July 17th

07-17-2013 Queen of England gives gay marriage the royal stamp of approval. Marriages to begin in England and Wales in the summer of 2014.

07-17-2014 Circuit Judge Luis M. Garcia, a judge in the Florida Keys overturns the state’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. It only applied to Monroe County, which covers the Keys. The judge said licenses could be issued starting on July 22, 2014.

07-17-2016 The documentary Jewel’s Catch One was screened as part of Outfest in LA. The film chronicles the rise of one of L.A.’s most influential gay nightclubs which opened in 1973 and about it’s founder Jewel Thais-Williams.