03-29-2014 First same-sex marriages take place in the UK. Gay couples in England and Wales now have the right to wed, giving them all the same legal benefits as straight…
03-27-2013 DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) – Oral arguments at the United States Supreme Court. Roberta Kaplan represented Edie Windsor pro bono. She won the case on June 26, 2013,…
03-24-1987 30th Anniversary of ACT UP – ACT UP was formed at the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center in New York. Larry Kramer was asked to speak as part…
03-22-2014 Glenna DeJong and Marsha Caspar of Lansing are the first same-sex couple ever to be legally married in Michigan. The couple had been together 27 years.
03-21-2013 Colorado – Governor John Hickenlooper signs bill making same-sex civil unions legal in the state of Colorado. It is now the 15th state to recognize either same-sex marriage or…
03- 17-1972 Pink Flamingos is released. A John Waters film staring Divine. His third feature film, and first in color. The film was so popular that it had a 95-week…
03-15-1996 The Celluloid Closet is released in the U.S. The film is a documentary that shows the various Hollywood screen depictions of gay and lesbians and the attitudes behind them…
03-13-1991 Release of film Paris Is Burning in U.S.A. American documentary film directed by Jennie Livingston. Filmed in the mid-to-late 1980s, it shows the ball culture of New York City…
