July 30 - National
“She Hate Me”. Fired from his job for exposing corrupt business practices, a former biotech executive turns to impregnating wealthy lesbians for profit.
November 3 - Louisiana
Passes a constitutional amendment banning all types of same-sex civil unions and marriages.
April 1 - National
In the alternate timeline featured in Neil Gaiman’s 1602, Jean Grey poses as a boy and in the eighth and final issue (Marvel, April 2004), ANGEL admits that he believes that he was in love with her thinking she was a man.
June 11 - National
“Saved” When a girl attending a Christian high school becomes pregnant, she finds herself ostracized and demonized, as all of her former friends turn on her.
January 1 - National
“On the Couch” A very artistic and explicit compilation, which following the phenomenal reception of On The Couch One, continues the successful couch saga seamlessly. Bianchi's use of natural light brings out the artistic appeal and beauty of these handsome men. The images present some of the models alone, and some in pairs, but there is no palpable difference in the heat generated either way. The text accompanying the photos gives some wonderful insight into how the shoots came to be, and into each model's background.
August 13 - New Jersey
Governor James McGreevy came out
June 1 - Washington D.C.
Jimmy Carter came out for civil unions and stated that he "opposes all forms of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and believes there should be equal protection under the law for people who differ in sexual orientation"
August 3 - Missouri
Missouri Votes to Ban Same-Sex Marriage
November 3 - Michigan
Passes a constitutional amendment banning all types of same-sex civil unions and marriages.
February 17 - National
"Geography Club" Book 1 in the Russel Middlebrook Series. Russel Middlebrook is convinced he's the only gay kid at Goodkind High School.
January 1 - Washington D.C.
“Glass Caucus” The GLASS Caucus is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization open to all whose purpose is to raise awareness of issues affecting the LGBT community, increase visibility and promote the welfare and dignity of LGBT employees of the United States Senate by providing a safe environment for social interaction and professional development.
August 24 - Washington D.C.
Vice President Cheney spelled out his differences with President Bush on the volatile issue of gay marriage while making his most revealing public comments so far about the sexual orientation of his lesbian daughter
June 26 - New York
John Tartaglia helped to raise $525,000 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
November 4 - Utah
Passes a constitutional amendment banning all types of same-sex civil unions and marriages. Utahans pass Amendment 3, making it the 3rd law on Utah books that defines marriage as between a man and a woman.
November 2 - Oregon
Ballot Measure 36 was a 2004 initiative in the U.S. state of Oregon. It amended the Oregon Constitution to define marriage as a union of one man and one woman. The initiative passed with 1,028,546 votes in favor, and 787,556 votes against (57% to 43%) in the general election. It is one of a number of U.S. state constitutional amendments banning same-sex unions.
Sam Adams is elected Commissioner, a member of the Portland City Council, by a citywide vote. He is the first openly LGBTQ person elected to a public office of the City of Portland.
The Defense of Marriage Coalition’s Measure 36 passes, amending the Oregon Constitution with the following text: “It is the policy of Oregon, and its political subdivisions, that only a marriage between one man and one woman shall be valid or legally recognized as a marriage.”
October 1 - National
“Eating Out”. After getting dumped by his slutty girlfriend, Caleb falls in love with Gwen. However, thanks to Caleb's roommate, Gwen thinks he's gay and sets him up with her roommate, Marc.
January 1 - Oregon
“Democratic Party of Oregon LGBT Caucus” The GLBT Caucus is devoted to advancing equal rights for all people, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. The GLBT Caucus will participate in the policy decisions and the outreach programs of the DPO to maximize support of the Democratic Party and its endorsed candidates. The GLBT Caucus will recruit and support GLBT candidates for elective office.
November 3 - Georgia
Passes a constitutional amendment banning all types of same-sex civil unions and marriages.
Jimmy Carter
President 1977 - 1981
November 3 - Kentucky
Passes a constitutional amendment banning all types of same-sex civil unions and marriages.
January 1 - Pennsylvania
Passes anti-discrimination legislation.
State equality and discrimination bills
February 7 - National
Rainbow Ark LiveJournal community for LGBT Christians in the furry fandom is founded.
May 16 - Oregon
Openly gay Oregon Supreme Court Justice Rives Kistler wins his retention election over conservative opposition by a substantial margin.
March 24 - Maryland
The first all trans* performance of the Vagina Monologues was held at The Maryland Institute College of Arts.
April 1 - National
Dave Koz in an interview with The Advocate, came out publicly as gay.
April 1 - National
“How Sex Changed” How Sex Changed is a fascinating social, cultural, and medical history of transsexuality in the United States. Joanne Meyerowitz tells a powerful human story about people who had a deep and unshakable desire to transform their bodily sex. In the last century when many challenged the social categories and hierarchies of race, class, and gender, transsexuals questioned biological sex itself, the category that seemed most fundamental and fixed of all.
