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This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) rights that took place in the year 1971.

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Events

March

  • 18 — Idaho decriminalizes homosexual acts between consenting adults, but the repeal is itself repealed before taking effect.[2]
  • 24 — In a case granting citizenship to a Cuban man, a federal judge rules that homosexuality alone cannot bar a person from becoming a United States citizen.[2]

April

  • 1 — The French magazine Tout is seized by police, who characterize its call for sexual liberation in that country an "outrage to public morals".[3]

July

  • 1
  • 10 — Austria decriminalizes homosexual acts between consenting adults.[5]
  • 21 — George Klippert is released from prison, two years after homosexuality was decriminalized in Canada.

October

  • 1 — Connecticut decriminalizes homosexual acts between consenting adults.[5]
  • 12 — The New York City Department of Consumer Affairs recommends the repeal of a city law banning homosexuals from working in or going to bars.[6]

November

December

Notes

  1. ^ Miller, p. 392
  2. ^ a b Rutledge, p. 33
  3. ^ Rutledge, pp. 33–4
  4. ^ Rutledge, pp. 36–7
  5. ^ a b Rutledge, p. 38
  6. ^ Rutledge, p. 40

References

  • Miller, Neil (1995). Out of the Past: Gay and Lesbian History from 1869 to the Present. New York, Vintage Books. ISBN 0-09-957691-0.
  • Rutledge, Leigh (1992). The Gay Decades. New York: Penguin Books Ltd. ISBN 0-452-26810-9.

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