1957 in LGBT rights

1957 in LGBT rights

Events

* Franklin E. Kameny is fired from his job as an astronomer in the Army Map Service in Washington, D.C. because of his homosexuality. The event spurred Kameny into being an LGBT rights activist.

Births

* August 6 - Jim McGreevey, governor of New Jersey, first openly gay governor in the United States

Deaths

See also

* List of years 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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