Timeline: 20th Century--2010
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
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 11
An openly gay Saudi Arabian diplomat publicly requests asylum in the U.S., saying he would be killed if he returned to his native country.[2]
2010, September 14
The singer Lady Gaga, via Twitter, urges her "little monsters" (her followers) to call Senator Harry Reid, the Nevada Democrat and majority leader, and urge him to scheduled a vote on repealing the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy."[3]
2010, September 15
The Russell Sage Foundation publishes a report titled Counted Out: Same-Sex Relations and Americans' Definitions of Family. See: Powell, Bolzendahl, Geist, Steelman: "Counted Out", September 15, 2010
2010, September 29
Officials of Rutgers University reveal that on September 22 a student, Tyler Clementi (18), had committed suicide by jumping off the George Washington Bridge after a video of his sexual encounter with another male was broadcast on the Internet by Clementi's roommate, Dharun Ravi, 18, in collaboration with a woman friend, Molly Wei (18).[4]
2010, ????
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Notes
- ↑ John Schwartz, "Judge Rejects Military Policy Toward Gays, New York Times, September 10, 2010, pages 1, 16.
- ↑ Rebecca Cathcart, "Gay Saudi Diplomat Seeks U.S. Asylum." New York Times, September 15. 2010, page A19.
- ↑ "The Caucus. A Superstar Turn On 'Don't As, Don't Tell'". New York Times, September 15, 2010, page A16.
- ↑ Lisa W. Foderaro, "Private Moment Made Public, Then a Fatal Jump." New York Times, September 30, 2010, page 1, 4.
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