Timeline: 20th Century

A Chronology of Public Events in U.S. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Heterosexual History in the Twentieth Century

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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.

2010, ????

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