1970 in LGBT rights

1970 in LGBT rights

Events

March

*March 17 - American film "Boys in the Band" premiers, the first major studio release focusing solely on homosexuality issues.

June

*June 28 - In the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall riots, more than 2,000 people march in New York City as part of the first gay pride parade in the United States.

July

*July 10:
**The Austrian parliament decriminalizes consensual homosexual acts between adults.

September

*September 5:
**Colombia changes "homosexual behavior" from a felony into a misdemeanor, and the maximum penalty is reduced to three years.

Births

*March 18 - Queen Latifah, American musician and actress1

1 - sexuality matter of dispute

Deaths

*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 musician

1 - 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

* 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]
* [http://news.google.com/news?as_q=&svnum=10&as_scoring=r&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=gay+lesbian+bisexual+transgender+homosexual&as_eq=&as_nsrc=&as_nloc=&as_occt=any&as_drrb=q&as_qdr=&as_minm=1&as_mind=20&as_maxm=2&as_maxd=19 Google search for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender news]


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