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This page is a timeline of significant events in gay rights in the Common Era West. Each year is annotated with a significant event for the LGBT communities as a reference point. The gay rights movement is a collection of loosely aligned civil rights groups, human rights groups, support groups and political activists seeking acceptance, tolerance and equality for non-heterosexual, (homosexual, bisexual), and transgender people - despite the fact that it is typically referred to as the gay rights movement, members also... Image File history File links Gay_flag. ... World laws on homosexuality Same-sex unions in North America. ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... The Death of Orpheus In Albrecht Dürers 1494 drawing, the banner hung in the tree reads: Orfeus der erst puseran (Orpheus, the first sodomite). The word puseran(t) derives from the Latin bulgarus from which come also the terms bugger in English and bougre in French. ... The gay rights movement is a collection of loosely aligned civil rights groups, human rights groups, support groups and political activists seeking acceptance, tolerance and equality for non-heterosexual, (homosexual, bisexual), and transgender people - despite the fact that it is typically referred to as the gay rights movement, members also... The Common Era (CE), sometimes known as the Christian Era or Current Era, is the period of measured time beginning with the year 1 until the present. ... A compass rose with west highlighted This article refers to the cardinal direction; for other uses see West (disambiguation). ... LGBT (or GLBT) is an abbreviation used as a collective term to refer to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people. ...

• 20th century in gay rights:
  • 1900s - 1910s - 1920s - 1930s - 1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s
• 21st century in gay rights:
  • 2000s

1st Century

• 54 - Nero becomes Emperor of Rome. Nero married two men in legal ceremonies, with at least one spouse accorded the same honours as an empress. Gay relationships are accepted and institutionalized in this time period.

Nero Claudius Cæsar Augustus Germanicus (December 15, 37–June 9, 68), born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, also called Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus, was the fifth and last Roman Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68). ... This is a list of Roman Emperors with the dates they controlled the Roman Empire. ...

4th Century

• 342 - The sons of Constantine, Constans and Constantius, pass a law read variously by historians as outlawing gay prostitution, outlawing gay marriage, and most severely, outlawing homosexuality altogether.

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6th Century

• 529 - Justinian's Code outlaws homosexuality in Byzantium. However, the populations of Constantinople and other Byzantine cities are very much opposed to Justinian and Theodora on this issue, including the Christian laity. The public resists attempts by both Justinian and Theodora to prosecute their rivals with the law.

The Corpus Juris Civilis (Body of Civil Law) is a fundamental work in jurisprudence issued from 529 to 534 by order of Justinian I, Byzantine Emperor. ... Byzantium was an ancient Greek city-state, founded by Greek colonists from Megara in 667 BC and named after their king Byzas. ... Map of Constantinople. ... Justinian may refer to: Justinian I, a Roman Emperor; Justinian II, a Byzantine Emperor; Justinian, a storeship sent to the convict settlement at New South Wales in 1790. ... Theodora can refer to any of the following: Flavia Maximiana Theodora, daughter of the Roman Emperor Maximian and second wife of the Emperor Constantius I Chlorus. ... In religious organizations, the laity comprises all lay persons collectively. ...

7th Century

• 650 - In early medieval Visigothic Spain, there is great persecution of scapegoats in an attempt to unite the Hispano-Roman majority with the Visigothic minority. These scapegoats include most notably gays and Jews. Homosexuality is criminalized. However, outside of Spain, homosexuality remains completely legal, and even relatively accepted, in almost all of Europe.

The Visigoths, originally Tervingi, or Vesi (the noble ones), one of the two main branches of the Goths (of which the Ostrogothi were the other), were one of the loosely-termed Germanic peoples that disturbed the late Roman Empire. ... The scapegoat was a goat that was driven off into the wilderness as part of the ceremonies of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, in Judaism during the times of the Temple in Jerusalem. ... In Spain and Spanish-speaking Latin America, Hispano (Hispanic in English) is ascribed as indicating a derivation from Spain, her people and culture. ... Roman or Romans may refer to: History Ancient Rome Roman Kingdom (753 BC to 509 BC) Roman Republic (509 BC to 44 BC) Roman Empire (44 BC to AD 476) Roman citizen Byzantine Empire (330 to 1453), also known as the Eastern Roman Empire or the Empire of the Greeks... Homosexuality is a sexual orientation characterized by esthetic attraction, romantic love, or sexual desire exclusively for another of the same sex. ...

