LGBT History Timeline: 1977

 

 

Feb 7, 1977 - The first LGBT film festival is held in San Francisco (now called the Frameline Festival.)

Feb 7, 1977 - The U.S. State Department lifts its ban on the employment of homosexuals.

March 26, 1977 - Gay activists meet for the first time in the White House.

April 3, 1977 - Dancing Queen becomes ABBA's only #1 hit in the U.S.

 

 

April 26, 1977 - Studio 54 opens.

May 7, 1977 - Grace Jones sits atop the Billboard Dance chart with her international hit I Need a Man.

May 25, 1977 - A fire at New York's Everard Baths kills 9 patrons.

June 7, 1977 - In Florida, Dade County's referendum banning anti-gay discrimination is voted down behind the homophobic zealotry of orange juice queen Anita Bryant.

 

 

July 11, 1977 - The Village People's self-titled first album is released. 

Sept 1, 1977 - The Log Cabin Republicans hold their first meeting.

Sept 3, 1977 - The Village People's first album begins its first of seven weeks atop Billboard's dance chart.

 

 

 

Sept 13, 1977 - Billy Crystal portrays gay character Jodie Dallas on ABC's new envelope-pushing sitcom, Soap.

Sept 16, 1977 - Soprano Maria Callas dies at the age of 53.

Sept 27, 1977 - Prison movie Short Eyes airs on CBS. 

Oct 9, 1977 - In an episode of All in the Family titled "Cousin Liz" Edith discovers that her deceased cousin was a lesbian with a long term partner.

Nov 3, 1977 - 47-year-old Harvey Milk becomes one of the nation's highest profile individuals who is openly gay when he's elected to San Francisco's Board of Supervisors.

 

 

 

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