Forum For Equality is Louisiana's LGBTQ+ human rights org dedicated to the establishment of a society free from discrimination.
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On June 15, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects LGBTQ+ employees from workplace discrimination.
President Barack Obama signs the landmark Matthew Shepard & James Byrd Jr Hate Crimes Prevention Act on October 28, 2009 expanding hate crime protections to cover sexual orientation and gender identity.
On January 4, 1982, Larry Kramer co-founds Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) in NYC, establishing the world's first major provider of HIV/AIDS prevention and care.
International Intersex Awareness Day commemorates the first public demonstration by intersex activists outside an American Academy of Pediatrics conference in Boston.
Marsha P. Johnson was born on August 24, 1945. She was the legendary transgender activist, drag performer, and sex workers' rights advocate who played a central role at the Stonewall Riots and in ACT UP.
On November 18, 2003, Massachusetts high court rules that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry, leading to the first legal U.S. marriages in May 2004.
Audre Lorde was born on February 18, 1934. She was a self-described 'black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet' who transformed feminist and civil rights theory through intersectional writing.
Artist Gilbert Baker sews and flies the first eight-stripe rainbow flag at San Francisco Gay Freedom Day on June 25, 1978.
International Pronouns Day is held annually on the third Wednesday of October to make respecting, sharing, and using correct personal pronouns commonplace.
In October 2010, Asexual Awareness Week was founded during the third week of October to educate the public about asexual, aromantic, and demisexual spectrum experiences.
Harvey Milk is elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on November 8, 1977, becoming one of the first openly gay elected officials in a major U.S. city.
On December, 15, 1973 the American Psychiatric Association voted to remove homosexuality from its official Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
On October 11, 1988 ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) shuts down the FDA headquarters for a day, forcing faster approval of experimental HIV/AIDS treatments.
Trans icon Sylvia Rivera co-founds Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) on November 1, 1970 to house and support homeless LGBTQ+ youth.
Started on October 15, 2010, millions wear purple on the third Thursday of October to stand against bullying and support LGBTQ+ youth worldwide.
The First National March on Washington for Lesbian & Gay rights occurred on October 14, 1979. Well over 75,000 people marched on D.C. demanding equal rights and federal protections for lesbian and gay citizens.
Bayard Ruston was born on March 17, 1912. He was an openly gay civil rights strategist who organized the historic 1963 March on Washington alongside Martin Luther King Jr.