9th Century

• 800-900 - During the Carolingian Renaissance, there is a large amount of complex gay poetry. There is no Carolingian law prohibiting homosexuality.

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11th Century

• 1000-1100 - An eleventh century Byzantine legal treatise makes it clear that gay unions are well-known and legal in early medieval Byzantine society.
• 1000-1100 - In Scandinavia, cult transvestitism persisted for centuries. As well, only sons who inherited their fathers’ land could marry in early medieval Scandinavia. The others had to leave the land, and they joined warrior societies. Women, expected to remain strictly chaste, and punished severely for violating this rule, were unavailable. Thus, in these warriors clubs, pederasty was practiced as an institutionalized way of life, and a viable alternative to the untouchable women.
• 1051 - St. Peter Damian composed the Book of Gomorrah, in which he luridly described several varieties of gay sex, and said that they were quite common, especially among priests. In this regard he was quite correct; nevertheless, he had no luck convincing his contemporaries that homosexuality was a grave problem that had to be stopped. While Pope Leo IX saw homosexuality as a "grave sin," he was nevertheless reluctant to come down as harshly as Peter Damian wanted him to.
• 1100 - Ivo of Chartes attempts to convince Pope Urban II of the dangers of homosexuality. Ivo charged that Raoul/Ralph, Archbishop of Tours, had the king of France install John as bishop of Orleans. John was well-known as Ralph’s lover, and had even had relations with the king himself, which the king openly bragged about. Urban, however, did not see this as a major problem. John ruled effectively as bishop for almost fourty years and Ralph was well-known and well-respected, and continued to be so.

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12th Century

• 1102 - The Council of London took measures to ensure that the public, quite tolerant of homosexuality at the time, knew that it was sinful, marking a significant shift in church attitudes towards homosexuality, which previously had been more or less indifference, or very mild condemnation. Many priests were homosexuals, likely one of the causes of the change in attitude, as moral reformers such as Bernard of Cluny called for change.

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13th Century

• 1250-1300 - "Between 1250 and 1300, homosexual activity passed from being completely legal in most of Europe to incurring the death penalty in all but a few contemporary legal compilations." - John Boswell, Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality (1980)

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14h Century

• 1327 - King Edward II of England is sodimized to death with a red-hot poker. Edward II was a well-known homosexual; his lover's genitals were cut off before he was beheaded. Edward II had a history of conflict with the nobility, who repeatedly banished his former lover Piers Gaveston, the Earl of Cornwall.

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16th century

• 1533 - King Henry VIII begins the English common law tradition of sodomy laws, proclaiming sodomy, then-defined as any non-procreative sexual activity, a crime. This includes masturbation, anal, and oral sex.

Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England and Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) from 22 April 1509 until his death. ... This article concerns the common-law legal system, as contrasted with the civil law legal system; for other meanings of the term, within the field of law, see common law (disambiguation). ... A sodomy law is a law which makes certain sexual acts into sex crimes. ... Sodomy is a term of religious origin used to characterize certain sexual acts. ... Masturbation is the manual excitation of the sexual organs, most often to the point of orgasm. ... Roman men having anal sex. ... Oral sex (from Latin os, oris mouth) consists of all the sexual activities that involve the use of the mouth, tongue, etc. ...

17th century

• 1624 - Richard Cornish of the Virginia Colony is tried and hanged for sodomy.
• 1649 - The first known conviction for lesbian activity in North America occurs in March when Sarah White Norman is charged with "lewd behavior" with Mary Vincent Hammon in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

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18th century

• 1726 - Mother Clap's molly house in London is raided by police, resulting in Clap's death and the execution at Tyburn of all the men arrested
• Between 1730 and 1811, a widespread panic in the Dutch Republic leads to a spectacular series of trials for sodomy, with persecutions at their most severe from 1730 to 1737, 1764, 1776, and from 1795-1798.
• 1792 - France decriminalizes sexual acts between men

