Timeline: LGBTQ Historical Timeline | Timetoast

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Jul 28, 1868

Equal protection for homosexuals under the 14th amendment
Period: Jul 28, 1868 to Jul 25, 2015

LGBTQ Timeline
Jan 1, 1920

Homosexuality and its Treatment by Jonathan Gilbert

(No exact date known)
Jan 1, 1924

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

(No exact date known)
Jul 26, 1927

First transexual play, The Drag, by Mae West

(No exact date known)
Jul 27, 1928

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

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:
Jul 26, 1931

The first written account of successful sexual reassignment surgery

(No exact date known)
Jul 26, 1932

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

(No exact date known) Roughly between January and March of 1932. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Hirschfeld#Later_life_and_exile
Jun 1, 1947

Visa Versa, the first lesbian magazine, published in June 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:
Jan 1, 1948

Sexual Behavior in the Human Male by Alfred Kingsley published

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)
Jan 1, 1949

Harry Benjamin creates hormone therapy for transexuals

(No exact date known) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Benjamin
Jan 1, 1950

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

(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:
Apr 27, 1953

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

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:
Jan 1, 1955

First lesbian organizaton: Daughters of Bilitis

(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:
Dec 26, 1958

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

(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:
Jan 1, 1961

Homosexuality made legal for adults in Illionis

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:
Jan 1, 1966

Transgender counseling available: support for and by transexuals

(No exact date known)
Jun 28, 1969

Stonewall Riots

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
Apr 21, 1972

Sweden makes sex change legal

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
Jan 1, 1973

Homosexuality is no longer considered a disease

(No exact date)
Jan 1, 1976

Transexuals allowed to marry based upon their original gender

(No exact date)
Nov 1, 1978

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

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:
Oct 17, 1979

National March on Washington for gay rights

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
Jan 1, 1982

Wisconsin is the first state against sexual discrimination

(No exact date)
Jan 1, 1982

Homosexuality is legalized in Ireland

(No exact date.)
Jan 1, 1984

The IFGE is founded

The International Foudation for Gender Education (No exact date)
Jan 1, 1984

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

(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:
Jan 1, 1986

Homosexual acts legalized in private

Only for those over the age of majority. (No exact date)
Oct 10, 1987

First gay marriage

http://www.salon.com/2013/09/08/the_secret_history_of_gay_marriage/
Oct 12, 1987

March on Washington, D.C. for AIDS research

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
May 24, 1988

First conference for gays and lesbians in the U.K.
Jan 1, 1989

Same-sex couples are classified as family

(No exact date) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_28
Jan 1, 1990

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

(No exact date)
Jan 1, 1991

First trans radio station

(No exact day)
Jan 1, 1992

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

(No exact date)
Jan 1, 1993

Age of consent made equal for gays and lesbians

(No exact date)
Feb 28, 1993

"Don't ask, don't tell" in the military starts
Dec 31, 1993

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

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/12/two-decades-after-brandon-teenas-murder-a-look-back-at-falls-city/282738/
Jan 1, 1994

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

(No exact date)
Jan 1, 1995

Gay Times newspaper starts

(No exact date)
Sep 21, 1996

The Defense of Marriage Act passed

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
Apr 15, 1997

Ellen de Generes comes out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDcreduSygw
Jan 1, 1998

Renowned article on transgender

(No exact date)
Nov 20, 1999

The first Transgender Remembrance Day

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:
Jan 1, 2000

Gays and lesbians can serve in the military

(No exact date)
Jul 1, 2000

Vermont recognizes gay marriage and promotes civil unions

(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
Jan 1, 2003

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

(No exact date)
Jul 31, 2004

Massachusetts makes gay marriage legal

(No exact date) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Massachusetts#Constitutional_Convention_2004
Jan 1, 2005

Transexuality is finally thought to be biological instead of psychological
Jan 31, 2005

Gay Marrige is legal in Connecticut

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
Jan 1, 2007

Equality for gays and lesbians in the workforce

(No exact date)
Jan 1, 2007

Sex-change hormones refined

(No exact date)
Jan 1, 2008

California, Florida, and Arizona ban gay marriage

(No exact date)
Jan 29, 2009

President Obama gives gays and lesbians completely equal benefits

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilly_Ledbetter_Fair_Pay_Act_of_2009
Sep 20, 2010

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

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:
Jun 15, 2011

New York State legalizes gay marriage

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_New_York
Jan 1, 2012

President Obama publicly backs gay marriage

(No exact date)
Jun 26, 2013

Defense of Marriage Act banned

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:
Jan 1, 2014

Gay marriage is legal in Kansas, Oregon, and Utah

(No exact date)
Jan 1, 2014

1,300 same-sex marriages recognized in Utah

(No exact date)
Jan 1, 2015

Gay marriage can still be banned by state

(No exact date)
Jun 26, 2015

Gay marriage legal in all 50 states!

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