February 15 - California
San Francisco officials begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in February, with a handful of other U.S. municipalities following suit. Later that month, President George W. Bush announces his support for a Federal Marriage Amendment to the Constitution.
January 1 - Massachusetts
Julie Ebin founds “Boundless: Bi women and lesbian’s wellness workshop series” at Fenway Community Health, Boston, Mass.
April 3 - Delaware
Democrat Emily Falcon is elected the first openly gay delegate from Delaware to a national political convention.
September 18 - Louisiana
Same-Sex Marriage Ban Approved in Louisiana
April 20 - Oregon
Oregon Same-Sex Marriages Ordered Halted
May 24 - New York
The Salvation Army threatens to leave New York City if Mayor Michael Bloomberg enforces a new ordinance requiring all groups with city contracts to offer benefits to the same-sex partners of employees. Bloomberg, who opposed the ordinance, doesn’t enforce it.
President George W. Bush
February 19 - Oregon
The Oregon Defense of Marriage Coalition files a Marriage Ban in Oregon. The coalition is part of the Oregon Family Council which defends the Christian value of marriage being between a man and a woman. The organization has been organizing political movements for the Christian community since 1980.
Rives Kistler
June 26 - Texas
In Lawrence v. Texas the U.S. Supreme Court rules that sodomy laws in the U.S. are unconstitutional. The US Supreme Court strikes down the "homosexual conduct" law, which decriminalizes same-sex sexual conduct, with their opinion in Lawrence v. Texas. The decision also reverses Bowers v. Hardwick, a 1986 US Supreme Court ruling that upheld Georgia's sodomy law.
July 27 - National
“Denied”. Troy, a recent high school graduate, is in love with his best friend Merrick, but Merrick isn't willing to be in a relationship with him. Troy is forced to deal with Merrick's selfishness, his own aching heart, and his unfulfilling life.
January 1 - Idaho
“Inland Oasis” Inland Oasis is a volunteer-based organization serving the needs of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex and Ally communities of the Palouse. The mission of Inland Oasis is to conduct and support educational, social and health programming for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and allied communities on the Palouse, Southeastern Washington, and North Central Idaho.
September 28 - Delaware
The City of Newark personnel manual is amended to include sexual orientation non-discrimination in selection and employment within the City of Newark.
June 1 - National
Anubis: Dark Desires #2 (Radio Comix, August 2004) features two erotic anthropomorphic stories featuring gay characters, “The Tomb Plunder” by Terrie Smith and “Secrets of Anubis” by Frank Gembeck Jr.
January 1 - Florida
“Central Florida Gay & Lesbian Law Association” Our mission is to establish and maintain an integrated group to support, assist, and encourage gay and lesbian attorneys, legal professionals, and law students, and to provide support and resources to the community at large on LGBT issues
Scotty Joe Weaver
October 25 - Maryland
Dee Green, a trans woman, was found by police unconscious, stabbed in the heart, and bleeding on a street in Baltimore, Maryland. She was taken to a hospital where she died half an hour later.
June 10 - New York
New York Court Backs Gay Marriage
January 7 - National
“Kinsey”. A look at the life of Alfred Kinsey, a pioneer in the area of human sexuality research, whose 1948 publication "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" was one of the first recorded works that saw science address sexual behavior.
March 10 - New York
Washington Post/ABC Poll Shows Support for Same-Sex Marriage Grows About half the country 51% favors allowing gay couples to form civil unions with the same basic legal rights as married couples, up 6 percentage points in less than a month. A slightly larger majority also rejected amending the U.S. Constitution to ban same-sex marriages in favor of allowing states to make their own laws, an increase of 8 percentage points in recent weeks
Nicole LeFavour
February 12 - California
San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom orders the city clerk to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Nearly 3,200 same-sex couples receive licenses in a nine-day period.
June 22 - National
Jameson Currier publishes “Desire, Lust, Passion, Sex“
January 1 - Kansas
“Topeka Transgender Alliance” Topeka Transgender Alliance (TTA) is a support group with the goal of providing transgender persons and their family, friends and allies opportunities to explore these questions. We are not a therapy group, only a gathering of persons with similar life experiences and a desire to grow, share and heal.
November 24 - National
“Alexander”. The story is an epic that is as daring and ambitious as its subject, a relentless conqueror who by the age of 32 had amassed the greatest empire the world had ever seen. Past and present collide to form the puzzle of the protagonist, a tapestry of triumphs and tragedies in which childhood memories and Alexander's rise to power unfold side by side with the later day expansion of his empire, and its ultimate downfall.
March 1 - National
LPGA Hall of Famer, Rosie Jones, comes out as a lesbian in a letter to the New York Times and receives an endorsement from Olivia, a lesbian vacation and travel company.
