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== 2019 == | |||
* June 19th, 2019 - In [[Renton, Washington]] at United Christian Church of Renton, a Pride display of several doors painted in the colors of the rainbow with writing "God's Doors Are Open To All" was vandalized four times throughout the month, and on this day was the target of arson and explosives which prompted an FBI investigation. | |||
* June 27th, 2019 - In [[Renton, Washington]] a combined coalition of extremists including Atomwaffen Division, Patriot Front, Proud Boys, Three Percent ("III%") and others targeted a Drag Queen Story Hour event taking place at Fairwood Library. | |||
== 2022 == | |||
* February 22nd, 2022 - Greg Abbott, Governor of [[State of Texas | Texas]], issues a directive requiring the state's Department of Family and Protective Services to investigate supportive families of transgender youth for "child abuse". | * February 22nd, 2022 - Greg Abbott, Governor of [[State of Texas | Texas]], issues a directive requiring the state's Department of Family and Protective Services to investigate supportive families of transgender youth for "child abuse". | ||
* March 28th, 2022 - Ron DeSantis, Governor of [[State of Florida | Florida]], signs the "Don't Say Gay" bill. The bill restricts teachers from discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity, and is so broad that even rainbow flags and photos of same-sex partners had to be removed from classrooms. | * March 28th, 2022 - Ron DeSantis, Governor of [[State of Florida | Florida]], signs the "Don't Say Gay" bill. The bill restricts teachers from discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity, and is so broad that even rainbow flags and photos of same-sex partners had to be removed from classrooms. | ||
* June 11th, 2022 - In [[San Lorenzo, California]] a group of Proud Boys targeted a Drag Queen Story Hour event taking place at the San Lorenzo Library shouting insults and attempting to disrupt it. | |||
* June 11th, 2022 - In [[Couer D'Alene, Idaho]] 31 Patriot Front members, a far-right White Supremacist group, were arrested likely with intent to cause violence at a Pride event. | * June 11th, 2022 - In [[Couer D'Alene, Idaho]] 31 Patriot Front members, a far-right White Supremacist group, were arrested likely with intent to cause violence at a Pride event. | ||
Revision as of 00:57, 5 July 2022
A general overview of LGBTQIA+ movements and historical events. These also include international headlines related to LGBTQIA+ history from the perspective of residents in the United States.
Early 20th Century (1880s-1910s)
LGBTQIA+ Leaders and Icons
LGBTQIA+ Supporters
Usage of "Homosexual/Homosexuality"
- Library of Congress, Chronicling America, first record using term "homosexual" in a piece titled "Cause and Cure of Anarchy" (1898) in the Omaha Daily Bee. The piece describes Luigi Lucheni, an Italian anarchist who assassinated Empress Elisabeth of Austria the same year, stating "he was like Caserio... in temperament a homo-sexual". Caserio may be referring to Italian anarchist Sante Geronimo Caserio, who assassinated President of France, Marie François Sadi Carnot in 1894. The article is largely an attempt at psychoanalyzing people with anarchist leanings but has no real scientific or medical basis.
- Library of Congress, Chronicling America, next record using term "homosexuality" in a piece by Voice of the People titled "How the Southern Pacific Scabs were Herded" (1913). The piece describes homosexuality and prostitution as forms of degeneracy which are allegedly popular topics being discussed by scabs waiting for work. The article is written from the perspective of a union worker reporting to a Louisiana socialist newspaper.
1920s
- A Chicago newspaper affiliated with the Communist Party remarks on the opening of the Institute for Sex Science in Germany under Dr. Hirschfeld (March 4, 1924).
- William J. Fielding publishes a book titled "Homosexual Life" in 1925. The book is an attempt at psychoanalyzing sexuality but has no real scientific or medical basis.
- Mae West's play The Drag is banned in the State of New York, some of the cast is arrested. The play is reported to have had strong "homosexual" themes (February 1, 1927).
World War II (1930s-1940s)
- See USA World War II
More Articles
- The Waterbury Democrat in the State of Connecticut publishes an op-ed on cross-dressing.
Post-War (1940s-1960s)
- Homophile Movement (1950s-1960s)
- Mattachine Society (1950s-1960s)
LGBTQIA+ Publications
- Vice Versa, subscription by Lisa Ben
- One, magazine by the Mattachine Society
McCarthyism and Federal Persecution
- See McCarthyism (USA) to learn more about the persecution of LGBTQIA+ communities during the McCarthy era under Senator Joseph McCarthy.
- See FBI Sex Deviates (USA) to see more on the persecution of LGBTQIA+ communities by the FBI, under J. Edgar Hoover, and other enforcement agencies.
- Due to the rise in federal pusuits against gay communities, local police, and even residents, participated in entrapment and extortion of gay individuals or those suspected of being gay. See History of Entrapment (USA) for more.
