historical Timeline

Equal protection for homosexuals under the 14th amendment

Jul 28, 1868

LGBTQ Timeline

Period: Jul 28, 1868 to Jul 25, 2015

Homosexuality and its Treatment by Jonathan Gilbert

Jan 1, 1920

(No exact date known)

The first group for homosexuals was created: the Society of Human Rights

Jan 1, 1924

(No exact date known)

First transexual play, The Drag, by Mae West

Jul 26, 1927

(No exact date known)

Famous lesbian novel, The Well of Loneliness, by Radclyffe Hall

Jul 27, 1928

https://www.google.com/search?q=the+well+of+loneliness&safe=active&rlz=1CAACAC_enUS587US587&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=701&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAgQ_AUoA2oVChMIhY6RzrL5xgIVxRc-Ch2JMg36&dpr=1#imgrc=Xwg_28uS50BNAM:

The first written account of successful sexual reassignment surgery

Jul 26, 1931

(No exact date known)

First U.S. tour for the famous German sexoligist Magnus Hirschfeld

Jul 26, 1932

(No exact date known) Roughly between January and March of 1932. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Hirschfeld#Later_life_and_exile

Visa Versa, the first lesbian magazine, published in June 1947

Jun 1, 1947

(No exact date known.) Roughly June 1947. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_Versa_(magazine) https://www.google.com/search?q=the+well+of+loneliness&safe=active&rlz=1CAACAC_enUS587US587&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=701&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAgQ_AUoA2oVChMIhY6RzrL5xgIVxRc-Ch2JMg36&dpr=1#safe=active&tbm=isch&q=visa+versa+magazine&imgrc=ruCQElNwKCdEpM:

Sexual Behavior in the Human Male by Alfred Kingsley published

Jan 1, 1948

The study shows that 4% of men were homeosexual, but 37% experimented. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Kinsey http://www.amazon.com/Sexual-Behavior-Human-Alfred-Kinsey/dp/0253334128 (No exact date known)

Harry Benjamin creates hormone therapy for transexuals

Jan 1, 1949

(No exact date known) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Benjamin

A report by the U.S. Senate calls homeosexuality a disease

Jan 1, 1950

(No exact date known) Roughly November and December of 1950 https://ecf.cand.uscourts.gov/cand/09cv2292/evidence/PX2337.pdf https://www.google.com/search?q=homosexuality+1950+senate+report&safe=active&rlz=1CAACAC_enUS587US587&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=655&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAkQ_AUoBGoVChMIzZTitLX5xgIVx9g-Ch2GIwmL&dpr=1#imgrc=ro7IkHUWsZ2jlM:

Eisenhower calls homosexuals a security risk and prohibits them from working in goverment: Executive Order 10450

Apr 27, 1953

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_10450 https://www.google.com/search?q=eisenhower+homosexuality&safe=active&rlz=1CAACAC_enUS587US587&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=655&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAgQ_AUoA2oVChMI09Tb8Lj5xgIVBjM-Ch280AX8&dpr=1#imgrc=-ZsZ7hKfoAFT6M:

First lesbian organizaton: Daughters of Bilitis

Jan 1, 1955

(No exact date known) https://www.google.com/search?q=daughters+of+the+bilitis&safe=active&rlz=1CAACAC_enUS587US587&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=655&site=webhp&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAmoVChMIrs7Z_Ln5xgIVCHQ-Ch18VACN&dpr=1#imgrc=-b_QNLJfgeobPM:

Cafe Cino opens popular gay bar, later credited for off-off-Broadway

Dec 26, 1958

(No exact date known) Roughly December 1958 Opened before it was legal to open a gay bar; a safe place for members of the gay community. Various art-oriented functions were held there. http://www.warholstars.org/caffe_cino.html https://www.google.com/search?q=caffe+cino&safe=active&rlz=1CAACAC_enUS587US587&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=655&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAWoVChMIw7az0bv5xgIVSWs-Ch026wkx#imgrc=R0XyUnOrShWNqM:

