Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Recent Titles in the Eyewitness to History Series.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Preface.
Evaluating and Interpreting Primary Documents.
Introduction.
Chronology.
Early America.
1: Navajo Sacredness for Nadleeh.
2: Indian Sodomy in Florida (1528 and 1702 Reports).
3: Virginia Sodomy Law (1610).
4: The Execution of Richard Cornish (1624–1625).
5: William Plaine Executed in New England for Teaching Masturbation (1646).
6: African American Jan Creoli Killed and Burned in Dutch Colony (1646).
7: Sara Norman and Mary Hammon Accused of Lewd Behavior (1649).
8: New Haven Law Prohibits Lesbianism (1655).
9: Puritan Sermon on the Cry of Sodom (1674).
10: Illinois Indian Transgender (1677).
11: Pirates in the Caribbean (1724).
12: Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765).
13: Spanish Colonial Suppression of Sodomites in California (1775-1777).
14: Spanish Priests Condemn Transgendered Yuma Indians (1775).
Early United States of America.
15: U.S. Declaration of Independence (1776).
16: U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights (1791).
17: Bachelor Friendships of the Nineteenth Century (1840).
18: National Women’s Rights Convention (1852).
19: Walt Whitman and the Homoerotic Poetry of Democracy (1860).
20: Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution (1868).
21: Walt Whitman’s Democratic Vistas (1870).
22: Females Passing as Men (1894).
Turn of the Twentieth Century through World War I.
23: Anthony Comstock Seeks to Imprison Inverts (1900).
24: U.S. Navy Entraps Homosexuals (1919).
25: Society for Human Rights (1924).
26: The Well of Loneliness (1929).
World War II to 1950.
27: The German Criminal Code, Paragraph 175 (1935).
28: Sigmund Freud on Homosexuality (1935).
29: Lesbian Challenges Georgia’s Sodomy Law (1939).
30: Lesbians in the Women’s Army Corps (1945).
31: Psychiatrists Oppose Homosexual Rights Laws (1945).
32: Vice Versa Predictions (1947).
33: Employment of Homosexuals and Other Sex Perverts (1950).
1950s.
34: Formation of the Mattachine Society (1950).
35: Mattachine Society Meetings (1950).
36: Mattachine Protests Police Entrapment (1952).
37: Jim Kepner’s First Mattachine Meeting (1953).
38: Tampa Lesbian Bar Raid (1953).
39: The Crittenden Report on Homosexuality in the U.S. Navy (1957).
40: Evelyn Hooker’s Psychological Research (1957).
41: Supreme Court Rules One is not Obscene (1958).
42: Mattachine National Convention (1959).
1960s.
43: Jose Sarria Runs for San Francisco City Council (1961).
44: Aclu Begins Gay Rights Cases (1963).
45: Mohave Indian Two-Spirit Person (1964).
46: Mattachine Pickets the White House (1965).
47: San Francisco Activism (1965).
48: Lesbian Lesbian Activism and the Ladder (1966).
49: Supreme Court Excludes and Deports Homosexual Immigrants (1967).
50: Homophile Action League (1968).
51: Employment Rights: Norton V. Macy (1969).
52: Teachers’ Rights: Morrison V. State Board of Education (1969).
53: Stonewall Inn Riots and the Beginning of the Modern Gay Rights Movement (1969).
1970s.
54: Gay Liberation Front and the Gay Activists Alliance (1970).
55: “Gay Lib Zaps Psychologists” (1970).
56: Congress to Unite Women (1970).
57: Democratic Party Convention (1972).
58: Mass Murder at the Upstairs Lounge (1973).
59: Multiple Struggles for Lesbian Women of Color (1973).
60: Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (1973).
61: Gay Rights to Organize: Gay Students Org. V. Bonner (1974).
62: The National Federation of Priests’ Councils (NFPC) (1974).
63: Lesbian Child Custody Rights (1974).
64: Lesbians as the Vanguard of Feminism (1975).
65: The American Psychological Association Removes Homosexuality From DSM (1975).
66: Military Service: Matlovich V. Secretary of the Air Force (1976).
67: Union of American Hebrew Congregations Resolution (1977).
68: Teachers’ Rights: Gaylord V. Tacoma School Dist. No. 10 (1977).
69: Civil Service Reform Act (1978).
70: Harvey Milk on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors (1978).
71: Coming out as Free Speech: Gay Law Students Ass’n V. Pacific Tele. and Tel. Co. (1979).
1980s.
72: Anita Bryant’s Startling Reversal (1980).
73: Democratic Party and Gay Rights (1980).
74: Gay Students’ Rights: Fricke V. Lynch (1980).
75: Wisconsin Antidiscrimination Law (1981).
76: Violence Against Lesbians (1982).
77: Lesbians of Color Conference (1983).
78: Teachers’ Rights: National Gay Task Force V. Board of Education of Oklahoma City (1985).
79: Private Consensual Sexual Behavior: Bowers V. Hardwick (1986).
80: Dignity USA’S Response to the “Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith—on the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons . . .” (1986).
81: Aids as God’s Punishment (1987).
82: Act up (Aids Coalition to Unleash Power) (1987).
83: Old Lesbians Organizing for Change (OLOC) Mission Statement (1987).
84: National Coming Out Day (1988).
