1950 in LGBT rights

1950 in LGBT rights

Events

* The Mattachine Society is founded in 1950 in Los Angeles, as the first major gay organization in the United States. The Society’s New York chapter will be founded later, in 1955, and will become the largest gay rights group in the United States. [ "Also available in Gay Rights Movement" (books), for "Series One: The Mattachine Society of New York Records," 1951-1976, Gale Group, webpage: [http://www.galegroup.com/pdf/facts/grm5.pdf GaleG-GRM5-PDF] .]

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See also

* List of years in LGBT rights.
* 1912 in LGBT rights - 1925 in LGBT rights
* 1943 in LGBT rights - 1969 in LGBT rights (Stonewall)
* 1980 in LGBT rights.

Notes

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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