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He did not win, however. [41] 28 July: Illinois becomes the first state to legalize same-sex consensual sexual activity. The law came into effect on January 1, 1962. [42] [32] 11 September: The Rejected becomes the first documentary about homosexuality to be broadcast in American television, after it was broadcast by a local TV station in ...
American gays and lesbians in the 1950s and 1960s faced a legal system more anti-homosexual than those of some other Western and Eastern Bloc countries. [note 2] Early homophile groups in the U.S. sought to prove that gay people could be assimilated into society, and they favored non-confrontational education for homosexuals and heterosexuals ...
27 December: President Tabaré Vázquez of Uruguay signs a civil unions bill into law, becoming the first country in Latin America to approve a law giving legal recognition to same-sex couples. [92] The bill was previously approved by the country's legislature on 19 December. [ 93 ]
History of same-sex marriage legal status, 1971-2015, with influential legal decisions. Plot shows proportion of US states and the District of Columbia with: historical/traditional definition of marriage (gray); legislation enacted to ban same-sex marriage (blue); constitutional bans on same-sex marriage (yellow, includes states that also have legislative ban); statewide legal same-sex ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 February 2025. Jack Baker and Michael McConnell (r), the first same-sex couple ever legally married in the United States (in 1971), at their Minneapolis home, 1970 Part of the LGBTQ rights series Legal status of same-sex unions Marriage Andorra Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Canada Chile ...
On April 7, 2009, Vermont legalized same-sex marriage through legislation. The Governor of Vermont had previously vetoed the measure, but the veto was overridden by the Legislature. Vermont was the first state in the United States to legalize same-sex marriage through legislative means rather than litigation.
Five months prior, on Dec. 15, 1973, the 15-member board of the American Psychiatric Association had voted unanimously, with two abstentions, that homosexuality should no longer be considered a ...
During the 2024 United States presidential election, the Heritage foundation with contributors from the cabinet of Donald Trump has outlined legislation on Project 2025 for a large rollback of LGBTQ rights in the United States and a rollback of same-sex marriage in the US. As well as a rollback on all legal protections on the basis of "gender ...