Margaret Clap (better known as Mother Clap, died circa 1726) was a woman who ran a brothel for homosexual men in London in the early part of the 18th century. ... In the eighteenth century, homosexuality in England was illegal, punishable by execution. ... For other uses, see London (disambiguation) and Defining London (below). ... Tyburn was a former village in the county of Middlesex which now forms part of Londons City of Westminster. ... Events Pope Clement XII elected September 17 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed III (1703-1730) to Mahmud I (1730-1754) Anna Ivanova (Anna I of Russia) became czarina Births April 16 - Henry Clinton, British general (d. ... Joyce Rollins is a lesbian. ... Map of Dutch Republic by Joannes Janssonius The Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden/Provinciën; also Dutch Republic or United Provinces in short) was a European republic between 1581 and 1795, which is now known as the Netherlands. ... Events 12 February — The San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated. ... 1764 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the year 1776. ... 1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

19th century

Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, 1825-1895, the pioneer of the LGBT rights movement

• 1813 - Bavaria decriminalizes sexual acts between men
• 1835 - For the first time in its history Poland criminalizes homosexuality
• 1836 - The last known execution for homosexuality in Britain
• 1861 - In England, the penalty for conviction for sodomy is reduced from hanging to imprisonment
• 1867 - On August 29, 1867, Karl-Heinrich Ulrichs became the first self-proclaimed homosexual to speak out publicly for homosexual rights when he pleaded at the Congress of German Jurists in Munich for a resolution urging the repeal of anti-homosexual laws.

Magnus Hirschfeld, 1868-1935, was a prominent German physician, sexologist, and gay rights advocate.

• 1869 - The term "homosexuality" appears in print for the first time in a German pamphlet written by Karl-Maria Kertbeny (1824-1882).
• 1871 - Homosexuality is criminalized throughout Germany by Paragraph 175 of the Reich Criminal Code
• 1886 - The Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1885, outlawing sexual relations between men (but not women), is given Royal Assent by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
• 1892 - the word bisexual is first used in its current sense in Charles Gilbert Chaddock's translation of Kraft-Ebing's Psychopathia Sexualis.
• 1895 - Oscar Wilde prosecuted under the Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1885 for "gross indecency" and sentenced to two years in prison.

Oscar Wilde, 1954-1900

• 1897 - Magnus Hirschfeld founds the Scientific Humanitarian Committee on May 14 to organize for gay rights and the repeal of Paragraph 175

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1900s

• 1907 - Adolf Brand, the activist leader of the Gemeinschaft der Eigenen, working to overturn Paragraph 175, publishes a piece "outing" the imperial chancellor of Germany, Prince Bernhard von Bülow. The Prince sues Brand for libel and clears his name; Brand is sentenced to 18 months in prison.

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1910s

• 1910 - Emma Goldman first begins speaking publicly in favor of gay rights

May 14, 1928 issue of German lesbian periodical Die freundin

• 1914 - The word faggot is first used in print in reference to gays in a vocabulary of criminal slang published in Portland, Oregon: "All the fagots [sic] (sissies) will be dressed in drag at the ball tonight".

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1920s

• 1923 - The word fag is first used in print in reference to gays in Nels Anderson's The Hobo: "Fairies or Fags are men or boys who exploit sex for profit."
• 1924 - The first gay rights organization in America is founded in Chicago and is called the Society for Human Rights. The movement exists for a few months before being shut down by the police.
• 1925 - Kimitake Hiraoka, Japanese writer is born, January 14th
• 1928 - The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall is published in the United States. This sparks great legal controversy and brings the topic of homosexuality to public conversation.
• 1929 May 22 - Katharine Lee Bates, author of America the Beautiful dies.
• 1929 October 16 - a Reichstag Committee votes to repeal Paragraph 175. The Nazis' rise to power prevents the implementation of the vote.

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1930s

Once vibrant Eldorado gay night club in Berlin after being shut down, displaying banners promoting "Hitler List 1".

• 1932 - The new Polish Criminal Code again decriminalizes homosexuality in the whole of Poland
• 1933 - The Nazi Party bans homosexual groups. Some homosexuals are sent to concentration camps. Nazi's burn the library of Magnus Hirschfeld's Institute for Sexual Research, and destroy the Institute. Denmark decriminalizes homosexuality.
• 1937 - the first use of the pink triangle for gay men in Nazi concentration camps

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1940s

• 1940 - Barney Frank, American politician is born March 31st
• 1944 - Sweden decriminalizes homosexuality

Pink triangle prisoner Erwin Schimitzek, interned in Auschwitz in 1941, died in 1942.

