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LGBTQ* Firsts and People You Should Know

Mary C. Morgan 

Judge Morgan was appointed on 26 August 1981, in San Francisco, by Governor Jerry Brown. She was the FIRST openly lesbian judge in the United States.

LGBTQ* & PFLAG Information You May Have Missed

Text below by amazing Tumblr blogger PFLAGmom (pflagmom.tumblr)

“Their two major goals are: 1. to place on the 2014 Missouri ballot an initiative banning discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. and 2. A constitutional amendment supporting marriage equality in Missouri. These are daunting tasks to say the least. But this just may be the time to get this done. I live in a small town in Missouri and our local public school system (where my son had to fight to get the GSA recognized 6 years ago) has recently added sexual orientation and gender identity to its nondiscrimination statement. This is huge!! I’m involved now in a letter-writing campaign at my university to have our non-discrimination statement amended to add sexual-orientation. This year, our Board of Governors may actually pass it! Now- to the state level!

It is estimated (based on polls) that up to 60% of Missourians support nondiscrimination protection for LGBT people. We just need to get the measure on the ballot THEN fight to get it get it passed.”

If you are a registered voter in Missouri or have friends/family who are, please read the rest of the post HERE. Together we can make each corner of the world a safer and more inclusive place.

LGBTQ* Flow Charts

shared with you from The Wall’s blog

 (if you know the source of the graphic, please share)

LGBTQ* Infographic / Law Graphics You Should See

This protection applies to Federal jobs/employments. One can still be fired in 34 states by private/state jobs for being Trans*.

Want to know more? Read Cornell Journal of Law’s article HERE.

Mia Macy and her wife, Trish (via MetroWeekly.com) 

Trans* and Gender Equality Marketing

Graphic from the NYC Commission on Human Rights

PDF: Gender Identity Discrimination NYC Human Rights Law publication

PDF: Defending Your Rights NYC Human Rights, compiled by Columbia Law School

LGBTQ* Community History and Advertising

Mattachine Society Midwest, Law and the Homosexual 

LBGTQ* Signs and Slogans

LBGTQ* Political Cartoons

Oh, these times are a’changin’

LGBTQ* History You Should Know

When people claim “the homosexual agenda is trying to change laws all over the world,” kindly tell them that attitudes and educational thought have reversed laws criminalizing homosexuals for almost 220 years. 

Country                                Decriminalized Homosexuality in (Year)

Kingdom of Prussia                 Removes death penalty from sodomy charges (1794)

Netherlands                           Decriminalizes homosexuality (1811)

Indonesia                              Decriminalizes homosexuality (1811)

Brazil                                   Decriminalizes homosexuality (1830)

Portugal                                Decriminalizes homosexuality (1852)

Ottoman Empire (Turkey)         Decriminalizes homosexuality (1858)

**1869, “Homosexuality” is first used in print. Prior to this everything is referred to as sodomy.**

Empire of Japan                     Decriminalizes homosexuality (1880)

Italy                                   Legalizes homosexuality (1889)

Poland                                 Moves age of consent to 15y/o for everyone (1932)

Uruguay                              Decriminalizes homosexuality (1934)

Iceland                               Decriminalizes homosexuality (1940)

Switzerland                          Decriminalizes homosexuality (1942)

Sweden                              Decriminalizes homosexuality (1944)

Greece                               Decriminalizes homosexuality (1951)

Thailand                             Decriminalizes homosexuality (1956)

Czechoslovakia                    Decriminalizes homosexuality (1961)

Hungary                              Decriminalizes homosexuality (1961)

Illinois, United States           Becomes the FIRST state to decriminalize sodomy (1961)

Israel                               Decriminalizes homosexuality (1963)

England and Wales             Decriminalizes homosexuality (1967)

Canada                             Decriminalizes homosexuality (1969)

West Germany                   Decriminalizes homosexuality (1969)

Austria                             Decriminalizes homosexuality (1971)

Costa Rica                        Decriminalizes homosexuality (1971)

Finland                            Decriminalizes homosexuality (1971)  

Colorado, USA                   Decriminalizes homosexuality (1971)

Oregon, USA                    Decriminalizes homosexuality (1971)

Idaho, USA                      Decriminalizes homosexuality and then reinstates it

                                    due to outspoken anger from Catholics and Mormons (1971)

Sweden                           Becomes first country to allow gender marker change (1972)

USA                               DSM removes homosexuality from mental disorder (1973)

Malta                             Legalizes homosexuality (1973)

California, USA                Legalizes homosexuality (1975)

Australian Capitol Territory  Legalizes homosexuality (1976)

Slovenia                          Legalizes homosexuality (1977)

Vojvodina                        Legalizes homosexuality (1977)

Croatia                           Legalizes homosexuality (1977)

Montenegro                     Legalizes homosexuality (1977)

Quebec, Canada               First major metropolitan city to make sexual orientation

                                   discrimination illegal. Offers job security (1977)

Cuba                             Decriminalizes homosexuality (1979)

Spain                            Decriminalizes homosexuality (1979)

Victoria, Australia            Decriminalizes homosexuality (1981)

Colombia                       Decriminalizes homosexuality (1981)

Northern Ireland              Decriminalizes homosexuality (1982)

Wisconsin, USA               First state to offer sexual orientation protection (1982)

(the last 30 years, part 2, will be posted at a later date)

LGBTQ* People and Events You Should Know 

John Lawrence — Lawrence V. Texas 

LGBTQ* History You Should Know

A Quick Queer History Lesson

May 24, 1610

Virginia was the FIRST state in the United States of America to create a sodomy law.  If found guilty, the law called for the death penalty.

Homosexuality - Legal/Illegal Map

from glen.ie (gay and lesbian education network)

Map from early 2010 — update version needed.

colors -

Gray: no information

(Homosexuality Legal)

Dark Blue : same-sex marriage

Blue: same-sex unions

Light Blue: no same-sex unions

(Homosexuality Illegal)

Beige: minimal penalty

Dark Beige: large penalty

Dark Orange: life in prison

Red: death penalty

Dark Gray: no information on penalty