The Advocate reports that the CIA has files on about 300,000 people who have been arrested on charges relating to homosexuality.
January 13, 1958In a unanimous decision, the United States Supreme Court reverses three lower court rulings that an issue of ONE magazine is obscene, affirming the right to free expression for gay and lesbian publications.
January 18, 1977
Accusing lesbians and gay men of corrupting the nation's youth, former beauty pageant winner Anita Bryant launches her "Save Our Children" crusade against civil rights in response to the new Dade County, Florida, ordinance forbidding housing and employment discrimination against lesbians and gay men.
January 19, 1976Campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination, former Vice President Hubert Humphrey becomes one of the first nationally known politicians to endorse gay and lesbian rights.January 31, 1975
The American Association for the Advancement of Science approves a resolution denouncing discrimination against lesbians and gay men.
January 31, 1989
To bring attention to the government's slow response to the epidemic, San Francisco AIDS activists stage a protest on the Golden Gate Bridge that brings morning rush-hour traffic to a standstill and results in the arrests of twenty-nine demonstrators.
-via GLBTHistory.org
