https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4 For the girls, gays, and theys en-us 2022-05-23 20:46:52 UTC 2022-05-24 21:11:24 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f3f3-1f308.png 3456141 https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2196501275 Donald Webster Cory publishes The Homosexual in America: A Subjective Approach. The book is hailed as one of the most important works in the history of the gay rights movement.]]> 2022-05-23 20:56:05 UTC https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2196501275 3456141 https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2196503604 October 19 — The Daughters of Bilitis, the first American organization specifically for lesbians, is founded in San Francisco.]]> 2022-05-23 20:58:41 UTC https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2196503604 3456141 https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2196504680 In Vallerga v. Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, the Supreme Court of California rules that a 1955 statute allowing ABC to revoke the liquor license of any establishment that was a "resort ... for sexual perverts" violated the state constitution.[23] The court indicates that had the revocation been based on accusations of homosexual conduct rather than the mere gathering of homosexuals, it might have upheld the statute. It established the right of LGBT people to congregate in California as long as they did not express their sexuality physically.]]> 2022-05-23 20:59:55 UTC https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2196504680 3456141 https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2196505620 The United States Court of Federal Claims overturns the Other Than Honorable discharge issued by the United States Air Force to Fannie Mae Clackum for her alleged homosexuality. This is the first known instance of a homosexuality-related discharge being successfully fought, although the case turned on due process issues and did not affect the military's policy of excluding homosexuals from service. This was an amazing relief to those who were homosexual.]]> 2022-05-23 21:01:02 UTC https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2196505620 3456141 https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2196506953 Ten gay and lesbian demonstrators picket the White House in Washington, D.C., the first in a series of demonstrations staged this year by the East Coast Homophile Organization (ECHO).]]> 2022-05-23 21:02:45 UTC https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2196506953 3456141 https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2196509476 June 28 – The Stonewall riots in New York City mark the start of the modern gay rights movement. Rioting breaks out sporadically over the next several days.]]> 2022-05-23 21:05:24 UTC https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2196509476 3456141 https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2196510114 July 1
Stonewall becomes center for gathering LGBTQ+ advocates.

In Norton v. Macy, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rules that the termination of a National Aeronautics and Space Administration employee for "immoral conduct" relating to his alleged homosexual conduct was unlawful.]]> 2022-05-23 21:06:07 UTC https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2196510114 3456141 https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2196513250 Midnight Cowboy, the first major Hollywood film to feature a same-sex sexual encounter between two men, wins the Oscar for Best Picture. ]]> 2022-05-23 21:09:49 UTC https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2196513250 3456141 https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2196514203 Milton Shapp, governor of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, issues the first state executive order banning sexual orientation employment discrimination by the government.]]> 2022-05-23 21:11:10 UTC https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2196514203 3456141 https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2196524385 The National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, the largest gay rights march to date, takes place in Washington, D.C., with about 100,000 people in attendance.]]> 2022-05-23 21:23:19 UTC https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2196524385 3456141 https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2196526171 The Toronto Board of Education adopts a policy banning discrimination based on sexual orientation while adding a clause forbidding "proselytizing of homosexuality in the schools".]]> 2022-05-23 21:25:19 UTC https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2196526171 3456141 https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2198284762 The first memorial to the LGBT victims of the Nazis, a pink granite stone monument at the former Neuengamme concentration camp inscribed "Dedicated to the Homosexual victims of National Socialism, 1985", is unveiled.]]> 2022-05-24 20:37:01 UTC https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2198284762 3456141 https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2198286958 In East Germany, Article 151 is deleted from the penal code. Homosexuality and heterosexuality were then treated equally with an age of consent of 14.]]> 2022-05-24 20:39:36 UTC https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2198286958 3456141 https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2198289066 Reunification of West and East Germany — reunification treaty has an article to prevent West Germany's higher age of consent for sex between men taking effect in the former East Germany.]]> 2022-05-24 20:42:06 UTC https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2198289066 3456141 https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2198292078 Scott Amedure, a gay man, is shot to death by Jonathan Schmitz, a heterosexual man, after Amedure revealed a secret crush on Schmitz during a taping of The Jenny Jones Show. Schmitz is later convicted of second-degree murder with a sentence of 30 to 50 years.]]> 2022-05-24 20:45:52 UTC https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2198292078 3456141 https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2198293967 Stephen Brady and his partner Peter Stephens became the world's first officially acknowledged gay ambassadorial couple, when Brady, accompanied by Stephens, presented his credentials as Australia's Ambassador to Denmark to Queen Margrethe II of Denmark.]]> 2022-05-24 20:48:12 UTC https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2198293967 3456141 https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2198296363 Equality Mississippi is formed in response to a hate-crime murder and attempts in the U.S. state to ban adoption by same-sex couples.]]> 2022-05-24 20:51:16 UTC https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2198296363 3456141 https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2198297518 California law AB 205, which extends many rights and responsibilities of marriage to registered domestic partners, goes into effect. The new law expands domestic partnership statutes to include most marriage rights available under state law. California domestic partnerships are available to opposite-sex couples age 62 and older who meet certain Social Security qualifications and to all same-sex couples age 18 and older without further qualification.]]> 2022-05-24 20:52:51 UTC https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2198297518 3456141 https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2198299396 Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir becomes prime minister of Iceland, the first openly gay head of government in the modern world.]]> 2022-05-24 20:55:19 UTC https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2198299396 3456141 https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2198300875 The United States Tax Court ruled in O'Donnabhain v. Commissioner that taxpayers may deduct the medical costs associated with treating gender identity disorder from their federal income taxes.]]> 2022-05-24 20:57:10 UTC https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2198300875 3456141 https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2198301804 Same-sex marriage became legal in the state of Florida.]]> 2022-05-24 20:58:26 UTC https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2198301804 3456141 https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2198302558 A law banning conversion therapy on minors in the U.S. state of New Hampshire takes effect.[2]]]> 2022-05-24 20:59:17 UTC https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2198302558 3456141 https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2198304079 In Washington the governor has signed a bill into law after both the house and senate passed it, to remove the "gay panic defence" as a defence for committing a crime (usually a homicide), making the discovery of someone's sex, gender or sexuality no longer a legally valid defence for committing a crime in the state. Before the passing of this bill, one could claim "reduced capacity" to judge the severity of their actions based on a discovery of sex, gender or sexuality.]]> 2022-05-24 21:01:02 UTC https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2198304079 3456141 https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2198305782 The United States announces an overhaul of TSA protocols to implement gender-neutral screening at checkpoints.]]> 2022-05-24 21:03:02 UTC https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2198305782 3456141 https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2198309719 2022-05-24 21:08:13 UTC https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2198309719 3456141 https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2198310088 2022-05-24 21:08:42 UTC https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2198310088 3456141 https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2198310550 2022-05-24 21:09:20 UTC https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2198310550 3456141 https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2198311387 2022-05-24 21:10:24 UTC https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2198311387 3456141 https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2198312137 2022-05-24 21:11:24 UTC https://padlet.com/3456141/vvs4tejw56mrhah4/wish/2198312137