1972 In Gay Rights

Events

January

• January 1 - Hawaii repeals sodomy laws.

April

• April 1 - Delaware decriminalizes consensual homosexual acts between adults.

May

• May 2 - J. Edgar Hoover dies and leaves most of his estate to Clyde Tolson, his companion of 40 years.

June

• June 27 - Gay News the first UK gay magazine hits newsstands.

July

• July 10 - Ann Arbor, Michigan becomes the first American city to ban discrimination against homosexuals in housing, public accommodation, and employment.
• July 12 - Delagate Jim Foster becomes the first openly gay person to address a major American party conventioon at the 1972 Democratic Convention.

Births

Deaths

• May 2 - J. Edgar Hoover, 83, American director of FBI

External links

• Web site for Advocate news magazine
• 365gay.com
• Google search for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender news

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