This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1975.

List of years in LGBT rights (table)
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Events

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January

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February

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March

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April

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  • Milton Shapp, governor of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, issues the first state executive order banning sexual orientation employment discrimination by the government.[3]

July

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Lahey, Kathleen A. and Kevin Alderson (2004). Same-sex Marriage: The Personal and the Political, p. 18. Insomniac Press. ISBN 1-894663-63-2
  2. ^ "Colo. Clerk Recalls Issuing Same-Sex-Marriage Licenses — In 1975". NPR.org. July 18, 2014. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
  3. ^ Burton, William (8 October 2018). "The story of how Pennsylvania's governor became an unlikely LGBTQ hero". LGBTQ Nation. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  4. ^ Painter, George. "The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States - California". www.glapn.org. Retrieved 1 November 2023. After years of lobbying, and after the adoption of the explicit privacy language in the California Constitution, a consenting adults law was enacted in 1975.
  5. ^ Painter, George. "The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States - Washington". www.glapn.org. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  6. ^ Johnson, David K. (2009). The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government, p 210. Chicago, The University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0226401960
  7. ^ Bullough, Vern L. (2002). Before Stonewall: Activists for Gay and Lesbian Rights in Historical Contextp. 239. Routledge. ISBN 1-56023-193-9