October 10 - National
“Outing Riley”. Bobby Riley (Pete Jones), an affable Irish-American guy-next-door, is gay and still in the closet. Bobby's discomfort with being openly gay is a source of friction in his relationship with his partner, Andy (Michael McDonald). His sister, straight-talking lawyer Maggie (Julie R. Pearl), knows Bobby's secret, and when their father dies, she persuades him to come out to his three brothers. The revelation doesn't just surprise his brothers, it forces some other family secrets to be revealed.
January 1 - New Mexico
Passes anti-discrimination legislation.
January 18 - National
“The L Word” is the first lesbian televisions series to debut on national television.
January 1 - Alabama
“Association for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in Counselling of Alabama” In an effort to provide handy resources to the LGBT community in Alabama, ALGBTICAL seeks to create an ongoing list of various events, activities, services, and programs relevant to the needs, concerns and interests of LGBT people throughout the state. ALGBTICAL invites its members and friends to contribute announcements and other information related to clubs, organizations, and support groups, and any activity that would be of interest to the LGBT community.
June 3 - National
"Bisexuality and Transgenderism" This book, guaranteed to provoke debate and discussion of sexuality and gender, is the first devoted exclusively to the relationship between transgenderism and bisexuality. Combining the work of scholars and activists, professional writers and lay people, Bisexuality and Transgenderism: InterSEXions of the Others presents ideas, thoughts, feelings, and insights from a variety of contributors who are committed to understanding—and deepening our understanding of—gender and sexuality. You’ll find scholarly essays, narratives, poetry, and a revealing interview with four male-to-female transsexuals, two of whom are married to women who also participate in the discussion. In addition, the book includes insightful chapters by well-known advocates of transgenderism, including Jamison “James” Green, Coralee Drechsler, and Matthew Kailey.
United States LGBT History for 2004
June 13 - New Jersey
Domestic partnerships are legalized in New Jersey.
January 1 – National
ESPN hires openly gay reporter LZ Granderson.
February 23 - National
“Wild Things 2”. Sequel to the hot film Wild Things, Wild Things 2 sees teenage bad girls Maya and Britney go on a sex and killing spree to win millions.
July 11 - National
“Girl Play”. Two real-life lesbian actresses meet by chance when they are cast as lovers in a local stage play and end up actually falling in love.
December 1 - National
Will Roscoe a poet publishes “Jesus and the Shamanic Tradition of Same-Sex Love”
October 15 - National
"From the Inside Out" Born female yet little identified with that gender, these transgenders, genderqueer, third gender, and gender variant writers offer personal insights into changing gender identity, dating, workplace issues, and more. This book shines light on those who identify as FTM (female to male) and also illuminates those whose gender is more fluid, proving that biology doesn’t control destiny.
December 6 - National
“No Future” In this searing polemic, Lee Edelman outlines a radically uncompromising new ethics of queer theory. His main target is the all-pervasive figure of the child, which he reads as the linchpin of our universal politics of “reproductive futurism.” Edelman argues that the child, understood as innocence in need of protection, represents the possibility of the future against which the queer is positioned as the embodiment of a relentlessly narcissistic, antisocial, and future-negating drive. He boldly insists that the efficacy of queerness lies in its very willingness to embrace this refusal of the social and political order. In No Future, Edelman urges queers to abandon the stance of accommodation and accede to their status as figures for the force of a negativity that he links with irony, jouissance, and, ultimately, the death drive itself.
September 12 - National
“And I’m going to be blunt and plain: If one [a gay man] ever looks at me like that, I’m going to kill him and tell God he died,” Evangelist Jimmy Swaggart says to laughter and applause from his congregation. Then 10 days later: “It’s a humorous statement that doesn’t mean anything. You can’t lie to God—it’s ridiculous,” Swaggart told The Associated Press. “If it’s an insult, I certainly didn’t think it was, but if they are offended, then I certainly offer an apology.”
March 4 - National
“Straight-Jacket”. In 1950's Hollywood, movie star Guy Stone must marry a studio secretary in order to conceal his homosexuality. Sally has no idea her marriage is a sham, though, and turns Guy's life upside-down. Then he falls in love.
May 26 - National
Opera Winfery has George Michael as a guest to promote his album “Amazing”. Michael spoke of his arrest, revealing his homosexuality, and his resumption of public performances. He allowed Oprah's crew inside his home outside London.
June 2 - National
“Three of Hearts: A Postmodern Family”. Filmmaker Susan Kaplan documents the lives of two bisexual men who cohabit with a heterosexual woman.
January 1 - Washington State
“G.L.U.E. Gay & Lesbian University Employees” GLUE is an organization of gay, lesbian, bisexual, sexual minority, and other interested employees at the University of Washington. To promote the interests of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and other sexual minority employees of the University of Washington. To support activities addressing the needs, concerns, and interests of its members. To present a visible lesbian and gay presence at the University of Washington. To provide a greater understanding of gay and lesbian people through outreach and education.
