150 Years of GLBT History

I found this at GLBT History Month site.

150 Years of GLBT History

1855	Walt Whitman publishes the first edition of Leaves of Grass
1869	The term "homosexuality" appears in print for the first time in a German pamphlet
1870	Bayard Taylor publishes Joseph and His Friend, the first gay novel
1895	Oscar Wilde is convicted on charges of "gross indecency" and sentenced to two years hard labor
1897	In Germany, Scientific Humanitarian Committee is founded, the world's first organization dedicated to ending legal and social oppression of gays
1920's	"Gay" comes into use in reference to homosexuals
1928	Radclyffe Hall's The Well of Loneliness, the first lesbian novel, is published in the U.S.
1933	Nazis disband the Scientific Humanitarian Committee
1937-38	Nazis send homosexuals to concentration camps, forcing them to wear an identifying pink triangle badge
1940's	Alan Turing engages in WWII code-breaking work at Bletchley Park, England
1950	The Mattachine Society, the first American homophile group, is founded in NY
1954	Alan Turing dies by suicide months after being given libido-reducing hormone treatment as a punishment for homosexuality
1956	James Baldwin publishes Giovanni's Room, a gay-themed novel
1957	In the UK, the Wolfenden Report's recommendation of decriminalization of homosexual acts for consenting adults causes public controversy
1958	Barbara Gittings founds the NY chapter of the lesbian organization Daughters of Bilitis
1961	Illinois is the first U.S. state to decriminalize homosexuality
1963	Bayard Rustin coordinates African-American civil rights March on Washington
	First gay rights demonstration takes place in New York, protesting discrimination in the military
1965-69	Annual gay civil rights demonstrations at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, by Barbara Gittings and others
1968	The Metropolitan Community Church founded in Los Angeles
1969	Sylvia Rivera and others participate in the Stonewall Uprising in NYC
1970	First gay pride marches in the U.S. commemorate Stonewall
1971	Frank Kameny becomes the first openly gay candidate for U.S. Congress
1973	American Psychiatric Association removes homosexuality from its list of mental disorders
1974	Barbara Jordan testifies in President Nixon's impeachment hearing
1975	Sgt. Leonard Matlovich sues the Air Force for discharging him. First national gay rights legislation bill introduced in U.S. Congress
1977	Harvey Milk elected to San Francisco Board of Supervisors
1978	Harvey Milk assassinated in San Francisco City Hall
1979	First national gay rights March on Washington attracts more than 100,000
1980	Publication of John Boswell's book Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality
1981	Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) founded by Larry Kramer and others
	Martina Navratilova comes out
1985	Fr. Mychal Judge founds St. Francis AIDS Ministry
1987	Representative Barney Frank comes out
	Larry Kramer founds ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power)
1988	Section 28 is passed in the UK
1989	Ian McKellen and others form Stonewall to campaign for the repeal of Section 28
	Denmark becomes the first country to legally recognize same-sex partnerships
1992	Tim Gill and Martina Navratilova oppose Colorado Amendment 2
	Elton John AIDS Foundation started
1994	Tim Gill founds the Gill Foundation
1995	Andrew Sullivan publishes Virtually Normal
1996	Representative Jim Kolbe comes out
1997	Ellen DeGeneres outs herself and her sitcom character on primetime tv
	Adrienne Rich declines the National Medal of Arts
1998	Gay student Matthew Shepard is killed in Wyoming
1999	Jim Hormel is appointed the first openly gay U.S. ambassador
	Phill Wilson founds the Black AIDS Institute
2001	Father Mychal Judge dies at the World Trade Center
	Lowell Selvin leads formation of PlanetOut Inc.
	Germany enacts domestic partnership legislation, with leadership from Volker Beck
2004	Lupe Valdez elected Sheriff of Dallas County, Texas
2005	Sheryl Swoopes comes out
2006	First gay pride march in Moscow ends in violence, including injury and arrest of Volker Beck

 

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