Even though June is the official Gay Pri month, there are pri celebratns wh the LGBTQ muny year round. Right now - showg PRIDE is cril!
Contents:
- GAY FUN FACTS
- GAY PRI
- 10 GAY PRI HISTORY FACTS EVERYONE SHOULD HEAR ABOUT
- 5 INTERTG FACTS ABOUT GAY PRI
GAY FUN FACTS
Read CNN’s Fast Facts on lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer or qutng ton the Uned Stat, and learn more about their stggle for equal rights. * gay interesting facts *
LGBTQ is an acronym meang lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer or qutng. 1950 - The Mattache Society is formed by activist Harry Hay and is one of the first staed gay rights groups the Uned Stat.
GAY PRI
Gay Fun Facts : Did you Logo, the gay Televisn channel was lnched 2005? is your gay rource directory * gay interesting facts *
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. July 1961 - Illois be the first state to crimalize homosexualy by repealg their sodomy laws.
10 GAY PRI HISTORY FACTS EVERYONE SHOULD HEAR ABOUT
Gay Pri, annual celebratn, ually June the Uned Stat and sometim at other tim other untri, of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) inty. Gay Pri memorat the Stonewall rts New York Cy of June 28, 1969. * gay interesting facts *
September 11, 1961 - The first US-televised documentary about homosexualy airs on a lol statn California. Protts and monstratns beg, and later be known as the impet for the gay civil rights movement the Uned Stat. This event is named Christopher Street Liberatn Day and is now nsired the first gay pri para.
1973 - Lambda Legal be the first legal anizatn tablished to fight for the equal rights of gays and lbians.
5 INTERTG FACTS ABOUT GAY PRI
Gay Pri History is ccial to the full unrstandg and celebratn of Pri today. Here are some facts you should know! * gay interesting facts *
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. 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.