Gay+Rights+Timeline

__Gay Rights Timeline__

 * 1610** - In America, the Virginia Colony passed the first anti-sodomy law.


 * 1786** - Pennsylvania is the first of the 13 states to drop the death penalty for sodomy.


 * 1924** - In Chicago, the first gay rights group was founded. It was called the Society for Human Rights.


 * 1948** - Alfred Kinsey was the author of the book called "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male". It was considered a groundbreaking study.


 * 1950** - Joseph McCarthy considered homosexuals as security risks as well as communists. By this, he hunted down both homosexuals and communists.


 * 1951** - Henry Hay, Bob Hull, and Chuck Rowland were the founders of the Mattachine Society. It was in Los Angeles, California, and tought the public about homosexuals as well as comforting the homosexuals.


 * 1955** - The first Lesbian organization was founded by Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon. It was called the Daugters of Bilitis in San Francisco.


 * 1969** - The Stonewall Riots were started when police raided a gay bar. It was the start of the gay rights movement in the United States.


 * 1972** - East Lancing, Michigan, was the first city in the United States to adopt a non-descrimination hiring policy against homosexuals.


 * 1973** - The American Psychiatric Association took homosexuality off the list of disorders.


 * 1974** - Elaine Noble is the first openly gay state legislature elected.


 * 1977** - Oklahoma would not allow gay teachers to teach in the schools. Also, no one was allowed to mention the term homosexual.


 * 1980** - Aaron Frickle from Rhode Island, sues his high school becuase they wouldn't let him go to the prom with someone with the same gender. He won the case.


 * 1981** - AIDS was first reported in the United States.


 * 1981** - Wisconsin is the first state in the United States to pass the law not allowing discrimination against homosexuals (in employment, housing, public accommodation, ect..).


 * 1987** - In New York, Act Up was founded to end AIDS. Safe sex education was provided in schools.


 * 1994** - The banning of homosexuals in the military was taken away and replaced with the "Don't ask, don't tell".