April 30
On This Day In LGBTQ+ History:
1921: Marcel Proust publishes the first volume of Sodome et Gomorrhe.
1965: Two LGBT sit-ins and five days of Janus Society leafletting against denials of service to LGBT people at Dewey’s restaurant in Philadelphia (10 participants, 4 arrests).
1969: Los Angeles Committee for Homosexual Freedom solidarity picketing at States Steamship Lines.
1971: LGBT participation in antiwar demonstrations in DC (500 participants)
1973: GAA-NY demonstration at City Hall to protest inaction on gay rights bill (30 participants; 10 arrests)
1973: Newsweb Enterprises refused to print Issue 8 of the Toronto gay paper The Body Politic over "obscene" ads.
1980: Publication of "Young, Gay and Proud" by Sasha Alyson and Beth Ireland.
1980: Two Winnipeg chain bookstores remove copies of Joy of Gay Sex and Joy of Lesbian Sex from shelves following threats from police of obscenity charges.
1983: Gay Men's Health Crisis fundraiser at Madison Square Garden draws 18,000 people.
1988: Some 30,000 demonstrators march in London to protest the passage of Section 28. This is the largest lesbian and gay rally in the history of the UK.
1989: In Austin, Texas, more than 20,000 people march on the state capital in the largest gay and lesbian rights demonstration in the state’s history.
1990: Cincinnati’s Contemporary Arts Center reports that the Robert Mapplethorpe exhibit is drawing approximately twenty-five hundred visitors a day.
1997: Ellen DeGeneres comes out in "The Puppy Episode" of her eponymous sitcom.
2001: The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approves a measure allowing city employees to claim reimbursement for up to $50,000 of costs associated with gender affirming care.
2007: Regulations outlawing discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, covering the provision of goods, facilities and services, enter into force in Great Britain.
Birthdays:
Alice B. Toklas (1877–March 7, 1967)
Percy Roy Strickland (1918-July 28, 2003)
Craig Lucas (1951-)
Died on this day:
Alfred Edward Housman (March 26, 1859 – April 30, 1936)
Credit to Dr. Ronni Sanlo, OutHistory, the White Crane Institute and The Lavender Effect for their "On This Day" resources.
This is an ongoing project. If you notice any mistakes or issues, or know of any events, birthdays or deaths I've left off, please don't hesitate to reach out.
