1976 in LGBT rights

This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1976.

List of years in LGBT rights (table)

Events

January
  • 1 — Iowa repeals its "sexual psychopath" law.[1] Passed in the wake of a moral panic following the 1954 rape and murder of a young boy, the law had been used to detain dozens of gay men in mental institutions in the 1950s.

February
  • 12 — The Pennsylvania Council for Sexual Minorities is formed by Governor Milton J. Shapp of Pennsylvania.[2]
  • 29 — New York City's public radio channel, WNET, airs a special titled "OUTREACH: LESBIANS AND GAY MEN".[3]

May

July
  • 1 — U.S. state of Indiana decriminalizes private consensual adult homosexual acts.
  • 19 — Homosexual activity becomes illegal, as does same-sex marriage.

September
  • 4 — Start of the three-day "Fourth Annual Gay Conference for Canada and Quebec," held in Toronto, including a rally and march.

November

See also

Notes
  1. Miller (2002), p. 296
  2. Burton, William (19 October 2018). "Milton Shapp was America's first equality Governor". Out in Jersey.
  3. Rosen, Rebecca J. (26 February 2014). "A Glimpse Into 1970s Gay Activism". The Atlantic.
  4. Carbery, Graham (2010). "Towards Homosexual Equality in Australian Criminal Law: A Brief History" (PDF) (2nd ed.). Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives Inc.

References
  • Miller, Neil (2002). Sex-crime Panic: A Journey to the Paranoid Heart of the 1950s. Los Angeles, Alyson Books. ISBN 1-55583-659-3.
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