• 1945 - Upon the liberation of concentration camps by Allied forces, those interned for homosexuality are not freed, but required to serve out the full term of their sentences under Paragraph 175
• 1946 - "COC" (Dutch acronym for "Center for Culture and Recreation"), the earliest homophile organisation, is founded in the Netherlands. It is the oldest surviving LGBT organization.
• 1948 - "Forbundet af 1948" ("League of 1948"), a homophile group, is formed in Denmark.

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1950s

Mattachine Review published by the Mattachine Society

• 1950 - East Germany partially abrogates the Nazis' emendations to Paragraph 175
• 1950 - The Mattachine Society, the first American homophile group, is founded in New York. The RFSL (Swedish Federation for Lesbian and Gay Rights) is formed in Sweden.

Alan Turing is often considered the father of modern computer science.

• 1952 - Dale Jennings successfully uses the defense of entrapment against charges of solicitation. ONE, Inc. is founded in California.
• 1954 - June 7 - Alan Turing dies from cyanide poisoning, 18 months after being given libido reducing hormone treatment for a year as a punishment for homosexuality. Arcadie is formed; it is the first homophile group in France.
• 1955 - Daughters of Bilitis founded in San Francisco, California.
• 1957 - The Wolfenden Committee's report recommends decriminalizing consensual homosexual behaviour between adults in the United Kingdom. Psychologist Evelyn Hooker publishes a study showing that gay men were as well adjusted as non-gay men, which was a major factor in the American Psychiatric Association removing homosexuality from its handbook of disorders in 1973.
• 1958 - The Homosexual Law Reform Society is founded in the United Kingdom.

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1960s

• 1961 in gay rights - Decriminalization in Czechoslovakia and Hungary
• 1962 in gay rights - Illinois becomes first U.S. state to remove sodomy law from its criminal code.
• 1963 in gay rights - Israel decriminalizes de-facto sodomy and sexual acts between men by judicial decision against the enforcement of the relevant section in the old British-mandate law from 1936 (which in fact was never enforced).
• 1966 in gay rights - The National Planning Conference of Homophile Organizations is established. (It became NACHO (North American Conference of Homophile Organizations) in 1967).
• 1967 in gay rights - Sexual Offences Act passed in England and Wales allowing sex between 2 men who are 21 or over. The book "Homosexual Behavior Among Males" by Wainwright Churchill breaks ground as a scientific study approaching homosexuality as a fact of life rather than as a sin, crime or disease. Oscar Wilde Bookshop, the world's first gay and lesbian bookstore, opens in New York City.
• 1968 in gay rights - Paragraph 175 is eased in East Germany. Canada repeals all anti-sodomy laws and Bulgaria decriminalize adult homosexual relations.
• 1969 in gay rights - Stonewall riots - Paragraph 175 is eased in West Germany - Homosexual behavior legalized in Canada. FREE, first gay student group formed in the United States.

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1970s

• 1970 in gay rights - First gay pride parade held in New York City
• 1971 in gay rights - Colorado and Oregon repeal sodomy laws; gay age of consent in the Netherlands changed from 21 to 16 (equalized; Penal Code Section 248bis dropped) The U.S. Libertarian Party calls for the repeal of all victimless crime laws, including the sodomy laws. Dr. Frank Kameny becomes the first openly gay candidate for the United States Congress.

Harvey Milk (1930-1978) American politician and gay-rights activist, assassinated in 1978.

• 1972 in gay rights - Ann Arbor, Michigan becomes first city in United States to pass gay rights ordinance. Norway decriminalizes homosexuality. Sweden becomes first country in the world to allow transgendered people to legally change their sex, and provides free hormone therapy.
• 1973 in gay rights - The American Psychiatric Association removes homosexuality from its DSM-II Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, based largely on the research and advocacy of Evelyn Hooker.
• 1974 in gay rights - Kathy Kozachenko becomes the first openly gay or lesbian American elected to public office, when she wins a seat on the Ann Arbor, Michigan city council. Ohio repeals sodomy laws. Robert Grant founds American Christian Cause to oppose the "gay agenda," the beginning of the modern Christian Right in America

The Gay Pride Flag, symbol of the Gay Rights Movement, was first flown in 1978 in San Francisco. This is the current version, flying over the Castro in June 2005

