Steve Bull once raced agast time to try to save the memoirs of one of Mae's gay rights pneers. His trip led him down memory lane.
Contents:
- RACG TO PRERVE THE HISTORY OF MAE’S 1ST GAY RIGHTS ANIZATN
- AFTER YEARS OF PROGRS ON GAY RIGHTS, HOW DID THE US BEE SO ANTI-LGBTQ+?
RACG TO PRERVE THE HISTORY OF MAE’S 1ST GAY RIGHTS ANIZATN
* lgbt rights facts *
1950 - The Mattache Society is formed by activist Harry Hay and is one of the first staed gay rights groups the Uned Stat. April 1952 - The Amerin Psychiatric Associatn’s diagnostic manual lists homosexualy as a socpathic personaly disturbance. Eisenhower signs an executive orr that bans homosexuals om workg for the feral ernment, sayg they are a secury risk.
Protts and monstratns beg, and later be known as the impet for the gay civil rights movement the Uned Stat. March 26, 1973 - First meetg of “Parents and Friends of Gays, ” which go natnal as Parents, Fai and Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG) 1982. December 15, 1973 - By a vote of 5, 854 to 3, 810, the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn remov homosexualy om s list of mental disorrs the DSM-II Diagnostic and Statistil Manual of Mental Disorrs.
1974 - Elae Noble is the first openly gay ndidate elected to a state office when she is elected to the Massachetts State legislature. January 14, 1975 - The first feral gay rights bill is troduced to addrs discrimatn based on sexual orientatn.
AFTER YEARS OF PROGRS ON GAY RIGHTS, HOW DID THE US BEE SO ANTI-LGBTQ+?
January 9, 1978 - Harvey Milk is gurated as San Francis cy supervisor, and is the first openly gay man to be elected to a polil office California. November 30, 1993 - Print Bill Clton signs a ary policy directive that prohibs openly gay and lbian Amerins om servg the ary, but also prohibs the harassment of “closeted” homosexuals.
December 3, 1996 - Hawaii’s Judge Chang l that the state do not have a legal right to prive same-sex upl of the right to marry, makg Hawaii the first state to regnize that gay and lbian upl are entled to the same privileg as heterosexual married upl. June 2003 - The US Supreme Court strik down the “homosexual nduct” law, which crimaliz same-sex sexual nduct, wh their opn Lawrence v. October 25, 2006 - The New Jersey Supreme Court l that state lawmakers mt provi the rights and benefs of marriage to gay and lbian upl.
September 20, 2011 - “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is repealed, endg a ban on gay men and lbians om servg openly the ary.