April 1 - National
Bart Yates writes his debut novel “Leaving Myself Behind” The plot centers on a seventeen-year- old gay boy, Noah York, and the process through which he goes as he discovers his sexuality and grows without his father.
March 8 - Delaware
With the anti-gay marriage law of 1996 continuing in force, Sen. John Still announces his proposed amendment to the Delaware Charter, which would outlaw same-gender marriage and even civil unions. Still expresses his fear of “activist judges” in Delaware, even though Delaware’s courts were cited by the Chamber of Commerce as best in the nation for the third consecutive year. For context, Massachusetts permits same-gender marriage, starting May 17, 2004. The proposed amendment dies on June 30, 2004, when the legislators fail to take it up.
May 18 - Massachusetts
Massachusetts becomes the first state to legalize gay marriage. The court finds the prohibition of gay marriage unconstitutional because it denies dignity and equality of all individuals.
January 1 - Washington D.C.
The FBI finds that 15.6 percent of reported hate crimes were for sexual orientation. Of those, 61 percent were against gay men; 2 percent were against heterosexuals.
January 1 - New Jersey
“Garden State Equality” Garden State Equality is New Jersey’s statewide advocacy and education organization for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community.
July 22 - Alabama
18-year-old Scotty Joe Weaver of Bay Minette, Alabama, was murdered. His burned and partially decomposed body was discovered a few miles from the mobile home in which he lived. He was beaten, strangled and stabbed numerous times, partially decapitated, and his body was doused in gasoline and set on fire.
June 24 - National
“Mysterious Skin”. A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.
June 3 - National
“Gay Dads” Inspiring portraits of gay men and their families from all across America. An evolution has quietly been occurring in the world of parenting. Recent surveys reveal that millions of children have found loving homes either by being born to, or adopted by, gay men. This book is a celebration of these remarkable new families. Gay Dads includes twenty-five personal accounts from men describing their unique journeys to fatherhood and the struggles and successes they have experienced as they raise their children. This is the first book to provide such an expansive exploration of this extraordinary new family unit. With beautiful black-and-white photographs of each of the families, Gay Dads is a moving tribute to familial love.
April 30 - National
Daniel Franzese wrote a coming out letter to his “Mean Girls” character Damian, in which the actor spoke of his admiration for the courage Damian displayed as an outwardly gay teenager and referring to him as an icon for gay youth, Franzese became an influential voice in the LGBTQ community.
February 20 - New Mexico
New Mexico County Begins Issuing Marriage Licenses to Same-Sex Couples
January 1 - North Carolina
“OUT at the Movies”. OUT at the Movies, Winston-Salem and North Carolina’s LGBT Film Series, was founded in August 2004 by Rex Welton and Lee Mecum. Latter Days was our first film, and we screened it to a large and enthusiastic audience at the ACE Theatre Complex on the campus of what was then known as North Carolina School of the Arts. Matt Jones, Associate Curator of UNCSA’s Moving Image Archives, has been a tremendous help from day one.
April 26 - National
The 24th General Synod of the United Church of Christ passes the following resolutions, “Affirming the Participation and Ministry of Transgender People with the United Church of Christ and Supporting Their Civil and Human Rights”; “Reaffirming the United Church of Christ’s Denouncement of Violence Against Lesbian and Gay People and Calling for the Inclusion of Transgender People within that Anti-violence Statement”; and “The United Church of Christ and the Boy Scouts of America,” a resolution encouraging the Collegium and other settings of the church to urge the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America to adopt a membership policy that does not
discriminate based on sexual orientation, and that allows for the reactivation of membership of persons who were previously excluded solely on that basis. The Executive Council of the UCC releases “A Call to Action and Invitation to Dialogue on Marriage” during their April meeting.
July 1 - National
Blair Mastbaum a writer publishes his first book “Clay’s Way”
May 8 - California
GLBTA alter the OUTlist and encourage members to instead sign a Petition Against the Federal Marriage Amendment. GLBTA accepts the Ally Alliance as a member organization. They also begins Faculty and Staff Ally training sessions, which is a “safe zone” initiative on campus.
April 1 - California
LGBTRC begins Ally training with Resident Advisors.
June 25 - California
The San Francisco Trans March was first held. It has been held annually since; it is San Francisco's largest transgender Pride event and one of the largest trans events in the entire world.
April 23 - National
Brian Leung a poet publishes “World Famous Love Acts“
April 28 - National
Bob Mould a guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for alternative rock bands Hüsker Dü co-organized WEDRock benefit concert for Freedom to Marry. The event raised an estimated US$30,000. Mould also contributed the song "See a Little Light" to the 2006 album Wed-Rock: A Benefit for Freedom to Marry, an album to support in the legalization of same-sex marriage.
