1968 in LGBT rights

1968 in LGBT rights

Events

*Paragraph 175 is eased in East Germany

April

*April 14 - "The Boys in the Band" by Mart Crowley, a groundbreaking play in which all the characters are gay or bisexual, a startling concept at the time, opens off-Broadway at New York City's Theater Four, where it runs for 1002 performances

July

*July 17 - "The Wall Street Journal" publishes an article entitled, "U.S. Homosexuals Gain in Trying to Persuade Society to Accept Them"

Births

Deaths

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]
* [http://www.stonewall.org.uk/stonewall/information_bank/index.html Stonewall's information bank]


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