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Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc. ; Amenia, NY : Grey House Publishing, [2017]

Sexual minorities -- History.

Sexual minorities -- Civil rights.

9781682175910 (set)

9781682178881 (v. 1)

9781682178898 (v. 2)

Great events from history.

2 volumes (783 pages) : illustrations ; 27 cm

Second edition.

Volume 1. 1848-1982 -- Volume 2. 1983-2017.

VOLUME ONE : Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention -- Whitman Publishes Leaves of Grass -- Mary Edwards Walker Is Awarded the Medal of Honor -- Karl Heinrich Ulrichs Speaks Publicly for Gay and Lesbian Rights -- Kertbeny Coins the Terms "Homosexual" and "Heterosexual" -- Westphal Advocates Medical Treatment for Sexual Inversion -- United Kingdom Criminalizes "Gross Indecency" -- Two-Spirit American Indian Visits Washington, D.C. -- Alice Mitchell Found Guilty of Murdering Her Lover -- Oscar Wilde Is Convicted of Gross Indecency -- Der Eigene Is Published as First Journal on Homosexuality -- Raffalovich Publishes Uranisme et Unisexualite -- Ellis Publishes Sexual Inversion -- Hirschfeld Founds the Scientific-Humanitarian Committee -- Transgender Reporter Covers Spanish-American War Revolts -- Police Arrest "Los 41" in Mexico City -- Stein Writes Q.E.D. -- Freud Rejects Third-Sex Theory -- Friedlaender Breaks with the Scientific-Humanitarian Committee -- The Eulenburg Affair Scandalizes Germany's Leadership -- Carpenter Publishes The Intermediate Sex -- Barney Opens Her Paris Salon -- Robles Fights in the Mexican Revolution -- U.S. Navy Launches Sting Operation Against "Sexual Perverts" -- Gays and Lesbians Contribute to the Harlem Renaissance -- The God of Vengeance Opens on Broadway -- Gide Publishes the Signed Edition of Corydon -- Gerber Founds the Society for Human Rights -- Wales Padlock Law Censors Risque Theater -- Hall Publishes The Well of Loneliness -- Davis's Research Identifies Lesbian Sexuality as Common and Normal -- Pandora's Box Opens -- Hollywood Bans "Sexual Perversion" in Films -- Nazis Persecute Homosexuals -- Hitler's Night of the Long Knives -- Isherwood Publishes Goodbye to Berlin -- Thompson v. Aldredge Dismisses Sodomy Charges Against Lesbians -- Golden Age of American Gay Literature -- Vice Versa Is Published as First Lesbian Periodical -- Kinsey Publishes Sexual Behavior in the Human Male -- Mattachine Society Is Founded -- George Jorgensen Becomes Christine Jorgensen -- APA Classifies Homosexuality as a Mental Disorder -- One, Inc., Is Founded -- U.S. Law Prohibits Gay and Lesbian Immigration -- Kinsey Publishes Sexual Behavior in the Human Female -- One Magazine Begins Publication -- Evelyn Hooker Debunks Beliefs That Homosexuality is a "Sickness" -- U.S. President Eisenhower Prohibits Federal Employment of Lesbians and Gays -- Daughters Of Bilitis Founded as First National Lesbian Group in United States -- Baldwin Publishes Giovanni's Room -- Foster Publishes Sex Variant Women in Literature -- United Kingdom's Sexual Offences Act Becomes Law -- The Wolfenden Report Calls for Decriminalizing Private Consensual Sex -- First National Lesbian Conference Convenes -- Illinois Legalizes Consensual Homosexual Sex -- Sarria Is First Out Gay or Lesbian Candidate for Public Office -- Rechy Publishes City of Night -- Rustin Organizes the March on Washington -- Revolutionary Cuba Imprisons Gays -- First North American Conference of Homophile Organizations Convenes -- Queer Youth Fight Police Harassment at Compton's Cafeteria in San Francisco -- First Gender Identity Clinic Opens and Provides Gender Reassignment Surgery -- Los Angeles Advocate Begins Publication -- CBS Airs CBS Reports: The Homosexuals -- First Student Homophile League Is Formed -- U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Law Preventing Immigration of Gays and Lesbians -- United Kingdom Decriminalizes Homosexual Sex -- Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop Opens as First Gay Bookstore -- Nacho Formally Becomes the First Gay Political Coalition -- Metropolitan Community Church Is Founded -- Nuestro Mundo Forms as First Queer Organization in Argentina -- Gay Catholics Found Dignity -- Stonewall Rebellion Ignites Modern Gay and Lesbian Rights Movement -- Gay Liberation Front Is Formed -- Canada Decriminalizes Homosexual Acts -- Time Magazine Issues "The Homosexual in