06-28-1969 Stonewall Rebellion In the early hours of this day in 1969, the Stonewall riots broke out in New York City, marking the beginning of the gay rights movement. The…
06-27-1996 Lauren Jauregui – Born in Miami, Florida. She is an American singer, better known as a member of the girl group Fifth Harmony. Jauregui was specifically chosen by Halsey…
Iceland’s parliament amended the marriage law to define marriage as between two individuals, thereby making same-sex marriage legal. The law took effect on June 27, 2010.
06-26-1890 – 10-03-1929 Jeanne Eagels – Born in Kansas City, Missouri. She was an American stage and film actress. About 1911, she moved to New York and became a…
06-26-2003 Lawrence v. Texas – In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the sodomy law in Texas and, by extension, invalidated sodomy laws in 13 other states….
06-25-1963 – 12-25-2016 George Michael (birth name Georgics Kyriacos Panaylotou) – Born in East Finchley, London. He was an English musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. His father was a Greek…
06-25-2014 U.S. District Judge Richard Young struck down Indiana’s ban on same-sex marriage. 06-25-2014 The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled, saying Utah cannot ban same-sex marriages.
06-24-1883 – 02-20-1942 Eleanora “Nora” Houston – Born in Richmond, Virginia. She was an American painter, women’s rights advocate, and suffragist. She began to study art under Richmond artist…
June 24, 2016 – Today President Obama designated the area around the Stonewall Inn in New York City as the country’s first national monument to LGBT rights. Obama said, “I…
06-23-1912 – 06-07-1954 Alan Turing – Born in Maida Vale, London, England. He was a British pioneering computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher, and marathon and distance runner. He was highly influential…
