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A student-orientated day to end the silencing effect of anti-LGBT bias. Initially created by then-student Maria Pulzetti, the first event was organized by students at University of Virginia in 1996. [87] It is currently organized by GLSEN. In 1997, one year after the day's creation, it went national, with over 100 institutions participating. [88]
12 – Germany's parliament passes a law easing legal procedures for changing names and gender identity by a vote of 374 to 251. [ 11 ] 17 – Sweden 's parliament passes s law lowering the minimum age to legally change gender from 18 to 16 by a vote of 234 to 94.
LGBT event Location Official website Occurs every Start Gay Games: Various gaygames.org: 4 Years 1982 International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia: Everywhere may17.org: May 17 2005 International Family Equality Day: Everywhere internationalfamilyequalityday.org: first Sunday of May 2012 International Transgender Day of ...
October was chosen by Wilson as the month for the celebration because the first and second LGBTQ Marches on Washington, in 1979 and 1987, were in October; National Coming Out Day is on 11 October, chosen to mark the date of the Second March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights in 1987, and October is within the academic calendar year. [27]
A 1970s gay liberation protest in Washington, D.C.. The first pride marches were held in four US cities in June 1970, one year after the riots at the Stonewall Inn. [3] The New York City march, promoted as "Christopher Street Liberation Day", alongside the parallel marches in Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, marked a watershed moment for LGBT rights. [4]
Wiki Loves Pride is a global campaign to expand and improve LGBT-related content across all Wikimedia projects, in all languages.. Most activities of Wiki Loves Pride take place between June and October, traditionally the months when lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities around the world celebrate LGBT culture and history.
Annise Parker was elected as the first openly LGBT mayor of Houston, Texas and the first LGBT mayor of a U.S. city with a population over 1,000,000. [ 305 ] Diego Sanchez became the first openly transgender person to work on Capitol Hill ; he was hired as a legislative assistant for Barney Frank . [ 306 ]
The following is a list of LGBT historic places in the United States. It includes sites that are recognized at the federal, state, county, or municipal level as important to the history of the LGBT civil rights movement. They represent the achievements and struggles of the community and provide context to understand these events and people.