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1969 in gay rights
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Events[edit]
- California Assemblyman Willie Brown starts an annual tradition of introducing legislation to repeal the state's sodomy law. He was finally successful in 1975.
- Paragraph 175 eased in West Germany.
- Paul Goodman publishes The Politics of Being Queer (1969)
May[edit]
- May 18 - Minneapolis, Minnesota - FREE (Fight Repression of Erotic Expression) is formed at the University of Minnesota. It is the first student-led group in the United States for gay and lesbian collegians; it is also the first gay and lesbian organization in the state of Minnesota. Its successor is now called the Queer Student Cultural Center.
June[edit]
- June 27 - New York, New York - The Stonewall riots mark the start of the modern gay rights movement.
July[edit]
- Canada decriminalizes homosexuality in response to the George Klippert case.
Births[edit]
- March 4 - Chastity Bono, activist, daughter of Cher and Sonny Bono.
Deaths[edit]
- June 22 - Judy Garland, 47, entertainer and pop icon among gay men.
External links[edit]
- Web site for Advocate news magazine
- 365gay.com
- Google search for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender news
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