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1 Events
- 1.1 February
- 1.2 July
2 See also
3 References

Events

Milton Shapp, governor of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, issues the first state executive order banning sexual orientation employment discrimination by the government.^[1]

February

First gay-oriented television commercial aired on two Washington D.C. stations. Lambda Rising bookstore sponsored the ads on episodes of Phil Donahue and Marcus Welby, M.D.. Stations balked at airing the ads, but relented after getting approval from the Association of Broadcasters Standards office.

July

July 1 — U.S. states of California and Washington decriminalize private consensual adult homosexual acts.
July 3 — The United States Civil Service Commission ends its policy of automatically disqualifying applications from gays and lesbians.

References

^ LGBT Civil Rights Bill Introduced in State Senate

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