1970 in LGBT rights

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This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1970.

Events

June

• 28 — On the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall riots, more than 2,000 people march in New York City as part of the first gay pride parade in the United States.

July

• 10 — The parliament of Austria decriminalizes consensual homosexual acts between adults.

September

• 5 — Colombia changes "homosexual behavior" from a felony into a misdemeanor, and the maximum penalty is reduced to three years.

November

• London gay activists hold the first meeting of the London incarnation of the Gay Liberation Front.

References

• Miller, Neil (1995). Out of the Past: Gay and Lesbian History from 1869 to the Present. New York, Vintage Books. ISBN 0099576910.

See also

• 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