- 1970 in LGBT rights
Events
March
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March 17 - American film "Boys in the Band " premiers, the first major studio release focusing solely on homosexuality issues.June
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June 28 - In the one-year anniversary of theStonewall riots , more than 2,000 people march inNew York City as part of the firstgay pride parade in the United States.July
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July 10 :
**The Austrian parliament decriminalizes consensual homosexual acts between adults.September
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September 5 :
**Colombia changes "homosexual behavior" from a felony into a misdemeanor, and the maximum penalty is reduced to three years.Births
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March 18 -Queen Latifah , American musician and actress11 - sexuality matter of dispute
Deaths
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April 26 -Gypsy Rose Lee , 59, American actress and burlesque performer1
*June 7 -E. M. Forster , 91, British novelist and short-story writer
*September 18 -Jimi Hendrix , 27, American musician and songwriter2
*October 4 -Janis Joplin , 27, American musician1 - sexuality disputed; bisexual according to Gabriele Griffin's "Who's Who in Lesbian and Gay Writing" (page 91)
2 - sexuality widely disputed; discharged from the U.S. army for having sexual tendencies towards other male soldiers
See also
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Timeline of LGBT history .
*Table of years in LGBT rights .
*1925 in LGBT rights -1934 in LGBT rights
*1943 in LGBT rights -1969 in LGBT rights (Stonewall)
*1990 in LGBT rights .External links
* [http://www.advocate.com Web site for Advocate news magazine]
* [http://www.365gay.com 365gay.com]
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