1971 in LGBT rights
This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) rights that took place in the year 1971.
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Events
- Frank Kameny becomes the first openly gay candidate for the United States Congress when he runs in the first election for the District of Columbia's non-voting delegate to Congress.[1]
- The Front homosexuel d'action révolutionnaire (Homosexual Front for Revolutionary Action) forms in France.[2]
March
April
July
- 1
- The Gay Alliance Toward Equality is founded as Canada's first gay rights organization.
- In the United Kingdom, the International Times loses an appeal on indecency charges for running personal ads for gay men.[5]
- 10 — Austria decriminalizes homosexual acts between consenting adults.[6]
- 21 — George Klippert is released from prison, two years after homosexuality was decriminalized in Canada.[7]
October
- 1 — Connecticut decriminalizes homosexual acts between consenting adults.[6]
- 12 — The New York City Department of Consumer Affairs recommends the repeal of a city law banning homosexuals from working in or going to bars.[8]
November
- 1 — The Body Politic, Canada's first gay rights magazine, hits newsstands.
December
- 14 — The U.S. gay rights activist group Gay Activists Alliance protest in front of the Suffolk County, New York, police headquarters after two members were arrested for sodomy.
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See also
- Timeline of LGBT history — timeline of events from 12,000 BCE to present
- LGBT rights by country or territory — current legal status around the world
- LGBT social movements
Notes
- Boldt, David R. (February 23, 1971). "Homosexual Files Delegate Papers: Number of Contestants Is Now Eight". The Washington Post.
- Miller, p. 392
- Rutledge, p. 33
- Rutledge, pp. 33–4
- Rutledge, pp. 36–7
- Rutledge, p. 38
- "Man imprisoned for being gay to get posthumous pardon from Trudeau". CBC. February 28, 2016. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
- Rutledge, p. 40
References
- Miller, Neil (1995). Out of the Past: Gay and Lesbian History from 1869 to the Present. New York, Vintage Books. ISBN 0-09-957691-0.
- Rutledge, Leigh (1992). The Gay Decades. New York: Penguin Books Ltd. ISBN 0-452-26810-9.
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