1979 in LGBTQ rights

none 1979 LGBT rights This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1979. Events March 1 – The new Penal Code of Cuba enters into force, decriminalizing homosexual acts.https://archive.org/details/machosmariconesg00ianl/page/81 Machos, maricones, and gays: Cuba and homosexuality Lumsden Ian Temple University Press 1996 1566393701 Philadelphia 81–82 May thumb|White Night riots, May 21, 1979 21 – The White Night riots occur in San Francisco after Dan White is convicted of two counts of voluntary manslaughter instead of murder in the assassinations of Harvey Milk and George Moscone. White had employed the so-called "Twinkie defense".Corsaro Kim May 18, 2006 Remembering "White Night" – San Francisco's Gay Riot http://www.sfbaytimes.com/index.php?sec=article&article_id=5005 San Francisco Bay Times 2009-04-04 29 – Los Angeles outlaws discrimination against homosexuals in private sector employment and in patronization of business establishments in its city. Mayor Thomas Bradley signs bills into effect July 2.William N. Eskridge Gaylaw: Challenging the Apartheid of the Closet https://books.google.com/books?id=BZTnDgeygHkC&pg=PA130 2009 Harvard University Press 978-0-674-03658-1 130 September 1 Harry Hay, his partner John Burnside, Don Kilhefner and Mitchell L. Walker hold the Spiritual Conference for Radical Fairies gathering in Benson, Arizona, with over 75 men in attendance.Shively, from Bronski, p. 176 The success of the event leads the men to form Radical Faeries. U.S. state of New Jersey decriminalizes private consensual homosexual acts.New Jersey Law Changes Reflect the New Morality: A Compilation from Other States Waldron Martin August 12, 1979 The New York Times E5 14 – An education arbitration board in Smeaton, Saskatchewan, Canada, orders Don Jones to be reinstated in his teaching job after he was fired for being gay. October 14 – The National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, the largest gay rights march to date, takes place in Washington, D.C., with about 100,000 people in attendance. December 17 – United States District Court for the Central District of California Judge Irving Hill rules that the marriage of Australian Anthony Sullivan and Richard Adams, under a license issued by Boulder County, Colorado, in 1975, is not valid for purposes of Sullivan's immigration.Murdoch and Price, p. 221 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 Notes References Murdoch, Joyce and Deb Price (2001). Courting Justice: Gay Men and Lesbians v. the Supreme Court. New York, Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group. 0-456-01513-2. Shively, Charley. "Harry Hay". Collected in Bronski, Michael (consulting editor) (1997). Outstanding Lives: Profiles of Lesbians and Gay Men. New York, Visible Ink Press. 1-57859-008-6. Category:1970s in LGBTQ rights Category:1979 in LGBTQ history