January 1, 1993
The World Health Organization officially deletes "homosexuality" from its list of diseases.
January 3, 1948
Alfred Kinsey publishes Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, shocking the nation with its revelation of the high incidence of same-sex acts among American men.January 5, 1967
The Los Angeles homophile group Pride mobilizes a crowd of several hundred demonstrators on Sunset Boulevard to protest police raids on gay bars.
January 6, 1967
New York City's Civil Service Commission makes public its year-old policy of allowing city agencies to hire and employ lesbians and gay men. The new policy comes partly in response to Mattachine Society of New York lobbying efforts.
January 7, 1957
The board of directors of the American Civil Liberties Union adopts a national policy upholding the constitutionality of state sodomy laws, stating "It is not within the province of the [organization] to evaluate the social validity of the laws aimed at the suppression or elimination of homosexuals."
January 9, 1991
Wishing to "respectfully distance" themselves from Derek Jarman's criticism of Ian McKellen for accepting a knighthood from the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher, a large number of prominent gay and lesbian British artists "come out" in a public statement supporting McKellen in the Guardian, including Simon Callow, Nancy Diuguid, Stephen Fry, Alec McCowen, Cameron Mackintosh, Pam St. Clement, John Schlesinger, Antony Sher, Martin Sherman, Ned Sherrin, and Nick Wright.
January 12, 1977
An article in The Advocate reports that the CIA has files on about 300,000 people who have been arrested on charges relating to homosexuality.
January 17, 1971
The New, York Times Magazine includes a groundbreaking seven-page essay by writer Merle Miller entitled, "What It Means to Be a Homosexual."
January 31, 1975
The American Association for the Advancement of Science approves a resolution denouncing discrimination against lesbians and gay men.
