1969 in gay rights
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See also: 1968 in gay rights, other events of 1969, 1970 in gay rights and the list of 'years in gay rights'
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Events
- California Assemblyman Willie Brown starts an annual tradition of introducing legislation to repeal the state's sodomy law. He was finally successful in 1975.
- Paragraph 175 eased in West Germany.
- Paul Goodman publishes The Politics of Being Queer (1969)
June
- June 27 - New York, New York - The Stonewall riots mark the start of the modern gay rights movement.
Births
- March 4 - Chastity Bono, activist, daughter of Cher and Sonny Bono.
Deaths
- June 22 - Judy Garland, 47, entertainer and pop icon among gay men.
External links
- Web site for Advocate news magazine (http://www.advocate.com)
- 365gay.com (http://www.365gay.com)
- Google search for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender news (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)