Colonial Life and Founding of the Nation (1607-1770)ġ607 – Founding of Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in America.ġ619 – Approximately 20 Africans sold into slavery in Jamestown, Virginia.ġ620 – Colonial Plymouth established with Puritan norms. Transgender – 1965 – John Oliven, in his book, Sexual Hygiene and Pathology, used the term transgender to mean a person who identifies with a gender other than the one they were assigned at birth. Gay – 1955 – the term gay was used throughout Europe earlier, but this is the year most agree that gay came to mean same-sex relationships between men. 1967: Sexual Freedom League formed in San Francisco in support of bisexual people. 1872 – the pamphlet, “Psychopathia Sexualis” was translated from German and one of the first times the term bisexual is used. Homosexual – 1869 – Hungarian journalist Karl-Maria Kertheny first used the term homosexual.īisexual – 1894/1967.
Lesbian – 1732 – the term lesbian first used by William King in his book, The Toast, published in England which meant women who loved women. The years when common terms began to be used are listed first followed by important LGBTQ history events: Gay and lesbian relationships existed in ancient Rome and Greece communities and are shown in a variety of art from that time.
It is important to note that there existed lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals, communities, and relationships long before these terms became commonplace. Our Family Coalition will be updating the timeline over time. History classrooms and is consistent with the people and events listed in the new California History-Social Science Framework (2016). This timeline is organized in units that are typically taught in middle school and high school U.S. LGBTQ Rights Timeline in American History
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