National
Donald Webster Cory (pseudonym for Edward Sagarin) publishes The Homosexual in America
State equality and discrimination bills
Washington D.C.
The Uniform Code of Military Conduct is adopted. Article 125 forbids sodomy among all military personnel, defining it as “any person subject to this chapter who engages in unnatural carnal copulation with another person of the same or opposite sex or with an animal is guilty of sodomy. Penetration, however slight, is sufficient to complete the offence.” The 1951 Manual for Courts- Martial provides an even more explicit description of acts considered sodomy under military law.
Michigan
Johnnie Ray a musician is accredited with starting the Rock and Pop waves in the United States. During the planned raids in Detroit he was arrested for accosting and soliciting an undercover vice squad police officer for sex in the restroom of the Stone Theatre, a burlesque house. When he appeared in court, he pleaded guilty to the charges, paid a fine, and was released. He will be arrested again in 1959 for the same crime though never formally coming out to the public.
Washington D.C.
Rosenberg Espionage Case Prosecution, and Sundry Atomic Energy Matters (file courtesy of ProQuest) U.S. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. Executive Session. Secret. JCAE document number CCLXXXVIII (Unpublished hearing), February 8, 1951. Employment termination of Oak Ridge National Laboratory personnel director due to homosexual conduct
United States LGBT History for 1951
National
Christine Jorgensen was an American transgender female, who became the first person in the U.S. to have sex reassignment surgery. The story of her transformation made the front page of the New York Daily News in December 1952. She became an instant celebrity and used her platform to become a leading advocate for the cause well before its time. On her deathbed in 1989, Jorgensen famously said she gave the sexual revolution “a good swift kick in the pants.”
National
Stella Walsh is an intersex track athlete that wins the 100 meter sprint and represents the United States.
President Harry S. Truman
National
R. H. Barlow commit suicide fearing that one of his disgruntled students was going to prematurely announce that he was gay.
National
Stella Walsh is an intersex track athlete that wins the 100 meter sprint and represents the United States.
Michigan
Commission appointed by Governor G. Mennon Williams urges harsher penalties for sex offenders.
California
California’s Supreme Court rules against the practice of suspending liquor licenses at bars serving homosexual clientele.
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