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Thomas Juricks
Stephen Williams
Michael Green
John Henry Scott
Lynching timeline
1924
Henry Gerber founds the Society for Human Rights, the first gay rights organization in the United States. Published the earliest-documented homosexual periodical, Friendship and Freedom.
1951
The Mattachine Society, the first national gay rights organization in the U.S. is formed.
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1952
The American Psychiatric Association lists homosexuality as a sociopathic personality disturbance.
1953
President Dwight Eisenhower signs Executive Order 10450, banning homosexuals from working for the federal government or any of its private contractors. Part of the “Lavender Scare”, a concerted effort to drive LGBTQ+ people out of government and public life, strongly influenced by Senator Joseph McCarthy.
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1955
The Daughters of Bilitis, the first national lesbian rights organization, is formed.
1962
Illinois becomes the first U.S. state to decriminalize homosexuality.
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1966
Compton’s Cafeteria Riot
1969
Stonewall Uprising
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1973
The American Psychological Association (APA) stops recognizing homosexuality as a mental disorder.
1974 (closed in 2010)
Lambda Rising, first LGBT bookstore in Washington DC, opens.
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1987
AIDS Memorial Quilt laid on National Mall first time.
1990
ACT UP protests at the National Institute of Health for equitable medication and healthcare.
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2001
Maryland passes Antidiscrimination Act of 2001, granting protection against discrimination based on sexual orientation.
2011
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is overturned.
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2013
Same-sex marriage is legalized in Maryland.
2013
“Gender Identity Disorder” is renamed to the less stigmatizing “Gender Dysphoria” with the release of the DSM-5.
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2014
Maryland passes the Fairness for All Marylanders Act (2014), expanding Maryland’s antidiscrimination laws to include protections for gender identity and expression.
2015
Maryland General Assembly passes law allowing ID changes consistent with gender identity.
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2015
Supreme Court guarantees marriage equality nationwide.
2016
President Obama designates Stonewall National Monument.
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2017
Moonlight wins Oscar for Best Picture.
2018
Conversion Therapy on minors is banned in Maryland.
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June 29, 2019
Inaugural Annapolis Pride Parade and festival held on June 29.
2020
National and state legislation passes for inclusive genders on state IDs (NH), banning conversion therapy for minors (VA), banning "gay panic" defenses (WA), extension of federal job protection (Supreme Court), and same-sex marriage protection (NV).
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January 20, 2021
President Joe Biden signs an executive order hours after Inauguration to expand protection from discrimination on the basis of sex to include sexuality, gender identity, and sex stereotypes.
January 25, 2021
President Joe Biden signs an executive order ending the ban on service of transgender people in the military.
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"Never apologize for your reading tastes; I always make fun about the fact that I have very, very lowbrow reading tastes, as long as you're reading, you're reading. So never apologize.."
-Michael Gannon
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"I liked the idea of what libraries, what public libraries do, that you help people on their terms. Not because you're trying to make money off them. Not because you're trying to get them to do something they don't want to do. But because you're trying to help them do whatever it is that they do want to do. ."
-John Krivak
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