Tom Coburn
November 29 - Washington D.C.
The Supreme Court on Monday [Nov. 29, 2004] sidestepped a dispute over same-sex marriages, rejecting a challenge to the nation's only law sanctioning such unions
July 14 - Washington D.C.
Same-Sex Marriage Ban Fails in US Senate
February 25 - Washington D.C.
President George W. Bush endorses an amendment to the U. S. Constitution that would restrict marriage to two people of the opposite sex. “The union of a man and a woman is the most enduring human institution, honored and encouraged in all cultures by every religious faith, marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society.”
May 5 - National
David Bergman publishes “The Violet Hour: The Violet Quill and the Making of Gay Culture”
May 1 - National
“Oranges”. Two boys are talking after a bicycle accident. The older is bragging about his experience with girls, but is that just a boast?
June 26 - Virginia
The Virginia General Assembly passes the Affirmation of Marriage Act - HB 751, which defines marriage as between one woman and one man. The law further states, “A civil union, partnership contract or other arrangement between persons of the same sex purporting to bestow the privileges or obligations of marriage is prohibited.
September 26 - National
“Eulogy”. A black comedy that follows three generations of a family, who come together for the funeral of the patriarch - unveiling a litany of family secrets and covert relationships.
February 27 - New York
The town of New Paltz Begins Marrying Same-Sex Couples
November 1 - National
More than 20 Victory Fund endorsed candidates are elected to state legislatures across the nation.
August 19 - National
“Undoing Gender” Undoing Gender constitutes Judith Butler's recent reflections on gender and sexuality, focusing on new kinship, psychoanalysis and the incest taboo, transgender, intersex, diagnostic categories, social violence, and the tasks of social transformation. In terms that draw from feminist and queer theory, Butler considers the norms that govern--and fail to govern--gender and sexuality as they relate to the constraints on recognizable personhood. The book constitutes a reconsideration of her earlier view on gender performativity from Gender Trouble. In this work, the critique of gender norms is clearly situated within the framework of human persistence and survival. And to "do" one's gender in certain ways sometimes implies "undoing" dominant notions of personhood. She writes about the "New Gender Politics" that has emerged in recent years, a combination of movements concerned with transgender, transsexuality, intersex, and their complex relations to feminist and queer theory.
June 18 - National
“Fighting Tommy Riley”. An aging trainer and a young fighter, both in need of a second chance, team-up to overcome the demons of their past...and chase the dreams of their future.
June 11 - National
“On the Downlow”. Isaac and Angel are two young Latinos involved in a south side Chicago gang. They have a secret in a world where secrets are forbidden.
November 4 - Oklahoma
Passes a constitutional amendment banning all types of same-sex civil unions and marriages. Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn states that the issue is more dangerous than terrorism.
January 1 - National
"101 Gay Sex Secrets Revealed" You may think you’re the shiznitz in the sack, but word on the street is, you ain’t all that. No worries though, we’re here to help. Even those of you who picked up your technique from a Falcon Pac can be saved by this book. From foreplay to role playing, 100 percent homo-tested and boyfriend-approved, everything in this book is designed to keep ‘em coming back for more. You will be legend. No, no, don’t thank us. Buy us a drink and show us what you’ve learned.
November 10 - National
“Ethan Mao”. Kicked out of his house because he's gay, Ethan Mao returns home to steal and ends up holding his family hostage on a fateful Thanksgiving Day.
October 2 - Ohio
Daniel Fetty, a gay man who was hearing-impaired and homeless was attacked by multiple assailants in Waverly, Ohio. Fetty was beaten, stomped, shoved nude into a garbage bin, impaled with a stick, and left for dead; he succumbed to his injuries the next day. Prosecuters alleged a hate crime. Three men received sentences ranging from seven years to life.
October 19 - National
“The Ski Trip”. New Yorker Corey Brown is just turning 30 and has just been dumped by his boyfriend. Sounds like the perfect time for a trip with his friends outta the city.
January 17 - National
“Harry + Max”. Two brothers, 23 and 16, who are both teen idols, come to terms with their dysfunctional family past and deep affection for each other.
September 28 - National
“Dorian Blues”. High school senior Dorian begins a gay man's odyssey when he determines that he's gay and decides to come out. Chief among concerns is the reaction of his father, who has never liked him.
January 1 - Hawaii
Lani Ka’ahumanu, Bobbi Keppel and the Safer Sex Sluts present first Safer Sex Workshop given at a joint national conference with American Society on Aging and National Association on Aging. It's a program for Women To Women.
January 4 - National
Louis Edmonds came out publicly in the biography “Big Lou” by Craig Hamrick, published while Edmonds was in his 70s. The actor gave details of his life as a gay man.