Blue Discharges (1947)
Reasons for Discharge (1952)
- The People's Voice, a labor newspaper in the State of Montana, publishes a Congressional study that showed 1/3 of discharges were for "neuro-psychiatric reasons", which excluded 163,000 in the Army and 91,563 from the Navy for reasons including "homosexuality".
Guilty of Homosexuality (1952)
- The Miami Times publishes a list of criminal charges pressed in court. Nora Jackson was sentenced to 40 days in jail for disorderly conduct and being "guilty of homosexuality" (July 19, 1952).
10,000 "Fairies" Have Invaded New York's Harlem (1955)
- An article in the Minneapolis Spokesman describes gay communities "moved in TEN THOUSAND STRONG" to Harlem (February 18, 1955).
American Law Institute Recommends Sex Law Reforms (1955)
- The Evening Star reports that American Law Institute recommends changes to sex laws which would "exclude adultery, fornication, and sodomy-- all of which are currently punishable crimes in nearly all states and the District of Columbia." (June 12, 1955).
Police Screen for Liquor Licenses (1957)
- The Evening Star publishes an article that mentions a police screening for liquor licenses in order to "prevent prostitutes and homosexuals from soliciting in bars and taverns" (May 19, 1957).
Man Wins Morals Case, Washington D.C. (1960)
- The Evening Star reports on a win for a man who "admitted his homosexuality" on the argument of "differentiating between the condition of homosexuality and a public homosexual act" (August 19, 1960).
Stonewall (1960s-1980s)
Major Events
LGBTQIA+ Leaders and Icons
Right to Distribute and Read Magazines
Early LGBTQIA+ communities had to fight for the right to have their materials distributed by the United States Postal Service (USPS), even topics centered on "homosexuality" could be described as obscene and banned by the post office. Communities also had to fight obscenity laws to distribute pornographic and other materials considered illicit which centered on queer sexualities.
Roth v. United States (1958)
- The Evening Star reports on Roth v. United States (1958), a Supreme Court case which lifted a ban from the Post Office on three magazines, including One by the Mattachine Society (January 14, 1958).
- The Evening Star reports on a House investigation into obscene materials sent by the United States Post Office. Representative Patrick Jerome Hillings, representing the State of California, remarks on some of the items, including one titled "Male Homosexuals Tell Their Stories" (January 30, 1958).
USPS Can Ban Obscene Materials "Designed to Appeal to Homosexuals" (1960)
- The Evening Star covers a ruling by District Court Judge George L. Hart Jr. which continues a United States Post Office ban on magazines "designed to appeal to homosexuals and other perverts... He rejected arguments that homosexuals have the right to read such magazines. (August 16, 1960).
Appeals Court Upholds Post Office Ban (1961)
- The Evening Star reports the United States Court of Appeals upheld the ban on 3 magazines "displaying partly nude males" from the United States Post Office (March 24, 1961).
Police Raids
Common throughout the 60s, and decades prior, was the practice of police raiding bars and other gay establishments to charge and convict individuals on obscenity or moral charges, sometimes just called "homosexual charges"
Tampa Seizes 30 In Vice Raids (1961)
- The Evening Star, a newspaper in Washington D.C., reports on Tampa police arresting "30 persons today on homosexual charges." Sheriff Ed Blackburn comments "there will probably be more than 100 arrests as the result of an investigation" (June 4, 1961).
HIV/AIDS Crisis (1980s-1990s)
Current Events
2019
- June 19th, 2019 - In Renton, Washington at United Christian Church of Renton, a Pride display of several doors painted in the colors of the rainbow with writing "God's Doors Are Open To All" was vandalized four times throughout the month, and on this day was the target of arson and explosives which prompted an FBI investigation.
- June 27th, 2019 - In Renton, Washington a combined coalition of extremists including Atomwaffen Division, Patriot Front, Proud Boys, Three Percent ("III%") and others targeted a Drag Queen Story Hour event taking place at Fairwood Library.
2022
- February 22nd, 2022 - Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, issues a directive requiring the state's Department of Family and Protective Services to investigate supportive families of transgender youth for "child abuse".
- March 28th, 2022 - Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida, signs the "Don't Say Gay" bill. The bill restricts teachers from discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity, and is so broad that even rainbow flags and photos of same-sex partners had to be removed from classrooms.
- June 11th, 2022 - In San Lorenzo, California a group of Proud Boys targeted a Drag Queen Story Hour event taking place at the San Lorenzo Library shouting insults and attempting to disrupt it.
- June 11th, 2022 - In Couer D'Alene, Idaho 31 Patriot Front members, a far-right White Supremacist group, were arrested likely with intent to cause violence at a Pride event.
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