Timeline: 20th Century
A Chronology of Public Events in U.S. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Heterosexual History in the Twentieth Century
A “public event” is defined broadly here as an event known about by three or more people. But most events here are documented by newspaper reports, trial records, and other such public sources of information.
With its users' help, OutHistory.org will strive to provide brief descriptions and reliable dates and full and reliable sources for each of the public events listed.
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2010, May 2-September 16
"Beat Memories: THe Photographs of Allen Ginsberg" at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
2010, September 9
A Federal District Court judge in California, Virginia A. Phillips, finds the U.S. military policy of "don't ask, don't tell" unconstitutional, limiting the right of the military to ask about the sexual orientation of of service members. The judge asks the plaintiffs, the Log Cabin Republicans, to submit a proposed injunction limiting the law by September 16, and the ruling will probably be appealed.[1]
2010, September 13
2010, ????
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Notes
- ↑ John Schwartz, "Judge Rejects Military Policy Toward Gays, New York Times, September 10, 2010, pages 1, 16.
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