June 30 - National
Richard Siken published his first poetry work “Crush”
Daniel Franzese
Dick Cheney
April 4 - Delaware
For the first time ever in Delaware, a newspaper publishes a same-gender engagement notice, when The News Journal runs the engagement announcement of Victoria Morelli and Kristen Tosh.
May 15 - National
“Saints and Sinners”. After living together for seven years in a seemingly accepting community in New York City, Edward DeBonis and Vincent Maniscalco decide to get married. But unlike many other gay couples who formalize their relationship in a domestic union, Vincent and Edward, both devout Catholics, will settle for nothing short of the "Holy Sacrament of Marriage." The couple's request to The New York Times to announce their wedding in the weekly "Styles" section throws the newspaper into disarray. Publishing the first Catholic gay wedding announcement presents the editors with numerous controversial questions: Is a gay priest a real priest? Can a gay union be called a wedding? Can a gay couple be considered Catholic? As America stands on the verge of legal acceptance of gay and lesbian unions, "Saints and Sinners" explores the social, political and religious aspects of same-sex marriage and examines its effect on American society.
June 30 - Delaware
Religious extremists successfully intimidate enough senators so that H.B. 99 again dies in committee without receiving a full-Senate vote. Delawareans may continue to openly and legally discriminate against other Delawareans based on sexual orientation.
February 22 - National
“Hellbent”. Halloween in West Hollywood, two guys making out in a park are interrupted by a serial killer. Later that night, a group of gay kids decide to visit to the site of the murders.
January 1 - Pennsylvania
“LGBT Center of Central PA” The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) Center of Central PA is a volunteer-led effort to create a regionally representative community center that is both a location and a unifying point for central Pennsylvania’s large, diverse, and multi-county LGBT population.
Michael Bloomberg
March 30 - Oregon
Conservatives Testify for a Constitutional Amendment Banning Same-Sex Marriage
Dave Koz
November 3 - Idaho
Nicole LeFavour wins an election to the Idaho House of Representatives, becoming that state’s first openly LGBTQ elected official.
January 1 - Kentucky
Passes anti-discrimination legislation.
January 1 - National
Greg Herren a writer and editor publishes “Shadows of the Night: Queer Tales of the Uncanny and Unusual”
January 1 - National
“Atticus Circle” Atticus Circle educates and mobilizes straight people to advance equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) partners, parents, and their children.
August 19 - National
“Transgender Emergence” This comprehensive book provides you with a clinical and theoretical overview of the issues facing transgendered/transsexual people and their families. Transgender Emergence: Therapeutic Guidelines for Working with Gender-Variant People and Their Families views assessment and treatment through a nonpathologizing lens that honors human diversity and acknowledges the role of oppression in the developmental process of gender identity formation.
January 1 - National
“Friends & Brothers” Great photo book featuring the nude male photography of Adam Raphael in his book called “Friends & Brothers". The 112-page book highlights the male figure in artful black & white and color photos in an Abercrombie & Fitch style.
June 11 - National
“Slutty Summer”. Hunky writer Markus returns home to find his boyfriend of four years naked with another man. Newly single, he begins waiting tables at a swinging Chelsea hotspot where the indelible supporting cast of co-workers offers conflicting directions on the off-road map to love and lust in New York City. Peter insists on holding out for "the one", and Marilyn vows by her "dating commandments." Meanwhile, lascivious Luke promises the film its title by delivering firecracker quips on the joys of his sexcapades. He believes that sleeping around is the best medicine for a broken heart. Despite disillusion, Markus falls for gorgeous model Tyler who doesn't "do relationships" because how can you promise to love somebody forever? Surprising twists, and unlikely advice await, but by the end of one unforgettable SLUTTY SUMMER, happily ever after may just be the answer.
February 24 - Arkansas
Passes a constitutional amendment banning all types of same-sex civil unions and marriages.
November 1 - National
HRC counters ABC News’ inaccurate, sensationalized broadcast on "20/20" about Matthew Shepard's murder. In the program, which includes interviews with both men convicted of murdering Shepard, Aaron McKinney says his motivation for the murder was robbery, not hatred of gay people.
January 1 - Washington State
“Equal Rights Washington”. Equal Rights Washington (ERW) is Washington's statewide lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) advocacy and community outreach organization. ERW's mission is to ensure and promote dignity, safety, and equality for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer Washingtonians.
Rosie Jones
Pro Golfer
July 23 - National
“A Home At The End of the World”. A boy who has experienced many losses in his life grows to manhood and enters into a love triangle with a woman and his boyhood friend.
December 1 - National
Fortunate Families is founded, a Catholic Family, Friends & Allies Ministry, supports LGBTQ+ sisters and brothers by facilitating respectful conversation and sharing personal stories within dioceses, parishes and communities, especially with bishops, pastors and Church leadership.
November 3 - North Dakota
Passes a constitutional amendment banning all types of same-sex civil unions and marriages.
