TIMELINE OF LGBTQI HISTORY
PBS 'Skip To Content Funded by sponsor sponsor sponsor SUPPORT PROVIDED BY:LEARN MORE STONEWALL UPRISING | TIMELINE Milestones in the American Gay Rights Movement FROM THE COLLECTION: THE LGBTQ+ EXPERIENCE Share: Copy Link https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/stonewall-milestones-american-gay-rights-movement/ Stonewall-timeline-LOC-1976.jpg Gay rights demonstration at the Democratic National Convention, New York City, 1976. Library of Congress December 10, 1924 The Society for Human Rights is founded by Henry Gerber in Chicago. The society is the first gay rights organization as well as the oldest documented in America. After receiving a charter from the state of Illinois, the society publishes the first American publication for homosexuals, Friendship and Freedom. Soon after its founding, the society disbands due to political pressure. 1948 Biologist and sex researcher Alfred Kinsey publishes Sexual Behavior in the Human Male. From his research Kinsey co...