1976 in LGBT rights

This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1976.

List of years in LGBT rights (table)

Events

January

  • 1 — Iowa repeals its "sexual psychopath" law.[1] Passed in the wake of a moral panic following the 1954 rape and murder of a young boy, the law had been used to detain dozens of gay men in mental institutions in the 1950s.

February

  • 12 — The Pennsylvania Council for Sexual Minorities is formed by Governor Milton J. Shapp of Pennsylvania.[2]
  • 29 — New York City's public radio channel, WNET, airs a special titled "OUTREACH: LESBIANS AND GAY MEN".[3]

May

July

  • 1 — U.S. state of Indiana decriminalizes private consensual adult homosexual acts.
  • 19 — Homosexual activity becomes illegal, as does same-sex marriage.

September

  • 4 — Start of the three-day "Fourth Annual Gay Conference for Canada and Quebec," held in Toronto, including a rally and march.

November

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See also

Notes

References

  • Miller, Neil (2002). Sex-crime Panic: A Journey to the Paranoid Heart of the 1950s. Los Angeles, Alyson Books. ISBN 1-55583-659-3.
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