1972 in gay rights
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See also: 1971 in gay rights, other events of 1972, 1973 in gay rights and the Gay rights timeline.
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Events
January
April
May
- May 2 - J. Edgar Hoover dies and leaves most of his estate to Clyde Tolson, his companion of 40 years.
June
July
- July 10 - Ann Arbor, Michigan becomes the first American city to ban discrimination against homosexuals in housing, public accommodation, and employment.
- July 12 - Delagate Jim Foster becomes the first openly gay person to address a major American party conventioon at the 1972 Democratic Convention.
Births
Deaths
- May 2 - J. Edgar Hoover, 83, American director of FBI
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)