The United States Census finds 63 men in 22 states incarcerated for "crimes against nature."
June 1, 1950 (circa)
A group of black and white men and women, including partners Merton Bird and Dorr Legg, form Knights of the Clock, a support group for interracial gay, lesbian, and heterosexual couples.
June 1, 1975
Drummer magazine debuts, spotlighting the rise of open s/m and leather subcultures within the gay male subculture.
June 12, 1989
Because it is afraid of losing its funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Corcoran Gallery of Art cancels, "The Perfect Moment," an exhibit of 150 photos and objects by Robert Mapplethorpe that includes 13 S/M images.
June 14, 1950
After months of controversy, the U.S. Senate authorizes a wide-ranging investigation of homosexuals "and other moral perverts" working in national government.
June 15, 1987
The New York Times tells its writers that they now may use the word "gay" as a synonym for "homosexual."
June 24 1970
Myra Breckinridge, Hollywood's mainstream, big-budget transgender classic debuts, starring Mae West and Raquel Welch.June 25, 1972
The United Church of Christ becomes the first mainstream American denomination to ordain an openly gay man, William Johnson.
June 25, 1978
San Francisco artist Gilbert Baker debuts the first Rainbow Flag in the City's annual Gay Freedom Day Parade.
June 26, 1964
Life magazine's pioneering article "Homosexuality in America," featuring photographs taken at the Jumpin' Frog and the Tool Box in San Francisco, creates mainstream awareness of an emerging American gay and lesbian subculture.
June 27, 1994
Deborah Batts becomes the first openly lesbian or gay U.S. federal judge.
June 28, 1969New York Police raid the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village. Fighting back against harassment and discrimination, patrons and on-lookers ignite the American gay liberation movement.
June 28, 1970
A "Gay-In" at Golden Gate Park attracts several thousand participants the day after thirty self-proclaimed "hair fairies" march down Polk Street to celebrate San Francisco's first Christopher Street Liberation Day.
June 30, 1986
Citing Judeo-Christian prohibitions and Anglo-American sodomy laws as precedents,
the U.S. Supreme Court rules in Bowers v. Hardwick that the U.S. Constitution gives the states the right to regulate and proscribe same-sex relations.
