1960s in LGBT rights

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This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the 1960s.

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Events during this period

1960

1961

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

See also

Notes

  1. Katz, p. 119
  2. Miller, p. 392
  3. Murdoch and Price, pp. 59—60
  4. 1 2 "The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States - Illinois". Glapn.org. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
  5. Alwood, p. 41
  6. Miller (1995), p. 347
  7. Slotnik, Daniel E (August 23, 2013). "Jose Sarria, Gay Advocate and Performer, Dies at 90". The New York Times. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  8. Shilts, p. 56—7
  9. Peacock, Kent W. (2016). "Race, the Homosexual, and the Mattachine Society of Washington, 1961–1970". Journal of the History of Sexuality. 25 (2): 267–296. doi:10.7560/JHS25203. ISSN   1535-3605. S2CID   163938948.
  10. Chibbaro, Lou (November 10, 2011). "Mattachine founded 50 years ago". Washington Blade. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  11. MANual Enterprises v. Day , 370US478 ( Supreme Court of the United States 1962-06-25).
  12. 1 2 Gorman p. 150
  13. 1 2 Campbell, p. xvii
  14. Miller, p. 348
  15. Loughery, p. 270
  16. Bianco, p. 167
  17. Stein, Marc (2005-05-09). "The First Gay Sit-In". History News Network. Archived from the original on 24 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  18. Fletcher, p. 68
  19. Scott v. Macy,349F. 2nd182(1965).
  20. Marks Ridinger, p. 130
  21. Gallo, p. 114
  22. Tobin and Wicker, p. 104
  23. Gevisser, pp. 30–36
  24. West, pp. 23–26
  25. "Essay: The Homosexual In America". Time . 1966-01-21. Archived from the original on 19 June 2010.
  26. Bianco, p. 175
  27. Eisenbach, pp. 46–47
  28. Fletcher, p. 42
  29. Slater, Don (May 1966). "Protest on Wheels". Tangents. Archived from the original on 2007-10-20. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  30. Timmons, p. 221
  31. 1 2 Carter, p. 109
  32. Alwood, p. 62
  33. CBC Radio-Canada Archives: Trudeau's Omnibus Bill Archived 2007-09-16 at archive.today
  34. The Los Angeles Advocate, Vol. 1, No. 4, December 1967
  35. Witt et al., p. 210
  36. Kepner, Jim Archived 2011-05-25 at the Wayback Machine on glbtq.com
  37. Katz, p. 128
  38. Teal, p. 25
  39. Besen, p. 128
  40. Fletcher, p. 67
  41. "Sexual Offences Act 1967". UK Parliament. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  42. Clendinen and Nagourney, p. 180
  43. Tobin, pg. 65
  44. "Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop". NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  45. 1 2 "Paragraph 175 And The Nazi Campaign Against Homosexuality". Holocaust Encyclopedia. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  46. Pieper, Oliver; Goebel, Nicole (June 11, 2019). "Germany's 'Gay' Paragraph 175 Abolished 25 Years Ago". DW. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  47. Clendinen, Dudley; Nagourney, Adam (2013-07-30). Out For Good: The Struggle to Build a Gay Rights Movement in Ame - Dudley Clendinen, Adam Nagourney - Google Books. Simon and Schuster. ISBN   9781476740713 . Retrieved 2018-01-08.
  48. Stryker and Van Buskirk, p. 53
  49. Levy, Ron (November 26, 2019). "The 1969 Amendment and the (De)criminalization of Homosexuality". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  50. Murray, p. 61
  51. West, p. 25
  52. Duberman, p. xi
  53. Bianco, p. 194
  54. "Remembering the Stonewall Inn riots 50 years ago that spurred the gay rights movement". Penn Live Patriot News. June 26, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  55. Norton v. Macy,21625(United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia CircuitJuly 1, 1969).
  56. Teal, pp. 19—20
  57. Gross, p. 42
  58. Miller, p. 288
  59. LGBT symbols#Purple hand
  60. "Professor Stein Recalls 1969 'Purple Hands' Protest in San Francisco". San Francisco State University. October 31, 2019. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  61. "The Homosexual: Newly Visible, Newly Understood". Time.com. 1969-10-31. Archived from the original on September 12, 2012. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
  62. Alwood, pg. 97
  63. Teal, p. 110
  64. Teal, pp. 292–93
  65. Bianco, p. 211

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