1955 in LGBT rights

1955 in LGBT rights

Events

:* In the Mattachine Society (founded in 1950), which was the first major gay organization in the United States, the Society’s New York chapter is founded in 1955, and will become the largest gay rights group in the U.S. [ "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] .]
* The Daughters of Bilitis, for lesbians, is founded in San Francisco in 1955.

Births

* October 28 - Bill Gates, entrepreneur, philanthropist for AIDS education in India
* November 17 - Yolanda Denise King, activist for civil rights, gay rights (d. 2007)

Deaths

*

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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