LGBTQIA+ Rights

By k8tdydir

  • The Society for Human Rights is founded

    The society is the first gay rights organization as well as the oldest documented in America.

  • Biologist and sex researcher Alfred Kinsey publishes Sexual Behavior in the Human Male

    Kinsey concludes that homosexual behavior is not restricted to people who identify themselves as homosexual and that 37% of men have enjoyed homosexual activities at least once

  • "Employment of Homosexuals and Other Sex Perverts in Government"

    The Congressional report states since homosexuality is a mental illness, homosexuals "constitute security risks" to the nation

  • APA Publishes the first DSM

    Homosexuality is listed as a sociopathic personality disturbance

  • Executive Order 10450

    President Dwight Eisenhower bans homosexuals from working for the federal government or any of its private contractors.

  • One, Inc. v. Olesen

    the United States Supreme Court rules in favor of the First Amendment rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender magazine "One: The Homosexual Magazine" after the FBI declared the publication "obscene".

  • The Stonewall Inn Riot

    Gay patrons clash wish police forces raiding the popular gay bar. This event is why Pride celebrations are held in June.

  • APA Publishes DSM-IV

    Homosexuality is no longer listed as a mental illness.

  • National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights

    An estimated 75,000 people participate

  • NYT Article on Rare Pneumonia & Skin cancer

    This disease would later be known as HIV/AIDS

  • National March on Washington

    Marchers demand the government intervene in the AIDS crisis.

  • Don't Ask, Don't Tell

    The Department of Defense issues a directive prohibiting the U.S. Military from barring applicants from service based on their sexual orientation.

  • Defense of Marriage Act

    This law defined marriage as only between a man and a woman and and that no state is required to recognize a same-sex marriage from out of state.

  • Vermont Civil Unions

    Vermont becomes the first state to recognize legal civil unions.

  • Massachusetts Recognizes Gay Marriage

    Massachusetts becomes the first state to legalize gay marriage.

  • Defense of Marriage Act Overturned

    President Obama states his administration will no longer defend the Defense of Marriage Act, which bans the recognition of same-sex marriage.

  • Same-Sex Marriages Legalized by SCOTUS

    With a 5-4 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, the U.S. Supreme Court declares same-sex marriage legal in all 50 states.

  • 2022

    Anti-LGBTQIA+ rhetoric and violence steadily increases, fueled by religious and conservative media and politics.