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{{Refimprove|date=July 2010}}{{Year nav topic5|1976|LGBT rights}}{{Commons category|LGBT history in the 1970s}}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.[1] 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.[2]
- 29 — New York City's public radio channel, WNET, airs a special titled "OUTREACH: LESBIANS AND GAY MEN".[3]
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.
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[4]
See also{{Portal|LGBT}}- 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
Notes1. ^Miller (2002), p. 296
2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://outinjersey.net/milton-shapp-was-americas-first-equality-governor/|title=Milton Shapp was America's first equality Governor|last=Burton|first=William|date=19 October 2018|website=Out in Jersey|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/02/a-glimpse-into-1970s-gay-activism/284077/|title=A Glimpse Into 1970s Gay Activism|last=Rosen|first=Rebecca J.|date=26 February 2014|website=The Atlantic|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
4. ^Carbery, Graham (2010). "Towards Homosexual Equality in Australian Criminal Law: A Brief History" (PDF) (2nd ed.). Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives Inc.
References- Miller, Neil (2002). Sex-crime Panic: A Journey to the Paranoid Heart of the 1950s. Los Angeles, Alyson Books. {{ISBN|1-55583-659-3}}.
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