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Kootenai Indian woman with a wife carried messages between fur traders in Idaho
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The IDaho Territorial Legislature akes sodomy illegal, punishable by no less than five years in prison
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Led Idaho's public health crusade against tuberculosis and was a transgendered individual
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Became a witch hunt and pollice began arresting men whose crime was having consensual sex with other adult males
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Gays organize a Boise congregation of the Metropolitan Community Church and hold their first public worship service.
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the Democratic Party adds gay rights to its political platform
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Several Boise gay and lesbian organizations are born -- Community Center (Hyde Park)
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The first case of AIDS is reported in Idaho -- Newsweek writes that support for legal protection for gays is "politically hazardous in the AIDS-altered climate" of the period.
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Jerry Sweat - who worked to educate Boiseans about AIDS - becomes the first Idahoan to die from the virus
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First Boie Gay Pride Parade -- many people make masks to wear on the streets - some say they fear marchers will be shot
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Jen ray and Mary rohlfing are beaten in Stanley by a man wearing a Halloween mask. The local sheriff loses key pieces of evidence and no one is ever arrested for the hate crime.
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Meridian school teachers were suspended, then reinstated with back pay, after allowing a group of lesbians to appear before a class to speak about lesbian parenting.
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Kelly Walton lead an Idaho initiative to grant homosexuals in Idaho protection from discrimination in housing and employment
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Defeated by a few thouand votes in statewide election. The law would have censored chool teachers and libraries and made it illegal to protect gays and lesbians from employment and housing discrimination.
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A resolution to include sexual orientation in Boise State University's anti-discrimination statement passes the student Senate.
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becomes the firt openly gay man to run for Boie City Council
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The Idaho legislature votes against a bill that would include sexual orientation in Idaho's malicious harassment law.
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The US Supreme Court votes 6-3 that sodomy laws are unconstitutional. At this time, Idaho is one of thirteen states that still has anti-sodomy laws on its books.
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Nicole LeFavour is voted to represent Idaho's District 19 in the State Legislature. LeFavour is Idaho's first openly gay representative.
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Gay and lesbian acivists plastered the state capital with 170 stickers that read "HETEROSEXUAL ONLY"
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H.J.R.2 passes in Idaho - same-sex unions are banned