America" -- Amazon Bookstore Opens as First Feminist-Lesbian Book Shop -- Lavender Menace Protests Homophobia in Women's Movement -- Radicalesbians Issues "the Woman Identified Woman" Manifesto -- First Lesbian and Gay Pride March in the United States -- Del Martin Quits Gay Liberation Movement -- Kameny Is First Out Candidate for U.S. Congress -- Lesbian Tide Publishes Its First Issue -- Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center is Founded -- The Gay Book Award Debuts -- The Body Politic Begins Publication -- Local Governments Pass Antidiscrimination Laws -- First Gay And Lesbian Synagogue in the United States is Formed -- Equal Rights Amendment Fails State Ratification -- First Out Gay Minister Is Ordained -- Jordan Becomes First Black Congresswoman from the South -- Brown Publishes Rubyfruit Jungle -- Naiad Press Is Founded -- National Gay Task Force Is Formed -- Olivia Records Is Founded -- Roe v. Wade Legalizes Abortion and Extends Privacy Rights -- U.S. Supreme Court Supports Local Obscenity Laws -- American Bar Association Calls for Repeal of Laws Against Consensual Sex -- Lesbian Herstory Archives Is Founded -- Lambda Legal Authorized to Practice Law -- Homosexuality Is Delisted by the APA -- Bisexual Forum Is Founded -- The Front Runner Makes The New York Times Best-Seller List -- Antigay and Antilesbian Organizations Begin to Form -- Abzug and Koch Attempt to Amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 -- Lesbian Connection Begins Publication -- Noble Is First Out Lesbian or Gay Person to Win State-Level Election -- First Gay and Lesbian Archives Is Founded -- First Novel About Coming Out to Parents Is Published -- Gay American Indians Is Founded -- Rule Publishes Lesbian Images -- Gay Latino Alliance Is Formed -- U.S. Civil Service Commission Prohibits Discrimination Against Federal Employees -- Anna Crusis Women's Choir Is Formed -- U.S. Supreme Court Rules in "Crimes Against Nature" Case -- Foucault Publishes Volume I of L'Histoire de la sexualité -- Katz Publishes First Lesbian and Gay History Anthology -- Army Reservist Ben-Shalom Sues for Reinstatement -- Michigan Womyn's Music Festival Holds Its First Gathering -- Anita Bryant Campaigns Against Gay and Lesbian Rights -- Combahee River Collective Issues "A Black Feminist Statement" -- National Women's Conference Convenes -- Quebec Includes Lesbians And Gays in Its Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms -- Toronto Police Raid Offices of The Body Politic -- Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association Is Founded -- Lesbian and Gay Workplace Movement Is Founded -- U.S. Supreme Court Distinguishes Between "Indecent" and "Obscene" -- International Lesbian and Gay Association Is Founded -- Antigay and Antilesbian Briggs Initiative Is Defeated -- White Murders Politicians Moscone and Milk -- Moral Majority Is Founded -- First Gay British Television Series Airs -- First March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights -- First National Third World Lesbian and Gay Conference Convenes -- Lesbian and Gay Asian Collective Is Founded -- Alyson Begins Publishing Gay and Lesbian Books -- Rich Publishes "Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence" -- Gay Writers Form the Violet Quill -- Human Rights Campaign Fund Is Founded -- U.S. Navy Investigates the USS Norton Sound in Antilesbian Witch Hunt -- Canadian Gay Postal Workers Secure Union Protections -- Faderman Publishes Surpassing the Love of Men -- Gay and Lesbian Palimony Suits Emerge -- Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays Is Founded -- This Bridge Called My Back Is Published -- Gala Choruses Is Formed -- Toronto Police Raid Gay Bathhouses -- Reports of Rare Diseases Mark Beginning of Aids Epidemic -- San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus Concert Tour -- Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press Is Founded -- New York City Gay Men's Chorus Performs at Carnegie Hall -- Lesbian and Gay Youth Protection Institute Is Founded -- Lorde's Autobiography Zami Is Published -- Lesbian Academic and Activist Sues University of California For Discrimination -- Wisconsin Enacts First Statewide Gay and Lesbian Civil Rights Law -- Gay-Related Immunodeficiency Is Renamed AIDS -- First Gay Games Are Held in San Francisco -- Studds Is First Out Gay Man in the U.S. Congress --

