Same-sex rights in Canada have come a long way since 1965. That year, the Supreme Court of Canada upheld a ruling that labelled Everett Klippert a “dangerous sexual offender” and threw him in prison for admitting he was gay and that he had sex with other men. Today, homosexual Canadians enjoy much

Modern Art Movements: 1870s to 1980s: This timeline displays the major trends and movements in modern art, approximately dated to when they began, or …

LGBT, or GLBT, is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender.In use since the 1990s, the term is an adaptation of the initialism LGB, which was used to replace the term gay in reference to the LGBT community beginning in the mid-to …

Southern States Try to Destroy NAACP (1956-1964) By the start of 1956, some significant blows have been struck against segregation — among them the Brown decision, the ongoing Montgomery Bus mancott, and Autherine Lucy’s temporary admission to the University of Alabama.

A comprehensive timeline of the U.S. gay rights movement.

Timeline of Legal History of Women in the United States. 1701 The first sexually integrated jury hears cases in Albany, New York.. 1769 American colonies based their laws on the English common law, which was summarized in …

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) social movements are social movements that advocate for the equalized acceptance of LGBT+ people in society. In these movements, LGBT people and their allies have a long history of campaigning for what is now generally called “LGBT rights”, sometimes also called “gay rights” or “gay …

A Timeline of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History in the United States Adapted with permission from Out of the Past: 400 Years of Lesbian and Gay History in America (Byard, E. 1997,

Sit-Ins Background & Context. 1960 was the year of the student-led lunch-counter sit-ins. For those who are not familiar with lunch-counters, they were the fast-food providers of the era (McDonalds, Taco Bell, Burger King, and others were just getting started).

The Civil Rights Movement in the United States began to gain prominence in the late 1940s. In 1948 President Truman signed the Executive Order 9981, which declared there would be equal treatment and opportunity for all persons regardless of …