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LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR HISTORY MONTH
October is Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr (LGBT) History Month the Uned Stat and cis wh Natnal Comg Out Day, and memorat the first March on Washgton for Lbian and Gay Rights, and Spir Day. * lgbt history month facts *
October was selected bee cis wh Natnal Comg Out Day on October 11, and bee is the month of the first March on Washgton for Lbian and Gay Rights 1979.
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* lgbt history month facts *
In the Uned Kgdom, LGBT History Month is observed Febary bee that is the month, 2003, of the repeal of Sectn 28 of the Lol Government Act of 1988, which banned "promotg" homosexualy. Of particular historic signifince was the rearch of Evelyn Hooker, which disproved the notn that homosexualy was a mental illns, and led ultimately to s removal om the Diagnostic and Statistil Manual of Mental Disorrs.
Barbara Gtgs and Kay Lahen talk about the 1973 Amerin Psychiatric Associatn’s annual meetg that featured a panel discsn wh a gay psychiatrist disguise. Sce 1970, the LGBTQ muny has marked June as Pri Month—a time to celebrate what means to be lbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgenr while mandg equaly and liberatn om cis and heteronormative nstrats. Pri paras and march, which are tradnally held on the last weekend June, memorate the anniversary of the Stonewall Uprisg, a watershed moment LGBTQ history when patrons of the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar Manhattan that is now a natnal monument, fought back agast a police year marks the 52nd anniversary of the first gay Pri march, which was held on the first anniversary of the Stonewall rts.
In 1924, Henry Gerber, a German immigrant, found the Society for Human Rights Chigo; was the first group to mpaign for gay rights the Uned Stat.