VOLUME TWO : First National Lesbians of Color Conference Convenes -- AIDS Virus Is Discovered -- San Francisco Closes Gay Bathhouses and Other Businesses -- West Hollywood Incorporates with Majority Gay and Lesbian City Council -- Berkeley Extends Benefits to Domestic Partners of City Employees -- GLAAD Begins Monitoring Media Coverage of Gays and Lesbians -- Lesbian Film Desert Hearts Is Released -- Actor Hudson Announces He Has AIDS -- Bowers v. Hardwick Upholds State Sodomy Laws -- Paula Gunn Allen Publishes The Sacred Hoop -- South Asian Newsletter Trikone Begins Publication -- AZT Treats People with AIDS -- Californians Reject LaRouche's Quarantine Initiative -- Anzaldúa Publishes Borderlands/La Frontera -- Asian Pacific Lesbian Network Is Founded -- Compañeras: Latina Lesbians Is Published -- Shilts Publishes And the Band Played On -- VIVA Is Founded to Promote Latina and Latino Artists -- Radical AIDS Activist Group ACT UP Is Founded -- Old Lesbians Organize for Change -- Lambda Rising Book Report Begins Publication -- U.S. Congressman Frank Comes Out as Gay -- Second March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights -- Latin American and Caribbean Lesbian Feminist Network Is Formed -- Macho Dancer Is Released in the Philippines -- Canada Decriminalizes Sex Practices Between Consenting Adults -- M. Butterfly Opens on Broadway -- Lavender Youth Recreation and Information Center Opens -- Report of the Presidential AIDS Commission -- First National Coming Out Day Is Celebrated -- Oregon Repeals Ban on Antigay Job Discrimination -- First World AIDS Day -- Act Up Paris Is Founded -- Vaid Becomes Executive Director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force -- Helms Claims Photographs Are Indecent -- Death of Transgender Jazz Musician Billy Tipton -- U.S. Supreme Court Rules Gender-Role Stereotyping Is Discriminatory -- Watkins V. United States Army Reinstates Gay Soldier -- Lambda Literary Award Is Created -- ACT UP Protests at St. Patrick's Cathedral -- Judith Butler Publishes Gender Trouble -- International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission Is Founded -- Sedgwick Publishes Epistemology of the Closet -- United Lesbians of African Heritage Is Founded -- Artists Sue the National Endowment for the Arts -- Coming out Under Fire Documents Gay and Lesbian Military Veterans -- Queer Nation Is Founded -- BiNet USA Is Formed -- Americans with Disabilities Act Becomes Law -- Asian Lesbian Network Holds Its First Conference -- LeVay Postulates the "Gay Brain" -- Revisionist Criticism Recasts Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz -- Stone Publishes "A Posttranssexual Manifesto" -- Asian Lesbians and Gays Protest Lambda Fund-Raiser -- Leather Archives and Museum Is Founded -- The Advocate Outs Pentagon Spokesman Pete Williams -- California Governor Wilson Vetoes Antidiscrimination Bill -- Minnesota Court Awards Guardianship to Lesbian Partner -- Canada Grants Asylum Based on Sexual Orientation -- Canadian YMCA Extends Family Discounts to Gays and Lesbians -- Transgender Nation Holds Its First Protest -- Celebrity Lesbians Come Out -- Indians Struggle to Abolish Sodomy Law -- Canadian Government Antigay Campaign Is Revealed -- Feinberg Publishes Transgender Liberation -- Massachusetts Grants Family Rights to Gay and Lesbian State Workers -- Canadian Military Lifts Its Ban on Gays and Lesbians -- Oregon and Colorado Attempt Antigay Initiatives -- Angels in America Officially Opens on November 8, 1992 -- Intersex Society of North America Is Founded -- Monette Wins the National Book Award for Becoming a Man -- The Wedding Banquet Is First Acclaimed Taiwanese Gay-Themed Film -- Hawaii Opens Door to Same-Gender Marriages -- Battelle Sex Study Prompts Conservative Backlash -- First Dyke March Is Held in Washington, D.C. -- March on Washington for Gay, Lesbian, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation -- Achtenberg Becomes Assistant Housing Secretary -- Clinton Appoints First AIDS Czar -- Lesbian Mother Loses Custody of Her Child -- Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy Is Implemented -- Transgender Man Brandon Teena Raped and Murdered -- Employment Non-Discrimination Act Is