Memphis LGBTQ History Timeline
Timeline Under Construction: Please send OutHistory additions at outhistory@gmail.com
1876, September 5: Victoria Woodhull to Speak in Memphis, Memphis Daily Appeal, September 5, 1875
1881-08-13: "Oscar Wilde," Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN), August 13, 1881, v40, p4
1889-12-07: Dr. A. B. Holder (Memphis, TN): "A Peculiar Sexual Perversion," 1889
1892-01-25: Alice Mitchell Murders Freda Ward, Memphis, TN, January 25, 1892
1940-06-27: Memphis Minnie (Lizzie Douglas Lawlers) records "Ma Rainey"; guitar: Little Son Joe; guitar: Memphis Minnie. Source: https://www.discogs.com/Memphis-Minnie-Complete-Recorded-Works-1935-1941-In-Chronological-Order-Vol-5-27-June-1940-To-12-Dec/release/7042769; accessed September 19, 2020
1962-00-00: Aaron Henry Accused by Youth of Memphis, TN, 1962
1968-03-10: Billy Graham, "Lesbian Learns Depth Of Her Sin," Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN), Sunday, March 10, 1968
1979-06-00: AGAA faculty adviser Bill Dunlap moves to Memphis, Tennessee, June, 1979. See: Comprehensive Timeline for Watauga County, North Carolina LGBT Life, 1969-2009
1995-07-00: Lisa J. Lindquist: "Images of Alice: Gender, Deviancy, and a Love Murder in Memphis," July 1995