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This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1973.

Events

January

1 – Maryland becomes the first state to ban same-sex civil marriages. It does so by passing a statue restricting marriage to heterosexual couples.^[1]
27 – The Metropolitan Community Church's headquarters in Los Angeles is burned to the ground by an unknown assailant.^[2]^[3] No persons are inside of the building at the time of the fire.

April

22 – The first gay protest in Santiago, Chile was organised at Plaza de Armas.^[4]

June

24 – The UpStairs Lounge arson attack in the French Quarter of New Orleans kills 32 members of a Metropolitan Community Church congregation meeting.^[5]

August

Pride Week 1973, the first major LGBT pride event in Canada, is held simultaneously in several Canadian cities.^[6]

October

10 – Following a lobbying campaign by the Gay Alliance Toward Equality, Toronto City Council adopts a policy forbidding discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in municipal hiring, making the city the first jurisdiction in Canada to do so.^[7]

November

5 – The Supreme Court of the United States in Wainwright v. Stone finds that the sodomy law of Florida is not unconstitutionally vague, reversing a Fifth Circuit ruling.^[8]
9 – The Kentucky Court of Appeals rules in Jones v. Callahan that two women were properly denied a marriage license despite the gender neutrality of the state's marriage statute.^[9]

December

13 – Washington, D.C.'s Title 34 makes discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation illegal.^[10]
15 – The board of the American Psychiatric Association votes 13–0 to remove homosexuality from its official list of psychiatric disorders, the DSM-II. The resolution also urges an end to private and public discrimination and the repeal of laws discriminating against homosexuals.^[11]
20 – The city council of New York City rejects a gay rights ordinance.^[12]
21 – A United States federal judge issues a bulletin stating that the federal civil service may not terminate an employee based on sexual orientation alone.^[13]

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References

↑ Rector, Kevin (9 March 2015). "Md. attorney general says Supreme Court must overturn same-sex marriage bans nationwide". Baltimore Sun.
↑ Clendinen, Dudley (1999). Out For Good: The Struggle to Build a Gay Rights Movement in America. Simon & Schuster. p. 179. ISBN 0684810913.
↑ "Metropolitan Community Church fire report". January 27, 1973. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
↑ Falcón, Iván (2006). "La guerra de los colas" (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago de Chile: Universidad de Chile. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
↑ "32 People Died In the UpStairs Lounge Fire in 1973. Why was it Forgotten?". WBUR. May 6, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
↑ Peters, Rob. "Pride and Prejudiced: A history of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender milestones, in Vancouver and around the world". The Tyee , August 4, 2006. Accessed on September 25, 2008.
↑ "City Bars Job Discrimination", The Body Politic , no. 10, 1973.
↑ Wainwright v. Stone, 414US21 ( Supreme Court of the United States 2010-11-05).
↑ Jones v. Callahan, 501 S.W.2d 588 (November 9, 1973)
↑ District of Columbia Human Rights Law Title 34 D.C. Rules and Regulations (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Government of the District of Columbia. 1973. pp. 9–10.
↑ Caplan, Arthur L. (1987). Scientific controversies: case studies in the resolution and closure of disputes in science and technology. Cambridge University Press. p. 392. ISBN 0-521-27560-1.
↑ "Gay Activists Alliance Actions at City Hall". NYC LGBT Historic Sites. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
↑ "SINGER v. UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COM'N | 530 F.2d 247 | 9th Cir. | Judgment | Law | CaseMine". www.casemine.com. Retrieved 2021-01-15.

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[1] Rector, Kevin (9 March 2015). "Md. attorney general says Supreme Court must overturn same-sex marriage bans nationwide". Baltimore Sun.

[2] Clendinen, Dudley (1999). Out For Good: The Struggle to Build a Gay Rights Movement in America. Simon & Schuster. p. 179. ISBN 0684810913.

[3] "Metropolitan Community Church fire report". January 27, 1973. Retrieved October 14, 2016.

[guerracolas-4] Falcón, Iván (2006). "La guerra de los colas" (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago de Chile: Universidad de Chile. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

[5] "32 People Died In the UpStairs Lounge Fire in 1973. Why was it Forgotten?". WBUR. May 6, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2021.

[tyee-6] Peters, Rob. "Pride and Prejudiced: A history of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender milestones, in Vancouver and around the world". The Tyee , August 4, 2006. Accessed on September 25, 2008.

[7] "City Bars Job Discrimination", The Body Politic , no. 10, 1973.

[8] Wainwright v. Stone, 414US21 ( Supreme Court of the United States 2010-11-05).

[9] Jones v. Callahan, 501 S.W.2d 588 (November 9, 1973)

[10] District of Columbia Human Rights Law Title 34 D.C. Rules and Regulations (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Government of the District of Columbia. 1973. pp. 9–10.

[11] Caplan, Arthur L. (1987). Scientific controversies: case studies in the resolution and closure of disputes in science and technology. Cambridge University Press. p. 392. ISBN 0-521-27560-1.

[12] "Gay Activists Alliance Actions at City Hall". NYC LGBT Historic Sites. Retrieved March 4, 2021.

[13] "SINGER v. UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COM'N | 530 F.2d 247 | 9th Cir. | Judgment | Law | CaseMine". www.casemine.com. Retrieved 2021-01-15.

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