United States of America
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LGBTQIA+ History in the United States
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Turn of the Century 1890s-1900s
- 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.
Post-War (1940s-1960s)
- Homophile Movement (1950s-1960s)
- Mattachine Society (1950s-1960s)
Stonewall (1960s-1980s)
HIV/AIDS Crisis (1980s-1990s)
