1973 in LGBTQ rights

This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1973.

Events

January

• 1 – Maryland becomes the first state to ban same-sex civil marriages. It does so by passing a statue restricting marriage to heterosexual couples.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 27 – The Metropolitan Community Church's headquarters in Los Angeles is burned to the ground by an unknown assailant.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> No persons are inside of the building at the time of the fire.

April

• 22 – The first gay protest in Santiago, Chile was organised at Plaza de Armas.<ref name="guerracolas">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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June

• 24 – The UpStairs Lounge arson attack in the French Quarter of New Orleans kills 32 members of a Metropolitan Community Church congregation meeting.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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August

• Pride Week 1973, the first major LGBT pride event in Canada, is held simultaneously in several Canadian cities.<ref name=tyee>Peters, Rob. "Pride and Prejudiced: A history of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender milestones, in Vancouver and around the world". The Tyee, August 4, 2006. Accessed on September 25, 2008.</ref>

October

• 10 – Following a lobbying campaign by the Gay Alliance Toward Equality, Toronto City Council adopts a policy forbidding discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in municipal hiring, making the city the first jurisdiction in Canada to do so.<ref>"City Bars Job Discrimination", The Body Politic, no. 10, 1973.</ref>

November

• 5 – The Supreme Court of the United States in Wainwright v. Stone finds that the sodomy law of Florida is not unconstitutionally vague, reversing a Fifth Circuit ruling.<ref>Template:Cite court</ref>
• 9 – The Kentucky Court of Appeals rules in Jones v. Callahan that two women were properly denied a marriage license despite the gender neutrality of the state's marriage statute.<ref>Jones v. Callahan, 501 S.W.2d 588 (November 9, 1973)</ref>

December

• 13 – Washington, D.C.'s Title 34 makes discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation illegal.<ref>Template:Cite bookTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
• 15 – The board of the American Psychiatric Association votes 13–0 to remove homosexuality from its official list of psychiatric disorders, the DSM-II. The resolution also urges an end to private and public discrimination and the repeal of laws discriminating against homosexuals.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 20 – The city council of New York City rejects a gay rights ordinance.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 21 – A United States federal judge issues a bulletin stating that the federal civil service may not terminate an employee based on sexual orientation alone.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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See also

• 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