1971 in LGBT rights

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This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1971.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 March 1.2 April 1.3 July 1.4 October 1.5 November 1.6 December 2 Notes 3 References 4 See also

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.
• The Front homosexuel d'action révolutionnaire (Homosexual Front for Revolutionary Action) forms in France.^[1]

March

• 18 — Idaho decriminalizes homosexual acts between consenting adults, but the repeal is itself repealed before taking effect.^[2]
• 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.^[2]

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".^[3]

July

• 1

• The Gay Alliance Toward Equality is founded as Canada's first gay rights organization.
• In the United Kingdom, the International Times loses an appeal on indecency charges for running personal ads for gay men.^[4]

• 10 — Austria decriminalizes homosexual acts between consenting adults.^[5]
• 21 — George Klippert is released from prison, two years after homosexuality was decriminalized in Canada.

October

• 1 — Connecticut decriminalizes homosexual acts between consenting adults.^[5]
• 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.^[6]

November

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

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.

Notes

1. ^ Miller, p. 392
2. ^ ^{a b} Rutledge, p. 33
3. ^ Rutledge, pp. 33–4
4. ^ Rutledge, pp. 36–7
5. ^ ^{a b} Rutledge, p. 38
6. ^ Rutledge, p. 40

References

• Miller, Neil (1995). Out of the Past: Gay and Lesbian History from 1869 to the Present. New York, Vintage Books. ISBN 0099576910.
• Rutledge, Leigh (1992). The Gay Decades. New York: Penguin Books Ltd. ISBN 0452268109.

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