President Bill Clinton signs an executive order forbidding the federal government to deny security clearances on the basis of a person's sexual orientation.
August 9, 1972
The Ohio Secretary of State refuses to grant articles of incorporation to the Greater Cincinnati Gay Society. Two years later, the Ohio Supreme Court upholds the decision, stating, "The promotion of homosexuality as a valid life style is contrary to the public policy of the state."
August 12-17, 1968
With delegates from 26 homophile organizations, the North American Conference of Homophile Organizations (NACHO) passes a five-point "Homosexual Bill of Rights," and chooses "Gay Is Good" as the slogan of the movement.
August 14, 1989
The cultural activist group Boy With Arms Akimbo makes its debut by plastering the San Francisco Federal Building with enormous posters of male nudes. The action protests the withdrawal of federal grants from four leading queer artists and the cancellation of a Robert Mapplethorpe retrospective at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C.
August 14, 1996Howard Crabtree's 'When Pigs Fly' opens in New York.
August 21, 1970
Huey Newton, leader of the Black Panthers, expresses his support for the Gay Liberation movement.
August 25, 1985Thousands of revelers attend the first Up Your Alley fair.
August 26, 1981
California Governor Jerry Brown appoints Mary Morgan to the San Francisco Municipal Court. Morgan becomes the first openly lesbian judge in the US.
August 28, 1982An estimated 10,000 spectators and 1,300 athletes attend the opening of Gay Games I in Francisco.