January 1 - North Dakota
“Dakota Outright” Dakota OutRight’s mission is to serve the LGBTQ community of central and western North Dakota by increasing visibility, providing resources and information, advocating for equality, and creating safe spaces for connection, support, and celebration.
March 23 - Oregon
Benton County, Oregon bans all marriages—gay and heterosexual—until the state decides who can and who cannot wed.
December 15 - Oregon
The ACLU sues the state of Oregon on behalf of nine same-sex couples and Basic Rights Oregon.
June 5 - National
“Shiner”. Raising the subtext of "Fight Club'' into text, "Shiner'' depicts a pair of amateur boxers gratified by punching each others' lights out. Theirs is among a trio of twisted love stories in the narrative feature by 29-year-old Los Angeles director Christian Calson. There's also a woman literally fighting her male lover's affections and another boxer who stalks his own shy male stalker. "Shiner'' transcends sadomasochism in that no one seems aware of what he or she is doing. "I'm trying to look at desire head on,'' the soft-spoken Calson said by telephone. "('Shiner') is about the politics of wanting and being wanted and how people respond differently.'' Rife with ugly behavior, "Shiner'' rejects the trend of queer filmmakers seeking straight understanding. "In L.A., we have this kind of sadness we carry around, that the only way we can make gay stories is by making more like 'Will and Grace,' '' Calson said. Like the activist-filmmakers tackling the marriage issue, Calson went into "Shiner'' with clear results in mind. "I want people to respond on a visceral level,'' he said. "I'm not after their minds, I'm after their gut. ... I'm not trying to make friends with this film.'' (from an article on the Frameline 28 Film Festival)
May 13 - National
James Dobson's Focus on the Family Action organizes “Mayday for Marriage” rallies in six major cities to promote anti-gay marriage ballot initiatives in 11 states. In October, an estimated 150,000 people turn out for a protest in Washington, D.C., where Dobson declares, “Everything we care about is on the line. It’s now or never.”
January 1 - Arizona
Passes anti-discrimination legislation.
June 22 - National
“Strange Fruit”. William Boyals, a successful, black, gay attorney in New York, is drawn back to the small, rural Louisiana town he long ago escaped from to investigate the lynching of a black gay childhood friend.
May 8 - National
“Poster Boy”. With the help of a hot, slightly older new acquaintance (Noseworthy), the closeted son (Newton) of a conservative U.S. Senator (Lerner) puts a shocking spin on his dad's re-election campaign.
March 8 - California
Once again saw the melding of the personal and political Monday when state Sen. Sheila Kuehl (D-Santa Monica) presided over the marriages of six couples who have long been active in the gay and lesbian community, including Assemblywoman Jackie Goldberg. In back-to-back ceremonies on the steps of the City Hall rotunda, Kuehl, California's first openly gay state legislator, pronounced her close friends and political colleagues married to tears and shouts of jubilation
January 1 - Indiana
Mike Pence co-sponsored a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would define marriage as solely between one man and one woman.
November 4 - Ohio
Passes a constitutional amendment banning all types of same-sex civil unions and marriages.
October 1 - National
Jim Verraros a contestant on American Idol starred in the first two installments of the gay comedy film franchise Eating Out
January 1 - Oregon
“Capitol Pride”. Capitol Pride is a non-profit community organization founded in 2004, whose mission is to promote understanding and education regarding LGBTQ issues, and to foster a sense of community for these individuals and their supporters in Salem and the Mid-Willamette Valley of Oregon.
May 17 - Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Supreme Court rules in favor of the right of gay and lesbian couples to marry.
November 7 - National
“Billy’s Dad Is A Fudge Packer”. In her first non-acting effort, writer/director Jamie Donahue parodies the 1950s high school educational film.
June 24 - National
“Saving Face” A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.
January 1 - Iowa
"The Beta Lambda Chapter' has been leading the way in creating an open and accepting community for all minority people at Iowa State University. We are part of the Multicultural Greek Council, which is comprised of culturally-based organizations. Together, we work to raise awareness of minority issues on campus and create a more welcoming environment at Iowa State. Our chapter looks for men who are passionate about creating real change and building bonds with people from all walks of life.
May 7 - National
Randy Jones the cowboy from The Village People marries his husband of 20 years.
January 1 - Michigan
Passes anti-discrimination legislation.
June 17 - National
Gabriel Rotello a writer and filmmaker releases the documentary “Hidden Führer: Debating the Enigma of Hitler's Sexuality”
August 4 - Washington State
Seattle Judge Approves Same-Sex Marriages
LZ Granderson
January 1 - National
"I’m Your Man" At thirty something, Blaine Dunhill has a great career in fashion advertising, a fab NYC apartment, and some loyal friends that he's trying to share amicably with his ex, a famous soap star. Then his best friend Gretchen makes him a tempting offer: since neither of them has found the real thing yet, why don't they start a family together? Suddenly, Blaine discovers that being an expectant father makes him very attractive. Now, in the wacky, gossipy world of fashion and celebrity, where 'gay dad' is synonymous with 'way hot', Blaine is in for the ride of his life...
