2014 Event U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry criticizes Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, for legislation he signed last week to ban same-sex marriage and criminalize gay rights groups and their activities; the law includes penalties of up to 14 years imprisonment 2014 Event After a federal judge ruled that Utah's same-sex ban on gay marriage was unconstitutional, the Supreme Court had to place the lower-court ruling on hold pending an appeal by the state 2013 Event The upper house of the U.K. approves of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill; starting in 2014, gay marriage will be allowed in England and Wales 2013 Event In the House of Commons, MP's approve of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, advancing the right for gay marriage in England and Wales 2012 Event Robert Spitzer, a retired American psychiatrist, claims his 2001 study was 'fatally flawed'; the study falsely supported the myth that gay people could be 'cured' 2012 Event California's Proposition 8 banning gay marriage in that state was overturned by the U.S. States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 2011 Event At its conference in Sydney, Australia's Labor Party turns to support gay marriage, laying the groundwork for legislation 2011 Event The U.S. officially ends its Don't ask, don't tell military policy, allowing gay and lesbian personnel to publicly declare their sexual orientation 1998 Event Gay and Lesbian Games #5 open in Amsterdam 1997 Event 42 million watch "Ellen" admit she is gay 1996 Death Magda Schneider, actress (Going Gay, Be Mine Tonight), dies at 87 1996 Death Martin Corbett, gay activist, dies at 51 1996 Death Robert Mellors, gay activist, dies at 47 1995 Death Paul Monette, writer, wrote, 'Becoming a Man', wrote about gay relationships, taught writing, Milton Academy, dies of AIDS in Los Angeles, California at 49 1994 Death Manfred Longer, Austrian/Dutch gay disco owner, dies at 42 1994 Event 1st Japanese gay pride parade 1994 Event Gay Games close in New York City 1994 Event Gay Games open in New York City 1994 Death John Preston, U.S. writer (Gay House, Big Gay Book), dies at 48 1992 Death Geert Vissers, Dutch TV host (Gay Dating Show), dies 1991 Event TV show "Roc" has a gay wedding episode - Can't Help Loving that Man 1991 Event Members of Irish Gay and Lesbian Organization march in New York City parade 1990 Event "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney suspended by CBS for racial remarks attributed to him by a gay magazine 1989 Event 1st U.S. postmark dedicated to Lesbian and Gay Pride 1987 Death Thomas F Waddell, founder (Gay Olympics), dies of AIDS at 50 1981 Event National Centers for Disease Control announces high incidence of Pneumocystis and Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men 1979 Event Steven Lachs, appointed California's 1st admittedly gay judge 1978 Event 1st gay theme telefilm - Matlovich vs U.S. Air Force 1978 Death Wilfred Pickles, actor (Billy Liar, Gay Dog), dies at 73 1977 Event Anita Bryant leads successful crusade against Miami gay rights law 1977 Death Walter Baldwin, actor (Gay Amigo), dies at 88 1974 Birthday Pietra Gay, WNBA guard and forward for the Houston Comets 1972 Event 1st gay theme TV movie - "That Certain Summer" 1971 Event Probably 1st gay theme TV episode - All in the Family 1970 Birthday Matt Gay, WLAF safety for the Rhein Fire 1970 Birthday Matt Gay, WLAF safety for the Rhein Fire 1969 Event Police raid Stonewall Gay Bar in Greenwich Village, New York, about 400 to 1,000 patrons riot against police, it lasts 3 days 1967 Event 31st Golf Masters Championship: Gay Brewer, Jr. wins, shooting a 280 1963 Birthday Gay "Mani" Mournfield, English pop bassist, Stone Roses 1962 Event "Gay Life" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 113 performances 1961 Event "Gay Life" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 113 performances 1961 Birthday David Leavitt, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, writer, gay literature, professor at Princeton, author of, 'The Lost Language of Cranes', 'The Body of Jonah Boyd', 'The Indian Clerk' 1961 Death Joe Howard, singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at 94 1959 Birthday Marcia Gay Harden, American Actress 1958 Death Harry Revel, movie composer (Sitting Pretty, Gay Divorcee), dies 1954 Death Noel Gay, Richard Moxon Armitage, composer, dies at 55 1951 Birthday Chris Smith, born in Barnet, London, Christopher Robert 'Chris' Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, politician, Labor Party, Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, Member of Parliament for Islington South and Finsbury, Cabinet minister, first openly gay MP member, HIV positive 1951 Death Anton Roemer, Dutch actor (Gay Death), dies at 63 1950 Birthday Anthony Lloyd, born in England, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Manchester Central, gay rights supporter, voted against the Iraq War and against renewal of the Trident Nuclear Missile System 1949 Death Leslie Gay, cricket wicket-keeper/goalkeeper (England in 1890's), dies 1949 Birthday Robert Mellors, gay activist 1948 Birthday Kim Darby, N Hollywood, actress, True Grit, Enola Gay, Rich Man Poor Man 1945 Birthday Paul Monette, born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, writer, wrote, 'Becoming a Man', wrote about gay relationships, taught writing, Milton Academy 1945 Birthday Harry Thomas, Dutch founder, Schlager Festival Gay Party 1945 Event Hiroshima Peace Day-atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima by "Enola Gay" 1944 Birthday Martin Corbett, gay activist 1939 Death Alice Brady, actress (My Man Godfrey, Gay Divorcee), dies at 46 1937 Death Walter Gay, artist, dies 1932 Event Cole Porters musical "Gay Divorcee," premieres in New York City 1932 Birthday Gay Robert Brewer, born in Middletwon, Ohio, PGA golfer, 1972 Canadian 1932 Birthday Gay Talese, author, Honor Thy Father 1928 Birthday Bill Cotton, CEO, Noel Gay TV 1925 Birthday Will Gay Bottje, composer 1923 Birthday Peter Gay, American Historian 1917 Birthday Steve Cochran, Eureka California, actor, Mozambique, Gay Senotiys, Dallas 1916 Birthday Betty Grable, St. Louis, great legs/actress, Gay Divorcee 1911 Birthday Ginger Rogers, Independence, Missouri, dancer, Gay Divorcee 1909 Birthday Magda Schneider, actress, Eva, Going Gay, Be Mine Tonight 1904 Birthday Wilfred Pickles, Halifax England, actor, Billy Liar, Gay Dog 1904 Event Dutch newspaper Volk fires gay journalist Jacob de Cock 1901 Birthday Cornelia Otis Skinner, Chic, writer, When Our Hearts Were Young and Gay 1898 Birthday Noel Gay, Richard Moxon Armitage, composer 1892 Birthday Alice Brady, New York City, actress, My Man Godfrey, Gay Divorcee, Zenobia 1889 Birthday Walter Baldwin, Ohio, actor, Gay Amigo 1867 Birthday Joe Howard, New York City, vocalist, Gay Nineties Revue 1732 Death John Gay, English poet (Beggar's Opera), dies at 47 1685 Birthday John Gay, English poet, Beggar's Opera 1685 Birthday John Gay, author, Baggars' Opera
