Lgbt history timeline

Origins

Originally organized as Gay and Lesbian History Month, it was started in by an out, gay high school lecturer, Rodney Wilson (LGBTQ Nation). In the United States, October is recognized as LGBT History Month, coinciding with National Coming out Day on Oct. 11 and in honor of the first March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights in

In the UK, February is used because that was the month a bill banning the "promotion" of homosexuality was repealed in (American Psychological Association).

Difference from Pride Month

Pride is a protest, a battle blubber, whereas History Month is a celebration.

LGBTQ Nation

June -- LGBTQ+ Pride Month -- arose from remembrance and celebration of the Stonewall uprising. On June 28, , police raided the Stonewall Inn same-sex attracted bar in New York City, but the patrons resisted. The protest attracted thousands from around the city and lasted about a week. The first pride was celebrated on the one-year anniversary. ("Today in History - June 28," Library of Congress)

This, the first U.S. Same-sex attracted Pride Week and Ma

Project partners:

Central Connecticut State University HIST class, “Exploring GLBTQ Archives”

Professor William J. Mann

Anna Fossi

Eve Galanis

Ria Amerson

Joshua Bouchard

Kacie Brennan

Lauren Cavaliero

Sara Conlon

Chelsea DiNeno

Michelle Gil

Jayme Hebert

Elizabeth Klopp

Daniel MacNeil

Kevin Milewski

Carrie Mott

Nicholas Palomba

Katherine Samuels

Victoria Troche

Christina Volpe

Connecticut Museum of Culture and History

Ilene Frank, Chief Curator/Chief Operating Officer

Andrea Rapacz, Director of Exhibitions & Collections

Ben Gammell, Exhibit Developer

With special thanks to Richard Nelson, whose timeline of Connecticut LGBTQ history provided a basis for the students’ research.

The Connecticut Museum of Culture and History is grateful to this project’s donors.

Special thanks to our plan sponsors below:

Duff Ashmead & Eric Ort

Louis Lista & Paul DeVeau

Dan Sullivan & Rob Biddleman

The UK History of LGBTQ+: A Timeline of Essential Events

The rights of LGBTQ+ people in Britain contain come a extended way in the last hundred years, but they didn’t come easy. It took the sacrifices of so many people who stood up for theirs and others’ autonomy to simply be who they are.

We’ve gone from homosexuality being punishable by imprisonment or death, banned from entity taught in schools, and diagnosed as a mental illness, to being acknowledged in Pride parades and given same marriage and adoption rights. Meanwhile, transitioned people finally possess the right to legally change their identity and hold started to be celebrated in their own dedicated Self-acceptance events.

Whether you’re a friend, relative, colleague, or someone who works directly with LGBTQ+ people (including social or medical workers), it’s essential to recognise how hard LGBTQ+ people and their allies have fought to get where they are today, as well as how hard they continuously work. Despite superb strides forward in equality, LGBT oppression is still widespread.

Knowing about LGBT history will give you a better knowledge

Archival Document Sets

Timeline of LGBT History

Henry Gerber forms the Society for Human Rights, the first same-sex attracted group in the United States, but the group is posthaste shut down.

President Eisenhower signs Executive Order , banning homosexuals from working for the federal government or any of its private contractors. The Order lists homosexuals as security risks, along with alcoholics and neurotics.

In the landmark case One, Inc. v. Olesen, the United States Supreme Court rules in favor of the First Amendment rights of the LGBT magazine "One: The Homosexual Magazine." The suit was filed after the United States Postal Service and FBI declared the magazine obscene material, and it makes the first hour the United States Supreme Court rules in favor of homosexuals.

Bayard Rustin, noted civil rights activist and gay man, is the chief organizer behind the historic March on Washington, which culminates with Dr. Martin Luther King's famous "I have a dream" speech The first queer rights demonstration in the USA takes place on September 19th