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Events

February

• February 5 — Toronto police raid city bathhouses, arresting 286 people.
• February 6 — About 3,000 protestors stage the largest-ever sit in protests in Toronto streets to decry city police raids on bath houses.
• February 10 — In the United States, advocacy group Moral Majority announces a US$3 million fund to fight against gay rights advances.
• February 20 — Protest crowds in Toronto swell to 4,000 in the fight to stop police crackdown on bathhouses.

March

• March 6 — Toronto Gay Community Council holds first meeting.
• March 1 — The Billy DeFrank Lesbian and Gay Community Center first opens its doors in a two-room store front in downtown San Jose, California.

April

• April 4 — first Gay Pride Parade takes place in Paris.

May

• May 14 — The Reagan administration cancels the White House's subscription to The Advocate.

June

• June 5 — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control receives first known reports of what would come to be known as acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), found in the gay communities of Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco.

July

• July 3 — The New Democratic Party of Canada calls for amending the "bawdyhouse" section of the Criminal Code of Canada, which is often used to raid gay bathhouses.

December

• December 1 — The legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario defeats an amendment which would have added "sexual orientation" to the human rights code.
• December 31 — In Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States), two gay men are attacked as they leave a local gay bar. The police arrive and a brawl ensues between the police and the gay men. The gay men are arrested while their attackers go free.

See also

LGBT portal

• Timeline of LGBT history — timeline of events from 12,000 BCE to present
• LGBT rights by country or territory — current legal status around the world
• LGBT social movements