April 1, 1950
The United States Civil Service Commission intensifies its efforts to locate and dismiss lesbians and gay men working in government, leading to 382 federal employees being fired during the next six months, 382 are fired, compared with 192 for the preceding two and a half years.
April 4, 1976
Pope Paul VI publicly denies press reports that he has had affairs with men.
April 11, 1953
The Mattachine Society holds its first constitutional convention in Los Angeles.
April 1, 1994
Yaroslav Mogutin, Russia's most visible openly gay journalist, makes headlines when the head of Moscow's Wedding Palace No. 4 politely refuses his application attempts to register his marriage to American artist Robert Filippini.
April 22, 1966
Activists Dick Leitsch, John Timmins, Randy Wicker, and Craig Rodwell hold a "sip-in" at Julius, a popular Greenwich Village drinkery, to challenge liquor commission policies that deny gay men and lesbians the right to be served alcoholic beverages in bars.
The United States Civil Service Commission intensifies its efforts to locate and dismiss lesbians and gay men working in government, leading to 382 federal employees being fired during the next six months, 382 are fired, compared with 192 for the preceding two and a half years.
April 4, 1976
Pope Paul VI publicly denies press reports that he has had affairs with men.
April 11, 1953
The Mattachine Society holds its first constitutional convention in Los Angeles.
April 1, 1994
Yaroslav Mogutin, Russia's most visible openly gay journalist, makes headlines when the head of Moscow's Wedding Palace No. 4 politely refuses his application attempts to register his marriage to American artist Robert Filippini.
April 22, 1966
Activists Dick Leitsch, John Timmins, Randy Wicker, and Craig Rodwell hold a "sip-in" at Julius, a popular Greenwich Village drinkery, to challenge liquor commission policies that deny gay men and lesbians the right to be served alcoholic beverages in bars.
April 30, 1921
Marcel Proust publishes the first section of Sodome et Gomorrhe / Cities of the Plain, part of his 16-volume opus A la Recherche du Temps Perdu / Remembrance of Things Past. - via GLBT Historical Society