• 1975 in gay rights - Elaine Noble becomes the second out American elected to public office, when she wins a seat in the Massachusetts State House
• 1976 in gay rights - Robert Grant founds Christian Voice to take his anti-gay-rights crusade national in United States.
• 1977 in gay rights - Harvey Milk is elected city-county supervisor in San Francisco, becoming the third out American elected to public office. Dade County, Florida enacts a Human Rights Ordinance; it is repealed the same year after a militant anti-gay-rights campaign led by Anita Bryant. Quebec becomes the first jurisdiction larger than a city or county in the world to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation in the public and private sectors.
• 1978 in gay rights - San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone are assassinated by former San Francisco Supervisor Dan White. Rainbow flag first used as a symbol of gay and lesbian pride.
• 1979 in gay rights - first national gay rights march on Washington, DC

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1980s

• 1980 in gay rights - The Democratic National Convention becomes the first major political party in America to endorse a gay rights platform plank. Homosexuality decriminalized in Scotland. David McReynolds becomes the first openly GLBT individual to run for President of the United States, appearing on the Socialist Party U S A ticket.
• 1981 in gay rights - Moral Majority starts anti-gay crusade. Norway becomes the first country in the world to enact a law to prevent discrimination against homosexuals
• 1982 in gay rights - Gay Games I. Homosexuality decriminalised in Northern Ireland. The Ten Percent Society becomes the first gay rights organization in North Dakota. Wisconsin becomes the first US state to ban anti-gay discrimination.
• 1983 in gay rights - Massachusetts Representative Gerry Studds reveals he is a homosexual on the floor of the House, becoming the first openly Gay member of Congress.
• 1984 in gay rights - Massachusetts voters reelect representative Gerry Studds, despite his admission the year before that he is gay. New South Wales decriminlizes Homosexual Acts Between concenting adults.
• 1985 in gay rights - France prohibits discrimination based on lifestyle (moeurs) in employment and services. First memorial to gay Holocaust victims is dedicated
• 1986 in gay rights - Homosexual Law Reform Act passed in New Zealand, legalizing sex between males over 16
• 1987 in gay rights - ACT UP stages its first major demonstration, seventeen protesters are arrested. U.S. Congressman Barney Frank comes out as gay. Homomonument opened in Amsterdam, a memorial to persecuted gays and lesbians.
• 1988 in gay rights - Sweden is first country to pass laws protecting gays and lesbians regarding social services, taxes, and inheritances. Section 28 passes in England and Wales; Scotland brings in almost identical legislation under Clause 2A - Canadian MP Svend Robinson comes out as gay. Israel decriminalizes (de jure) sodomy and sexual acts between men (the relevant section in the old British-mandate law from 1936 was never enforced).
• 1989 in gay rights - Denmark is first country in the world to enact civil union laws for same-sex couples, with most of the same rights as marriage

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1990s

• 1990 in gay rights - OutRage! forms in UK
• 1991 in gay rights - Hong Kong decriminalizes homosexuality. Red ribbon first used as a symbol of the fight against HIV/AIDS.
• 1992 in gay rights - The World Health Organization removes homosexuality from its ICD-10
• 1993 in gay rights - Third gay rights march on Washington, DC. Sodomy laws repealed in the Republic of Ireland brought about by Senator David Norris. Russia decriminalizes consensual male sodomy. Norway enacts civil union laws that grant same-sex couples the same rights as married couples, except for the right to adopt or marry in a church.
• 1994 in gay rights - AMA denounces supposed cures for homosexuality/Canada grants refugee status to homosexuals fearing for their well-being in their native country. Paragraph 175 is repealed in Germany. Israel’s supreme court defines gay-couple’s rights same as any common-law-couple’s rights.
• 1995 in gay rights - Sweden legalizes registered partnerships (civil unions) with all the rights of marriage except for marriage in a church and adoption. The Supreme Court of Canada rules that sexual orientation is a prohibited ground of discrimination under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
• 1996 in gay rights - South Africa becomes the first nation to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation in its constitution.
• 1997 in gay rights - UK extends immigration rights to same-sex couples akin to marriage. Fiji is the second country to explicitly protect against discrimination based on sexual orientation in its constitution. Laws prohibiting private homosexual acts are repealed in Tasmania, Australia, the last Australian state to do so.
• 1998 in gay rights - Matthew Shepard slain. Employment Equality Act introduced in Ireland, covering wrongful dismissal based on the grounds of sexual orientation. Vriend v. Alberta- sexual orientation is read into the IRPA, Alberta's human rights act.
• 1999 in gay rights - California adopts domestic partner law. France enacts civil union laws (PACS) accessible to same-sex couples. The "Queer Youth Alliance" is founded in the UK. Israel’s supreme court recognizes lesbian partner as another legal mother of her partner’s biological son.