Homosexuality made legal for adults in Illionis

Jan 1, 1961

http://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/sensibilities/illinois.htm (No exact date) https://www.google.com/search?q=legal+in+illinois+homosexuality&safe=active&rlz=1CAACAC_enUS587US587&espv=2&biw=1344&bih=648&site=webhp&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAmoVChMIobn2qb75xgIVCXE-Ch2cXAO9#safe=active&tbm=isch&q=legal+in+illinois+homosexuality+1961&imgrc=vSwQC9q44RyXgM:

Transgender counseling available: support for and by transexuals

Jan 1, 1966

(No exact date known)

Stonewall Riots

Jun 28, 1969

The gay community of Greenwich Village, New York, spoke out against their treatment. It started at the Stonewall Inn, which was a considered a precarious place that catered to the gay community. http://www.civilrights.org/archives/2009/06/449-stonewall.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_riots

Sweden makes sex change legal

Apr 21, 1972

https://www.google.com/search?q=sweden+makes+sex+change+legal+1972&safe=active&espv=2&biw=1903&bih=831&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAgQ_AUoA2oVChMI1oGl2Nj5xgIVx3s-Ch3crgb7&dpr=1#imgrc=DdU4EzWO8zDyeM%3A

Homosexuality is no longer considered a disease

Jan 1, 1973

(No exact date)

Transexuals allowed to marry based upon their original gender

Jan 1, 1976

(No exact date)

Harvey Milk is the first out gay man to run for any political office

Nov 1, 1978

He ran for the San Fransico Board of Supervisors. He first ran in 1972, but lost twice.
(No exact date, November) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Milk#White_Night_riots https://www.google.com/search?q=harvey+milk&safe=active&rlz=1CAACAC_enUS587US587&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=655&site=webhp&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAWoVChMIxqbY4pCExwIVSjo-Ch2buQAp#imgrc=x5YM-7RV3KOimM:

National March on Washington for gay rights

Oct 17, 1979

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_March_on_Washington_for_Lesbian_and_Gay_Rights https://www.google.com/search?q=national+march+on+washington+for+gay+and+lesbian+rights+1979&safe=active&rlz=1CAACAC_enUS587US587&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=655&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAWoVChMIjLCIwpOExwIVyzo-Ch09vAwS#imgrc=JcL3-do5ynXDdM%3A

Wisconsin is the first state against sexual discrimination

Jan 1, 1982

(No exact date)

Homosexuality is legalized in Ireland

Jan 1, 1982

(No exact date.)

The IFGE is founded

Jan 1, 1984

The International Foudation for Gender Education (No exact date)

In Berkeley, Califorina, same-sex couples are given marital benefits

Jan 1, 1984

(They still couldn't marry) (No exact date) https://www.google.com/search?q=marry+lgbtq&safe=active&rlz=1CAACAC_enUS587US587&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=701&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAmoVChMIp82HgY-ExwIVRtk-Ch1d8Ads#imgrc=LV4gmwP_yHvHQM:

Homosexual acts legalized in private

Jan 1, 1986

Only for those over the age of majority. (No exact date)

First gay marriage

Oct 10, 1987

http://www.salon.com/2013/09/08/the_secret_history_of_gay_marriage/

March on Washington, D.C. for AIDS research

Oct 12, 1987

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_National_March_on_Washington_for_Lesbian_and_Gay_Rights http://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/12/us/200000-march-in-capital-to-seek-gay-rights-and-money-for-aids.html

First conference for gays and lesbians in the U.K.

May 24, 1988

Same-sex couples are classified as family

Jan 1, 1989

(No exact date) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_28

Native American term "two-spirit" is more widely used to name gays and lesbians

Jan 1, 1990

(No exact date)

First trans radio station

Jan 1, 1991

(No exact day)

Gay and lesbian couples get the same work benefits as straight couples

Jan 1, 1992

(No exact date)

Age of consent made equal for gays and lesbians

Jan 1, 1993

(No exact date)

"Don't ask, don't tell" in the military starts

Feb 28, 1993

Transexual boy, Brandon Teena, raped and murdered along with two bystanders

Dec 31, 1993

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/12/two-decades-after-brandon-teenas-murder-a-look-back-at-falls-city/282738/

Age of consent changed to 18 for everyone in the U.S.

