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This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1977.

Events

Save Our Children brochure
  • The city of Washington, D.C., adopts a human rights code banning sexual orientation discrimination in private employment.[1] This code replaces previous legislation such as Title 34, enacted in 1973 which also granted sexual orientation protection.
  • Dade County, Florida, in the United States, enacts a Human Rights Ordinance providing that rights can not be abridged on the basis of sexuality.

February

  • 7 — The city council of Tucson, Arizona, passes an ordinance prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation in employment, housing and public accommodation.

March

  • 17 — Arkansas reinstates its sodomy law, two years after repealing it.[2]

May

  • 21 — 750 gays and lesbians and supporters in Minneapolis protest the appearance of Anita Bryant who had arrived to perform at the opening of a fruit warehouse.

June

  • 7 — Save Our Children, a campaign founded by Anita Bryant, trading on fears of homosexual "recruitment" and child molestation, results in a repeal of Dade County, Florida's, Civil Rights Ordinance by an margin of 69% to 31%.[3]
  • 16 — In Houston, Texas, a protest demonstration of 6,000 gays, lesbians and supporters marches through downtown when Anita Bryant arrives to entertain at a banquet.

July

August

  • 16 - In New York in a supreme court case Richards vs. Tennis ASSN, Renee Richards, a transgender woman is allowed to play in the tennis tournament.[4]

September

October

November

December

  • 15 — Quebec becomes the first jurisdiction (larger than a city or county) in the world to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. The Quebec Charter of Rights and Freedoms prohibits discrimination in employment, housing, certain services and other activities in the public and private sectors.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The National Journal of Sexual Orientation Law
  2. ^ Rutledge, p. 102
  3. ^ Rutledge, p. 108
  4. ^ "RICHARDS v. US TENNIS ASS | 93 Misc.2d 713 (1977) | sc2d7131654 | Leagle.com". Leagle. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  5. ^ Rutledge, p. 114

References

  • Rutledge, Leigh (1992). The Gay Decades. New York: Penguin Books Ltd. ISBN 0-452-26810-9.