1971 in gay rights
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See also: 1970 in gay rights, other events of 1971, 1972 in gay rights and the list of 'years in gay rights'
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Events
January
March
- March 18
- March 24 - American federal judge dismisses laws barring homosexual immigration in granting citizenship to Cuba man.
April
- April 1 - French magazine Tout seized by police who characterize its call for sexual liberation in that country an "outrage to public morals."
June
- June 1 - UK newspaper International Times loses an appeal on inndecency charges for running personal ads for gay men.
July
- July 1 - Gay Alliance Toward Equality (GATE) is founded as Canada's first gay rights organization.
October
- October 12 - New York City Department of Consumr Affairs recommends the repeal of a city law banning homosexuals from working in or going to bars.
November
- November 1 - The Body Politic, Canada's first gay rights magazine hits newsstands.
- November 16 - U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy says he supports laws banning employment discrimination based on sexual orientation.
December
- December 14 - Sodomy laws: American gay rights activist group Gay Activists Alliance protest in front of the Suffolk County, New York police headquarters after two members were arrested for sodomy.
Births
Deaths
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)