November 29 in LGBTQ History
1984: West Hollywood, the first city in the U.S. to have a city council with a majority of LGBTQ members, is incorporated in Los Angeles County.
November 28 in LGBTQ History
1977: By a vote of five to one, Aspen, Colorado’s City Council passes a gay rights ordinance that forbids discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations and public services.
November 27 in LGBTQ History
1978: Harvey Milk and San Francisco Mayor George Moscone are assassinated by former City Supervisor Dan White. 1980: Bosom Buddies-a sitcom about two young broke New York men having to dress in drag to live in a low rent (but all girl) hotel, premieres on ABC. It stars Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari.
November 26 in LGBTQ History
1978: ABC airs “A Question of Love“, a made-for-TV movie about lesbian lovers who find themselves in a custody battle over their children. It stars Gena Rowlands, Jane Alexander and Ned Beatty. ABC airs the movie complete with ‘parental discretion advised’ warnings (for subject matter).
November 24 in LGBTQ History
1967: Craig Rodwell opens the first bookstore devoted to gay and lesbian authors in the United States, the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop at 291 Mercer Street in New York City. (It moved to 15 Christopher Street in 1973.) Despite a limited selection of materials when the bookstore was first established, Rodwell refused to stock pornography and instead … Read More
November 23 in LGBTQ History
1983: A Federal judge concludes that the First National Bank of Louisville did not practice wrongful discrimination – or violate constitutional guarantees of freedom of religion – when it ordered one of its employees, Samuel Dorr, to either give up his position with gay Catholic group, Dignity, or resign from the bank.
November 22 in LGBTQ History
1980: Gay Icon Mae West dies in Los Angeles at the age of 88.
November 21 in LGBTQ History
1987: Having raided and closed down gay bar The Detour (now 4100 bar on Sunset Boulevard) the night before, Los Angeles police raid and shut down the One Way bar, over alleged violations to the city’s fire ordinance.
November 19 in LGBTQ History
1980: Two men are killed and six wounded when former transit cop Ronald Crumpley opens fire with submachine gun at NYC gay bar, the Ramrod. He is later found not guilty by reason of insanity. 1982: A California judge tosses Marilyn Barnett’s so-called “palimony” suit against tennis star Billie Jean King out of court.
November 18 in LGBTQ History
1974: The New Yorker publishes its first gay-themed short story, “Minor Heroism” by Allan Gurganus.