1972 in LGBT rights
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- San Francisco, California prohibits employment discrimination based on sexual orientation in the public sector. The city also prohibits companies that have contracts with the city from discriminating based on sexual orientation.
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- May 2 - J. Edgar Hoover dies and leaves most of his estate to Clyde Tolson, his companion of 40 years.
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- July 10 - Ann Arbor, Michigan becomes the first American city to ban discrimination against homosexuals in housing, public accommodation, and employment.
- July 12 - Delegate Jim Foster becomes the first openly gay person to address a major American party convention at the 1972 Democratic National Convention.
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- May 2 - J. Edgar Hoover, 83, American director of FBI
- August 2 (New York City) - Paul Goodman, American poet, writer, and public intellectual.