Proposed to U.S. Congress -- National Association of Lesbian and Gay Community Centers Is Founded -- Navratilova Honored for Her Career in Tennis -- Stonewall 25 March and Rallies are Held in New York City -- Japanese American Citizens League Supports Same-Gender Marriage -- U.N. Revokes Consultative Status of International Lesbian and Gay Association -- The Advocate Outs Oscar Nominee Nigel Hawthorne -- Athlete Louganis Announces He Is HIV-Positive -- International Bill of Gender Rights Is First Circulated -- Lesbian Couple Murdered in Oregon -- Hart Recognized as a Transgender Man -- South African Constitution Prohibits Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation -- U.S. President Clinton Signs Defense of Marriage Act -- Ellen Comes Out as a Lesbian -- Transgender Scholarship Proliferates -- Canadian Supreme Court Reverses Gay Academic's Firing -- Gay College Student Shepard Is Beaten and Murdered -- First International Retreat For Lesbian and Gay Muslims Is Held -- Screening of Fire Ignites Violent Protests in India -- Constitutional Court of Colombia Rules on Intersex Surgery Consent -- Littleton v. Prange Withholds Survivor Rights from Transsexual Spouses -- First Middle Eastern Gay and Lesbian Organization Is Founded -- Baker v. Vermont Leads To Recognition of Same-Gender Civil Unions -- United Kingdom Lifts Ban on Gays and Lesbians in the Military -- Hollywood Awards Transgender Portrayals in Film -- Boy Scouts of America v. Dale -- Asexual Visibility and Education Network Is Founded -- Chinese Psychiatric Association Removes Homosexuality from List of Mental Disorders -- Japanese Human Rights Council Recommends Lesbian and Gay Rights -- First Gay and Lesbian Television Network Is Launched in Canada -- Sylvia Rivera Law Project Is Founded -- Transgender Rights Added to New York City Law -- Gays and Lesbians March for Equal Rights in Mexico City -- Irish American Lesbian Gains Canadian Immigrant Status -- Transgender Teen Gwen Araujo Is Murdered in California -- Australian Court Validates Transsexual Marriage -- Transsexuals Protest Academic Exploitation -- New Mexico Amends Its Human Rights Act -- Buenos Aires Recognizes Same-Gender Civil Unions -- Canada Legalizes Same-Gender Marriage -- U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Texas Sodomy Law -- Singapore Lifts Ban on Hiring Lesbian and Gay Employees -- Wal-Mart Adds Lesbians and Gays to Its Antidiscrimination Policy -- Massachusetts Court Rules for Same-Gender Marriage -- Transgender Day of Remembrance and Remembering Our Dead Project -- The History Boys Officially Opens on May 18, 2004 -- Robinson Becomes First Out Gay Bishop in Christian History -- Transsexual Athletes Allowed to Compete in Olympic Games -- United Kingdom Legalizes Same-Gender Civil Partnerships -- United Kingdom's Gender Recognition Act Legalizes Transsexual Marriage -- Spain Legalizes Same-Gender Marriage -- Roman Catholic Church Bans Gay Seminarians -- Jiménez Flores Elected to the Mexican Senate -- Brokeback Mountain, Capote, and Transamerica Receive Oscars -- Larry Kramer Attacks Queer Studies -- Butler Rejects Civil Rights Award from German Group -- Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy is Repealed -- San Francisco Issues an Official Report About Bisexuals -- Tony Briffa Elected Mayor of Hobsons Bay, Australia -- Uganda Passes Anti-Homosexuality Act -- Boy Scouts of America Moves Toward Acceptance of Sexual and Gender Minorities -- Supreme Court of India Finds Law Prohibiting Gay Sex Constitutional -- Russia Enacts "Homosexual Propaganda" Law -- Time Magazine Calls 2014 the "Transgender Tipping Point" -- Caitlyn Jenner Becomes the World's Most Famous Transgender Person -- The United States Supreme Court Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage -- China Prohibits Depictions of LGBTQ People on Television.

"This set, like its predecessor, chronicles important historical events from around the world that have identified, defined, and legally established the rights of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, queers and transsexual, transgender, intersex, and asexual persons."--Volume 1, publisher's note.

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