May 26 - National
Claude J. Summers helped to edit and compile “The Queer Encyclopedia of Music, Dance & Musical Theater” and “The Queer Encyclopedia of the Visual Arts”
July 18 - National
“Love and Suicide”. When pretty but troubled Kaye moves to New Orleans from Atlanta with her mother and little brother, she forges a special friendship with Emily, a rebellious high school senior with troubles of her own. They become instant best friends and begin spending all their free time together. Emily even helps Kaye run away from home. The girls' mothers do not approve of their relationship, and Emily's mother accuses her of associating to closely with a corrupted and confused young girl. As Kaye and Emily grow closer, Kaye's mother begins to suspect what she fears is the worse, that Emily's sexual prowess has corrupted her daughter. Faced with the ridicule from their peers, and the pressures of their families and conservative religious beliefs, Kaye and Emily are forced to choose between true love and the promises they've made to each other, and fitting into a society that refuses to accept them.
September 1 - National
Greg Herren a writer and editor publishes “Midnight Thirsts: Erotic Tales of the Vampire”
March 20 - National
“Mango Kiss” "Mango Kiss" is a story about Lou whose world turns upside-down when she falls in love with her best friend Sassafras. They journey to San Francisco and stumble into the wild world of role-playing and non-monogamous S/M dykes. Comedy ensues as these wholesome girls get in over their heads.
April 1 - National
Edge Media Network, is launched as a national network covering LGBT news and entertainment.
March 11 - California
California Supreme Court Orders Halt to San Francisco Same-Sex Weddings
April 16 - National
“Connie and Carla”. A mob mix-up in Chicago sends two chanteuses screaming for L.A., where they score a perfect gig: posing as drag queens on the dinner theater/cabaret circuit. Things get extra- weird when a guy falls for one of the girls.
June 23 - National
“White Chicks”. Two disgraced FBI agents go way undercover in an effort to protect hotel heiresses the Wilson Sisters from a kidnapping plot.
July 13 - National
“Group Therapy”. After a string of anonymous sexual encounters, Aaron decides to get help. In Group Therapy, he meets other guys with similar sexual dysfunctions: exhibitionist, confused, solo sex, ashamed, and thrill seeker. This support group is different from others because of its "hands on" approach to therapy. Group leader, Tom, encourages the guys to share stories and experiences while challenging them to face their fears head on. Enjoy steamy alley encounters, intimate one-on- one sessions, and voyeuristic figure studies. These guys need your help on the road to recovery.
John Tartaglia
November 5 - National
“Brother to Brother”. A drama that looks back on the Harlem Renaissance from the perspective of an elderly, black writer who meets a gay teenager in a New York homeless shelter.
March 3 - Oregon
Portland briefly grants 3000 marriage licenses to same-sex couples; On March 3, 100 couples marry at Keller Auditorium; 16 at MCC.
Benton County temporarily stops issuing marriage licenses to anyone gay or straight until the legal
issues can be determined.
Gavin Newsom
October 29 - National
“Stage Beauty”. A female theatre dresser creates a stir and sparks a revolution in seventeenth century London theatre by playing Desdemona in Othello. But what will become of the male actor she once worked for and eventually replaced?
September 2 - National
“Summer Storm”. A teenager comes to terms with his sexuality and his feelings for his best friend over the course of a summer. Tobi and Achim are best friends and rowing teammates, and they have competed together in several races. During a summer training retreat, Achim's increasingly serious relationship with his girlfriend stirs up feelings in Tobi that suggest he views Achim as more than a friend. Events come to a head as the summer comes to a close and a big race is on the horizon.
September 17 - National
“Crutch”. An autobiographical film taken from the experiences of writer-director Rob Moretti, CRUTCH is a coming-of-age tale about a young man's struggle with family problems and substance abuse. Behind a façade of suburban middle-class perfection, David's home life is falling apart. As he tries to cope with the impossible situation, the troubled and impressionable teenager falls under the spell of Kenny, a gorgeous, thirty-something, has-been actor turned theatre coach. When Kenny's "support" escalates into seduction, David slowly descends into an abyss of drinking and drug addiction from which he must escape if he is to survive. CRUTCH is a dramatic tale of the confusion of youth and the difficulties in finding oneself.
October 1 - Washington D.C.
Pastor Ken Hutcherson hopes that a million Christians will join him on October 15th in Washington, D.C., during the “Mayday for Marriage” rally on the National Mall. An estimated 150,000 attend, and where James Dobson declares, “Everything we care about is on the line. It’s now or never.”
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