85: Congressman William Dannemeyer Opposes Gay Rights (1989).
86: A Jewish Rabbi’s Acceptance of Gay and Lesbian Rights (1989).
87: Employment Rights: Price Waterhouse V. Hopkins (1989).
88: Family Issues: Braschi V. Stahl Associates Co. (1989).
1990s.
89: Queer Nation (1990).
90: Asylum from Torture: Matter of Toboso-Alfonso (1990).
91: Child Custody by de Facto Parents: Alison D. V. Virginia M. (1991).
92: Bisexuals and Gay Rights (1991).
93: Gays in the Republican Party (1991).
94: Removing Prohibitions on Same-Sex Behavior: Kentucky V. Wasson (1992).
95: Colorado Amendment 2 (1992).
96: Same-Sex Marriage in Hawaii: Baehr V. Lewin (1993).
97: Lesbian Attorney Appointed to High Federal Government Position (1993).
98: Barry Goldwater on Gays in the Military (1993).
99: March on Washington (1993).
100: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (1993).
101: Catholic Condemnation of Homosexuality (1994).
102: Ex-Gays Condemn Gay Rights (1994).
103: Sharon Bottoms Child Custody Court Case: Bottoms V. Bottoms (1994 and 1995).
104: Lesbianas Unidas (1994).
105: “Cocktail” Helps Manage HIV Infection Transforming Aids into a Chronic Disease Instead of a Death Sentence (1995).
106: The Lesbian Avengers (1995).
107: Discrimination by Private Organizations: Hurley V. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Group of Boston (1995).
108: Communications Decency Act (1996).
109: Brandon Teena Murder Trial (1996).
110: Protection from Discrimination for LGBT Citizens: Romer V. Evans—Overturning Colorado “Amendment 2” (1996).
111: Harassment of Gay Students: Nabozny V. Podlesny (1996).
112: Defense of Marriage Act (Doma) (1996).
113: Galluccio-Holden Adoption Lawsuit (1997).
114: Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (1997).
115: Transsexual Name Change: In Re Mcintyre (1996).
116: Aids and the Americans with Disabilities Act: Bragdon V. Abbot (1998).
117: Same-Sex Marriage Equality: Baker V. Vermont (1999).
118: Overturning State Sodomy Laws (1999).
119: Student Rights to Form Gay Clubs: East High Gay/Straight Alliance V. Board of Education (1999).
120: Human Rights Campaign Statement on Why Reparative Therapy and Ex-Gay Ministries Fail.
121: Diversity Training: Altman V. Minnesota Department of Corrections (1999).
2000s.
122: The Westboro Baptist Church and its Message of Hate.
123: Student Group Rights to University Funding: Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System V. Southworth (2000).
124: Gay Rights to Belong to a Group: Boy Scouts of America V. Dale (2000).
125: Transgender Rights and the Aclu (2000).
126: Transsexual Rights: Schwenk V. Hartford (2000).
127: Antigay Hate Crimes in High Schools (2000).
128: Millennium March on Washington (2000).
129: Dr. Robert Spitzer Claims Sexual Orientation can be Changed. Twelve Years Later he Rescinds his Research and Issues a Formal Public Apology (2003).
130: The Supreme Court Rules that Antisodomy Laws are Unconstitutional: Lawrence V. Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003).
131: Uniting American Families Act (2007).
132: Matthew Shepard Act (2007).
133: In Re Marriage Cases: Opinion (2008) California’s Ban on Same-Sex Marriages is Unconstitutional.
134: In Re Marriage Cases: Dissent (2008).
2010s.
135: The Repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (2010).
136: Lawsuit by Sexual Minorities Uganda V. Scott Lively for Pushing his Antigay Hate in a Foreign Country (2012).
137: California’s Law Bans Sexual Orientation Change Efforts (SOCE): Senate Bill No. 1172 (2012).
138: President of Exodus International Apologies for the Hurt, Pain, and Failure Caused by Their Decades-Long Effort to Change Sexual Orientation (2013).
139: U.S. Supreme Court Lets Ban Against Proposition 8 Stand, Allowing Same-Sex Marriage in California: Hollingsworth et al. V. Perry et al. (2013).
140: Supreme Court Rules that Doma is Unconstitutional: United States V. Windsor, Executor of the Estate of Spyer, et al. (2013).
141: Arizona’s Attempted Legislation to Allow Discrimination Based on Religious Freedom: SB 1062 (2014).
142: The National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) and its Purpose (2014).
143: Same-Sex Marriage Legalized (2015).
144: County Clerk Kim Davis Released from Jail for Defying Court Order to Issue Marriage Licenses to Same-Sex Couples (2015).
145: Baptist Pastor Calls on God to Kill More Gays After the Pulse Gay Nightclub Massacre in Orlando, Florida (2016).
146: Bills to Restrict Transgender People from Using Public Bathrooms Passed in North Carolina (2016).
147: National Center for Lesbian Rights Sues Utah Over “No-Promo Homo” Law (2016).
148: Apology for Past Antigay Discrimination Made by State Department Removed from Web Site When Donald Trump Assumes the U.S. Presidency (2017).
149: Federal Appeals Court Rules the 1964 Civil Rights Act Protects LGBT Employees from Workplace Discrimination (2017).
Index.
About the Author.
