1971 in LGBT rights explained

This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) rights that took place in the year 1971.

Events

• Frank Kameny becomes the first openly gay candidate for the United States Congress when he runs in the first election for the District of Columbia's non-voting delegate to Congress.^[1]
• The Front homosexuel d'action révolutionnaire (Homosexual Front for Revolutionary Action) forms in France.^[2]

March

• 18 — Idaho decriminalizes homosexual acts between consenting adults, but the repeal is itself repealed before taking effect.^[3]
• 24 — In a case granting citizenship to a Cuban man, a federal judge rules that homosexuality alone cannot bar a person from becoming a United States citizen.

April

• 1 — The French magazine Tout is seized by police, who characterize its call for sexual liberation in that country an "outrage to public morals".^[4]

May

• 15 — The first Gay Power march in Europe takes place in Örebro, Sweden, by a group called .^[5]

July

• 1
  • The Gay Alliance Toward Equality is founded as Canada's first gay rights organization.^{[6] [7]}
  • In the United Kingdom, the International Times loses an appeal on indecency charges for running personal ads for gay men.^[8]
• 10 — Austria decriminalizes homosexual acts between consenting adults.^[9]
• 21 — George Klippert is released from prison, two years after homosexuality was decriminalized in Canada.^[10]

October

• 1 — Connecticut decriminalizes homosexual acts between consenting adults.
• 12 — The New York City Department of Consumer Affairs recommends the repeal of a city law banning homosexuals from working in or going to bars.^[11]

November

• 1 — The Body Politic, Canada's first gay rights magazine, hits newsstands.^[12]

December

• 14 — The U.S. 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.

See also

• Timeline of LGBT history — timeline of events from 12,000 BCE to present
• LGBT rights by country or territory — current legal status around the world
• LGBT social movements

References

• Miller, Neil (1995). Out of the Past: Gay and Lesbian History from 1869 to the Present. New York, Vintage Books. .
• Rutledge, Leigh (1992). The Gay Decades. New York: Penguin Books Ltd. .

Notes and References

1. News: Homosexual Files Delegate Papers: Number of Contestants Is Now Eight. Boldt. David R.. February 23, 1971. The Washington Post.
2. Miller, p. 392
3. Rutledge, p. 33
4. Rutledge, pp. 33–4
5. Web site: Idag 50 år sedan den homosexuella revolutionen – Sverige var först i Europa med Prideprotester. 2021-05-15. QX.se. sv-SE.
6. Web site: Gay Alliance Toward Equality . City of Vancouver Archives . March 4, 2021.
7. Web site: Gay Alliance Towards Equality (GATE) Vancouver . Gay & Lesbian Liberation in Canada . March 4, 2021.
8. Rutledge, pp. 36–7
9. Rutledge, p. 38
10. News: Man imprisoned for being gay to get posthumous pardon from Trudeau. February 28, 2016. CBC. October 14, 2016.
11. Rutledge, p. 40
12. Web site: Why all Canadians should know about The Body Politic . Knegt . Peter . June 7, 2016 . CBC . March 4, 2021.