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The Stonewall Inn in the gay village of Greenwich Village, Manhattan, site of the June 28, 1969 Stonewall riots, the cradle of the modern LGBT rights movement. [1] [2] [3] This is a timeline of notable events in the history of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community in the United States .
Jun 3, 2019 · 1924: The first gay rights group is established. World War I veteran Henry Gerber founded the Society for Human Rights in Chicago. The group was the first gay rights group in America, and its...
- Emma Sarran Webster
The following is the timeline of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) history. Before the Common Era. 9th millennium BCE – 3rd millennium BCE. 101st century BCE – 50th century BCE.
- Sarah Elizabeth Adler
- 1969: Stonewall Uprising. En español | In the early-morning hours of June 28, 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a popular Greenwich Village nightclub, for the second time in a week — a common occurrence in an era when nearly all aspects of LGBTQ life were criminalized.
- 1970: First Pride Parades. One year after Stonewall, people commemorated the uprising with marches in New York City, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
- 1978: The Pride Flag Is Born. Gilbert Baker, who described himself as the “gay Betsy Ross,” created the first pride flag from strips of fabric dyed in trash cans in the attic of San Francisco’s Gay Community Center before the city’s 1978 pride parade.
- 1987: AIDS Memorial Quilt. While the pride movement brought LGBTQ life out of the shadows, the HIV/AIDS epidemic plunged the community into crisis. The AIDS Memorial Quilt was displayed for the first time on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., during the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.
- December 10, 1924. The Society for Human Rights is founded by Henry Gerber in Chicago. The society is the first gay rights organization as well as the oldest documented in America.
- 1948. Biologist and sex researcher Alfred Kinsey publishes Sexual Behavior in the Human Male. From his research Kinsey concludes that homosexual behavior is not restricted to people who identify themselves as homosexual and that 37% of men have enjoyed homosexual activities at least once.
- November 11, 1950. In Los Angeles, gay rights activist Harry Hay founds America’s first sustained national gay rights organization. In an attempt to change public perception of homosexuality, the Mattachine Society aims to "eliminate discrimination, derision, prejudice and bigotry," to assimilate homosexuals into mainstream society, and to cultivate the notion of an "ethical homosexual culture."
- December 15, 1950. A Senate report titled "Employment of Homosexuals and Other Sex Perverts in Government" is distributed to members of Congress after the federal government had covertly investigated employees' sexual orientation at the beginning of the Cold War.
Feb 22, 2024 · LGBTQ+ history is a part of American history that the museum has been documenting since its founding, both knowingly and unknowingly. Our collections span centuries and include objects related to protest and politics, medicine and psychology, love and marriage, sports and entertainment, and more.
4 days ago · Gay Pride, annual celebration, usually in June in the United States and sometimes at other times in other countries, of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) identity. Gay Pride commemorates the Stonewall riots in New York City of June 28, 1969.
