Monday, November 1, 2010
November 2, 2004
Voters in 11 states approve constitutional amendments limiting Marriage to one man and one woman
This month in LGBT History
October
October 16, 1854
Birthday - Oscar Wilde (Writer, "the world's first modern homosexual")
October 18, 1956
Birthday - Martina Navratilova (Tennis champion)
October 21, 1956
The first issue of The Ladder, a magazine founded by The Daughters of Bilitis, the first organization for lesbians, is published
October 11, 1988
The first National Coming Out Day
October 12, 1998
College student Matthew Shepard is murdered in Laramie, Wyoming
October 22, 2000
First game ever played by newly formed Independent Women's Football league. New York Sharks played New England Storm in Providence, Rhode Island
October 22, 2004
10 same-sex couples, known as the "Nyack 10" lose Supreme Court marriage-license suit
October 26, 2005
Sheryl Swoops, Houston Comets, WNBA 2005 MVP, comes out as a lesbian
October 25, 2006
New Jersey Supreme Court rules same-sex couples must have access to same rights/benefits of Marriage