Harry Benjamin

Harry Benjamin, Doctor and Sexologist

David Bowie

David Bowie, Musician and Rock Star

Dorothy Arzner

Dorothy Arzner, Film Director

Alvin Ailey

Alvin Ailey, choreographer and dancer

Kinsey Sex Study Is Published

Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, by Dr. Alfred Kinsey, is published in the United States. The 804-page scientific study quickly became a major best-seller and was widely discussed in the press. Kinsey became a well-known figure with almost…

Law Reform in Switzerland

Switzerland adopts a uniform code of criminal law for the entire nation. As part of the revision of criminal law, homosexual acts between consenting adults in private were decriminalized throughout Switzerland for the first time.

The film Philadelphia is released.

The film Philadelphia is released. It tells the story of a gay lawyer (Tom Hanks) who is fired by his firm because he has AIDS, and the lawyer (Denzel Washington) who defends him and, in the process, has to face and acknowledge his own homophobia. …

Billy Tipton

Billy Tipton, Jazz Musician

Elsa Gidlow

Elsa Gidlow, Writer

Gay Liberation in New York City, 1969-1973, by Lindsay Branson

An exhibit focusing on the strains of activism that dominated the LGBT political scene in New York City and across the country from 1969 to 1973.

Deborah Sampson

Deborah Sampson, American Revolutionary War Soldier

Barbara Smith

Barbara Smith, Activist and Writer

Le Sept Opens in Paris

Le Sept opens on Rue Sainte-Anne in Paris. Owned and operated by Fabrice Emaer, a former beautician, Le Sept became the hottest gay nightspot in Paris. Both a restaurant and nightclub, Le Sept popularized disco music in the French gay scene.

George Henry Loskiel

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Joseph Tracy's The Great Awakening

George Whitefield by John Russell, 1770?

oil on canvas laid on board, 1770? 6 7/8 in. x 5 3/8 in. (175 mm x 136 mm) irregular Given by the artist's great-grandson, Francis H. Webb, 1917 Primary Collection NPG…

Tom Ammiano

Tom Ammiano, Politician and Activist

Jose Sarria

Jose Sarria, Drag Performer and Activist

Iowa Rally

Iowa City Women's Press