1973 in LGBTQ rights

none 1973 LGBT rights This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1973. Events January 1 – Maryland becomes the first state to ban same-sex civil marriages. It does so by passing a statue restricting marriage to heterosexual couples.https://www.baltimoresun.com/2015/03/09/md-attorney-general-says-supreme-court-must-overturn-same-sex-marriage-bans-nationwide/ Md. attorney general says Supreme Court must overturn same-sex marriage bans nationwide Rector Kevin 9 March 2015 Baltimore Sun 5 March 2019 6 March 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190306043023/https://www.baltimoresun.com/features/gay-in-maryland/gay-matters/bs-gm-attorney-general-issues-report-calling-samesex-marriage-bans-20150309-story.html live 27 – The Metropolitan Community Church's headquarters in Los Angeles is burned to the ground by an unknown assailant.Out For Good: The Struggle to Build a Gay Rights Movement in America Clendinen Dudley Simon & Schuster 1999 0684810913 179http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll4/id/3316 Metropolitan Community Church fire report January 27, 1973 October 14, 2016 No persons are inside of the building at the time of the fire. April 22 – The first gay protest in Santiago, Chile was organised at Plaza de Armas.http://repositorio.uchile.cl/bitstream/handle/2250/145682/La-Guerra-de-Los-Colas.pdf La guerra de los colas 2006 Falcón, Iván 19 April 2021 Universidad de Chile Santiago de Chile Spanish June 24 – The UpStairs Lounge arson attack in the French Quarter of New Orleans kills 32 members of a Metropolitan Community Church congregation meeting.https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2019/05/06/upstairs-lounge-fire 32 People Died In the UpStairs Lounge Fire in 1973. Why was it Forgotten? May 6, 2019 WBUR March 4, 2021 August Pride Week 1973, the first major LGBT pride event in Canada, is held simultaneously in several Canadian cities.Peters, Rob. "Pride and Prejudiced: A history of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender milestones, in Vancouver and around the world". The Tyee, August 4, 2006. Accessed on September 25, 2008. October 10 – Following a lobbying campaign by the Gay Alliance Toward Equality, Toronto City Council adopts a policy forbidding discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in municipal hiring, making the city the first jurisdiction in Canada to do so."City Bars Job Discrimination", The Body Politic, no. 10, 1973. November 5 – The Supreme Court of the United States in Wainwright v. Stone finds that the sodomy law of Florida is not unconstitutionally vague, reversing a Fifth Circuit ruling. Wainwright v. Stone 414 US 21 Supreme Court of the United States 2010-11-05 http://supreme.justia.com/us/414/21/case.html 9 – The Kentucky Court of Appeals rules in Jones v. Callahan that two women were properly denied a marriage license despite the gender neutrality of the state's marriage statute.Jones v. Callahan, 501 S.W.2d 588 (November 9, 1973) December 13 – Washington, D.C.'s Title 34 makes discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation illegal.https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/files/original/763c5574c988f9c8777a7a5a80dd4db2.pdf District of Columbia Human Rights Law Title 34 D.C. Rules and Regulations Government of the District of Columbia 1973 Washington, D.C. 9–10medic 15 – The board of the American Psychiatric Association votes 13–0 to remove homosexuality from its official list of psychiatric disorders, the DSM-II. The resolution also urges an end to private and public discrimination and the repeal of laws discriminating against homosexuals.Scientific controversies: case studies in the resolution and closure of disputes in science and technology Arthur L. Caplan Cambridge University Press 1987 0-521-27560-1 392 https://books.google.com/books?id=6nkSX63VsLkC&pg=PA392 20 – The city council of New York City rejects a gay rights ordinance.https://www.nyclgbtsites.org/site/gay-activists-alliance-actions-at-city-hall/ Gay Activists Alliance Actions at City Hall NYC LGBT Historic Sites March 4, 2021 21 – A United States federal judge issues a bulletin stating that the federal civil service may not terminate an employee based on sexual orientation alone.SINGER v. UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COM'N 530 F.2d 247 9th Cir. Judgment Law CaseMine https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/5914c637add7b049347d99af 2021-01-15 www.casemine.com en See also LGBTQ 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 References Category:1970s in LGBTQ rights Category:1973 in LGBTQ history