ACLU

  • 1969
    STONEWALL RIOTS
    On June 28, New York City police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay club located in Greenwich Village. The raid broke the mounting pressure on the LGBTQ community after constant raids by the NYPD. The Stonewall Riots were 6 days of protests and clashes against law enforcement. Trans and nonbinary individuals played a large part throughout the riots, including Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera.
  • 1970
    1975
    In 1972, I met a mentor who helped me travel and work all over the world. After a few years, I became the director of a Social Services outreach program in NYC.
    In 1972, I met a mentor who helped me travel and work all over the world. After a few years, I became the director of a Social Services outreach program in NYC.
    -- Johnny (they/them)
    Publicly at a Pizza Hut, the cashier asked my father ‘What would you and YOUR SON like to eat tonight?’ I was ecstatic that SOMEBODY saw me as a male. Later, my mother called the Kansas Dept of Health Environment and asked what she needed to do to correct my birth certificate. I was 14 yrs old.
    Publicly at a Pizza Hut, the cashier asked my father ‘What would you and YOUR SON like to eat tonight?’ I was ecstatic that SOMEBODY saw me as a male. Later, my mother called the Kansas Dept of Health Environment and asked what she needed to do to correct my birth certificate. I was 14 yrs old.
    -- Sean (he/him)
    Legal Efforts
    1971 | Some Legal Aspects of Transsexualism is published
    1973 | Transsexual Counseling Service is renamed to emphasize the right to treatment
    Historical Events
    1971 | Lee Brewster and the Queens Liberation Front publishes popular magazine, DRAG
    1970 | Angela Douglas’s Transsexual Action Organization founded
    1970 | Youth Advocacy group, The Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries is founded
  • 1975
    1980
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    Legal Efforts
    1975 | Minneapolis: 1st city to pass anti-discrimination law for transgender people
    1977 | Renee Richards Case: the first woman of trans experience allowed to play in US Open
    Historical Events
    1976 | Jude Patton founds the Renaissance: Gender Identity Services
    1977 | “Emergence” is the 1st autobiography on FTM transsexual experience
    1977 | Gender-neutral honorific ‘Mx.’ is used in magazine “Single Parent”
    1979 | Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association standardizes transsexual care, diagnosis, and treatment