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1970 in LGBT rights

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This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1970.

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June

  • 28 — On the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall riots, more than 2,000 people march in New York City as part of the first gay pride parade in the United States.

    • July

  • 10 — The parliament of Austria decriminalizes consensual homosexual acts between adults.

    • September

  • 5 — Colombia changes "homosexual behavior" from a felony into a misdemeanor, and the maximum penalty is reduced to three years.

    • November

  • London gay activists hold the first meeting of the London incarnation of the Gay Liberation Front.

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