1976 in LGBTQ rights

This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1976.

Events

January

• 1 — Iowa repeals its "sexual psychopath" law.^[1] Passed in the wake of a moral panic following the 1954 rape and murder of a young boy, the law had been used to detain dozens of gay men in mental institutions in the 1950s.

February

• 12 — The Pennsylvania Council for Sexual Minorities is formed by Governor Milton J. Shapp of Pennsylvania.^[2]
• 29 — New York City's public radio channel, WNET, airs a special titled "OUTREACH: LESBIANS AND GAY MEN".^[3]

May

• City council of Los Angeles prohibits employment discrimination by the city based on sexual orientation.^{[4][citation needed]}

July

• 1 — U.S. state of Indiana decriminalizes private consensual adult homosexual acts.
• 19 — Homosexual activity becomes illegal, as does same-sex marriage, in Liberia.^[5]

September

• 4 — Start of the three-day "Fourth Annual Gay Conference for Canada and Quebec," held in Toronto, including a rally and march.^[6]

November

• 4 — A law on decriminalizing male homosexual acts goes into effect in Australian Capital Territory^[7]

See also

• LGBTQ portal

• Timeline of LGBT history — timeline of events from 12,000 BCE to present
• LGBT rights by country or territory — current legal status around the world
• LGBT social movements