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2000s

• 2000 in gay rights - Clause 2A repealed in Scotland. Age of consent equalised in the United Kingdom. German Bundestag officially apologizes to gays and lesbians persecuted under the Nazi regime, and for "harm done to homosexual citizens up to 1969". Vermont becomes the first U.S. state to legalize civil unions. Israel recognizes same-sex relations for immigration purposes for a foreign partner of Israeli resident.
• 2001 in gay rights - Same-sex marriage in the Netherlands legalized.
• 2001 in gay rights - Same-sex union legalized in Germany, some of the same rights as marriage given
• 2002 in gay rights - Zurich extends marriage-like rights to same sex couples. Controversial openly gay Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated by Volkert van der Graaf.
• 2003 in gay rights - Section 28 repealed in England and Wales; SCOTUS strikes down U.S. sodomy laws; Same-sex marriage in Belgium legalized; Same-sex marriage in Canada introduced. Germany's Supreme Court upheld the country's civil union law which gives some of the benefits of marriage to registered same-sex couples.
• 2004 in gay rights - Same-sex marriage in the United States: Massachusetts legalizes same-sex marriage in May while eleven other U.S. states ban the practice through public referenda in the November elections; Civil unions in Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul now accepts civil unions; Domestic partnerships in New Jersey legalized in July. In Canada, 85% of the population lived in a province or territory with same-sex marriage. Australia bans same-sex marriage, while New Zealand passes the Civil Union Bill.

Iranian youths Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni executed in 2005 reportedly because they had been caught having sex with each other.

• 2005 in gay rights - Same-sex marriage in the United States: California extends some marriage rights to same-sex couples. ERASE THE HATE is formed by Tristan Hanscom. Uganda and Latvia amended their constitutions to prohibit same-sex marriage. Same sex marriage legalized in Canada and Spain. Two gay male teenagers, Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni, were executed in Iran. Switzerland voted in favor of extending rights for registered same-sex couples. South Africa's Supreme Court ruled that it was illegal, under the country's constitution, to ban gay marriages. André Boisclair is chosen leader of the Parti Québécois, becoming the first openly gay man elected leader of a major political party in North America. UK introduces Civil partnerships with rights all but equal to marriage. Maine adds sexual orientation and gender identity to existing anti-discrimination laws.
• 2006 in gay rights - Illinois outlaws sexual orientation discrimination. Washington State adds sexual orientation to existing anti-discrimination laws.

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Wilhelmus Simon Petrus Fortuijn, known as Pim Fortuyn (surname pronounced somewhat like for-TOYN, IPA: ), (February 19, 1948 – May 6, 2002), was a controversial, openly gay, charismatic politician in the Netherlands who formed his own party Lijst Pim Fortuyn (List Pim Fortuyn or LPF). ... Volkert van der Graaf (born July 9, 1969) is an animal welfare activist and is the confessed murderer of Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn. ... See also: 2002 in gay rights, other events of 2003, 2004 in gay rights and the gay rights timeline // Events January January 30 Same-sex marriage in Belgium: Belgian legislation to allow same-sex couples to marry becomes active. ... 1988 Sir Ian McKellen with Michael Cashman at the Gay Rights March on Manchester in protest of Section 28. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... A sodomy law is a law which makes certain sexual acts into sex crimes. ... 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Sexual orientation refers to the sex, sexes, gender or genders, to which a person is attracted and which form the focus of a persons amorous or erotic desires, fantasies, and spontaneous feelings. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... See also: 2005 in gay rights, other events of 2006, 2007 in gay rights and the Gay rights timeline // Events January January 1 Anti-discrimination laws: California new laws go into affect that protect transgender individuals from discrimination. ... Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 25th 149,998 km² 340 km 629 km 4. ... Sexual orientation refers to the sex, sexes, gender or genders, to which a person is attracted and which form the focus of a persons amorous or erotic desires, fantasies, and spontaneous feelings. ... 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See also

• History of sexuality
• Category:LGBT history

The History of Sexuality is also the title of a book, by Michel Foucault. ...

External links

• Extended Chronicle of gay history
• History of Gay Rights
• Gay Movie History