March 11, 1778
Lt. Gotthold Enslin is the first U.S. soldier to be dismissed for homosexuality
This month in LGBT History
March
March 6, 1475
Birthday - Michelangelo (Renaissance artist)
March 11, 1778
Lt. Gotthold Enslin is the first U.S. soldier to be dismissed for homosexuality
March 17, 1910
Birthday - Bayard Rustin (Civil rights activist)
March 27, 1911
Tennessee Williams (Writer)
March 12, 1928
Birthday - Edward Franklin Albee III (American playwright)
March 31, 1935
Birthday - Richard Chamberlain (Actor, Producer)
March 17, 1938
Birthday - Rodolf Nureyev (Ballet star)
March 31, 1940
Birthday - Barney Frank (Openly gay Massachusetts Congressman)
March 25, 1947
Birthday - Elton John (Pop icon)
March 21, 1962
Birthday - Rosie O'Donnell (Comedienne, television star)
March 6, 1972
The American Bar Association passes a resolution recommending that consensual sex acts between people of the same sex be decriminalized
March 26, 1974
New York Congresswoman Bella Abzug introduces bill to amend Civil Rights Act to prohibit discrimination based on affectional/sexual preference
March 26, 1977
Gay activists meet for the first time at the White House, with representatives of the Carter administration
March 30, 1984
Gaëtan Dugas, a French-Canadian flight attendant, known allegedly to be Patient Zero for AIDS, dies
March 24, 1987
ACT UP stages first major demonstration; 17 protesters are arrested
March 29, 1988
Gay and lesbian students win the right to officially meet at Georgetown University
March 26, 1997
The first official meeting of people brought together to discuss gay and lesbian rights is held at the White House; Bill Clinton is president
March 26, 2000
Hillary Swank wins Oscar for her performance as Brandon Teena, a transgendered person who was murdered when his physical gender was discovered
March 2, 2004
Mayor of New Paltz, NY, Jason West, charged with 19 criminal counts for performing same-sex weddings