United States LGBT History for 1937
State equality and discrimination bills
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Oregon
A Gay sex scandal in Seaside involving 14 men is reported in the Astoria newspaper. The story is printed only after one of the arrested men commits suicide in the Clatsop County Jail.
Texas
Morris Kight organizes the Oscar Wilde Study Circle at Texas Christian University to examine the life and works of notable gay author Oscar Wilde. Although little information exists about the study circle
itself, Kight goes on to be a leader in the gay rights movement.
National
This is the first use of the pink triangle for gay men in Nazi concentration camps. It doesn’t emerge as a symbol until allied forces begin liberating the concentration camps.
Michigan
Ruth Ellis moves to Detroit and begins hosting lesbian and gay house parties.
Michigan
Police chief orders ban on female impersonator acts at Detroit night clubs.
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