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Gay History – July 27, 1967: Queen Elizabeth II Formally Decriminalizes Homosexuality in the United Kingdom
On this day in July 1967, just under 2 years before the Stonewall Riots in the United States – The Sexual Offences…
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Gay History – July 12, 1972: First Gay Delegates Speak at the Democratic National Convention. Sort Of….
On July 12, 1972 gay rights and political activist James Foster was added to the list of speakers at the 1972…
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Black History Month – Black Panthers Leader Huey Newton’s Pro-Gay Rights Letter
A little over a year after the Stonewall riots of 1969, Black Panther Party leader Huey Newton spoke these words on August…
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Gay History – November 29, 1990: G.H.W. Bush Signs Immigration Bill Ending “Homosexuals and Other Sex Perverts” Ban
LGBT History: November 29, 1990 - President George H.W. Bush signed the overhauled immigration bill into law, gay people, for…
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Gay History – November 17, 1998: John Lawrence Arrested In His Home For Having Gay Sex. Lawrence vs. Texas Begins
In 1960 every state in America had an anti-sodomy law on its books. In 1961, the American Law Institute's Model…
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Gay and Lesbian Rights Pioneer Phyllis Lyon Dies At Age 95
One of the founding members of the Daughters of Bilitis and one half of the first same-sex couple to be…
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Switzerland Votes To Make LGBT Discrimination Illegal
Voters in Switzerland have backed a proposal to make discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and sexual identity illegal.…
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December 10, 2019 – Today Is World Human Rights Day.
Human Rights Day is observed every year on the 10th of December. It commemorates the day on which, in 1948,…
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Gay History – October 11: The Life and Death of Heroic Gay Rights Activist Frank Kameny (May 21, 1925 – October 11, 2011)
In 1957, Frank Kameny was dismissed from his position as an astronomer in the Army Map Service in Washington, D.C.…
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Approves Coin To Celebrate Gay Rights
The Royal Canadian Mint is releasing a new $1 coin design next year, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the decriminalization…
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