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1976 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 1976.

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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.

    • 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.

    • September

  • 4 — Start of the three-day "Fourth Annual Gay Conference for Canada and Quebec," held in Toronto, including a rally and march.

    • References

    1976 in LGBT rights Wikipedia
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