LGBTQA Histories A Very Abbreviated and Excerpted Timeline 2400BCE: Queer relationships depicted on ancient Egyptian pottery 1896: Early use of the word asexual in German pamphlet “Sappho und Sokrates” by Magnus Hirschfeld 1926: Panama, Paraguay, and Peru legalize “homosexuality” 1963: Bayard Rustin organizes March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom 1968: Bi Alliance begins at the University of Minnesota 1969: Stonewall Riots in New York 1970: Street Transgender Action Revolutionaries (STAR) founded in New York by Marsha Johnson and Silvia Rivera; Brenda Howard, feminist and bi activist, organizes first Pride Parade (in New York) 1971: University of Michigan Human Sexuality Office opens (the first gender and sexuality center) 1972: Sweden becomes the first country to legalize gender confirmation surgery; Bill Beasley, Black Civil Rights and bi activist, co-organizes first LA Gay Pride March 1973: “Homosexuality” removed from the Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) by American Psychiatric Association (variations remain until 1987) 1977: Combahee River Collective publishes “Black Feminist Organizing in the 70s & 80s” 1985: allgo: Texas Queer People of Color Organization founded in Austin 1987: ACT UP created in New York; AIDS Services of Austin founded 1990: OutYouth Austin opens; Toni Luckett elected first lesbian and first African American UT Student Government president, arranges workshop on racism, sexism, homophobia for 100 student leaders 1991: First International Conference on Bisexuality held in Amsterdam 1993: Cheryl Chase announces the founding of the Intersex Society of North America 1997: Early online asexual community in comments of “My Life as a Human Amoeba” by Zoe O’Reilly 2003: US Supreme Court strikes down Texas law banning sex among gay men 2004: UT Gender & Sexuality Center opens as a result of student organizing 2012: Mary González, first openly pansexual elected official, elected to Texas House of Representatives 2014: “Gender Dysphoria” replaces “Gender Identity Disorder” in the DSM; 2015: US Supreme Court legalizes marriage equality; Nepal joins New Zealand and Australia in issuing third gender passports; Voters defeat Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (protected housing, employment, and services on the basis of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status, & more) Gender and Sexuality Center Student Activity Center (SAC) 2.112 Campus Location: 2201 Speedway Phone: (512) 232-1831 www.utgsc.org | [email protected] .