This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1976.
Events
January
- 1 — Iowa repeals its "sexual psychopath" law. Passed in the wake of a moral panic following the 1954 rape and murder of a young boy, the law had been used to detain dozens of gay men in mental institutions in the 1950s.
February
- 12 — The Pennsylvania Council for Sexual Minorities is formed by Governor Milton J. Shapp of Pennsylvania.
- 29 — New York City's public radio channel, WNET, airs a special titled "OUTREACH: LESBIANS AND GAY MEN".
May
- City council of Los Angeles prohibits employment discrimination by the city based on sexual orientation.
July
- 1 — U.S. state of Indiana decriminalizes private consensual adult homosexual acts.
- 19 — Homosexual activity becomes illegal, as does same-sex marriage, in Liberia.
September
- 4 — Start of the three-day "Fourth Annual Gay Conference for Canada and Quebec," held in Toronto, including a rally and march.
November
- 4 — A law on decriminalizing male homosexual acts goes into effect in Australian Capital Territory
See also
- Timeline of LGBT history — timeline of events from 12,000 BCE to present
- LGBT rights by country or territory — current legal status around the world
- LGBT social movements
Notes
References
- Miller, Neil (2002). Sex-crime Panic: A Journey to the Paranoid Heart of the 1950s. Los Angeles, Alyson Books. .