Jan 1, 1994

(No exact date)

Gay Times newspaper starts

Jan 1, 1995

(No exact date)

The Defense of Marriage Act passed

Sep 21, 1996

The bill stated that marriage existed only between a man and a woman. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-104hr3396enr/pdf/BILLS-104hr3396enr.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_of_Marriage_Act

Ellen de Generes comes out

Apr 15, 1997

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDcreduSygw

Renowned article on transgender

Jan 1, 1998

(No exact date)

The first Transgender Remembrance Day

Nov 20, 1999

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_Day_of_Remembrance https://www.google.com/search?q=transgender+remembrance+day&safe=active&rlz=1CAACAC_enUS587US587&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=655&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAmoVChMIwrn5j7KGxwIVA9g-Ch3IHwKV#safe=active&tbm=isch&q=first+transgender+remembrance+day+1999&imgrc=-ur97n9V-5eCxM:

Gays and lesbians can serve in the military

Jan 1, 2000

(No exact date)

Vermont recognizes gay marriage and promotes civil unions

Jul 1, 2000

(No exact date) July https://www.google.com/search?q=vermont+recognizes+gay+marriage&safe=active&rlz=1CAACAC_enUS587US587&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=655&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAmoVChMI36C4q7iGxwIVw_M-Ch1AxQ9k&dpr=1#imgrc=s9chdUObFgLGOM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Vermont

Same-sex sexual acts legal in all of the United States

Jan 1, 2003

(No exact date)

Massachusetts makes gay marriage legal

Jul 31, 2004

(No exact date) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Massachusetts#Constitutional_Convention_2004

Transexuality is finally thought to be biological instead of psychological

Jan 1, 2005

Gay Marrige is legal in Connecticut

Jan 31, 2005

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Connecticut#Statute https://www.google.com/search?q=gay+marriage+connecticut&safe=active&rlz=1CAACAC_enUS587US587&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=655&site=webhp&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAmoVChMIr4-EqLuGxwIVhnM-Ch3aDAnH#imgrc=LTnaR7xuyCiCOM%3A

Equality for gays and lesbians in the workforce

Jan 1, 2007

(No exact date)

Sex-change hormones refined

Jan 1, 2007

(No exact date)

California, Florida, and Arizona ban gay marriage

Jan 1, 2008

(No exact date)

President Obama gives gays and lesbians completely equal benefits

Jan 29, 2009

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilly_Ledbetter_Fair_Pay_Act_of_2009

Obama bans "don't ask, don't tell"

Sep 20, 2010

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/23/us/23military.html?_r=0 https://www.google.com/search?q=ban+don't+ask+don't+tell&safe=active&rlz=1CAACAC_enUS587US587&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=655&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAgQ_AUoA2oVChMIr7y40cSGxwIVhjQ-Ch0YpQZi&dpr=1#imgrc=xUfiKPP8hi1TvM:

New York State legalizes gay marriage

Jun 15, 2011

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_New_York

President Obama publicly backs gay marriage

Jan 1, 2012

(No exact date)

Defense of Marriage Act banned

Jun 26, 2013

http://www.freedomtomarry.org/states/entry/c/doma https://www.google.com/search?q=defense+of+marriage+act+2013&safe=active&rlz=1CAACAC_enUS587US587&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=655&site=webhp&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAmoVChMIwsqd3seGxwIVTDw-Ch1-ogmz#imgrc=byqzW7uCSRwv7M:

Gay marriage is legal in Kansas, Oregon, and Utah

Jan 1, 2014

(No exact date)

1,300 same-sex marriages recognized in Utah

Jan 1, 2014

(No exact date)

Gay marriage can still be banned by state

Jan 1, 2015

(No exact date)

Gay marriage legal in all 50 states!

Jun 26, 2015

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/06/26/417717613/supreme-court-rules-all-states-must-allow-same-sex-marriages