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Alfred Kinsey publishes "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male"
Alfred Kinsey released a book compiling his studies on male sexuality. It includes his research on fetishes, sexual behavior, and sexual orientation - among other things. -
Illinois decriminilizes homosexual acts
Illinois is the first state to decriminalize homosexual acts between consenting adults in private. Many state had laws either directly against homosexuality, or against it indirectly (sodomy laws). -
Stonewall Riots Spark A Movement
Many consider the Stonewall Riots to be one of the formal starting points of the LGBT Rights Movement, when police raided the Stonewall Inn in NYC, the patrons fought back - leading to three days of rioting. -
APA No Longer Considers Homosexuality A Disorder
The APA took homosexuality out of the DSM. -
Wisconsin Becomes the First State to Ban Discrimination
Wisconsin is the first state to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation - which equates to easier housing, work, and school lives. -
Don't Ask Don't Tell Enacted
Don't Ask Don't Tell is put into place by the Clinton administration. It was the go around method of allowing gays and lesbians into the military. It was met with criticism from both sides. -
Lawrence V Texas
Sodomy laws are deemed constitutional in this Supreme Court case. Justice Anthony Kennedy said, "Liberty presumes an autonomy of self that includes freedom of thought, belief, expression, and certain intimate conduct". -
Mass. Votes Same Sex Marriage Legal
Massachusetts is the first state to allow same-sex marriages, granting same sex couples the same options and heterosexual couples. -
House of Rep's Protects Homosexuals from Workplace Discrimination
The House of Reprisentatives passes national legislation to ban discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation in the workplace. -
Don't Ask Don't Tell Repealed
DADT is repealed, allowing service members to serve openly regardless of sexual orientation - this is a major step in a country that takes such a level of pride in our military.
