February 14 - Illinois
Michael Maltenfort and Andy Thayer made headlines in 2001 when they chained the doors of the Marriage License Bureau inside Chicago’s City Hall after being denied a marriage certificate. This picture of the arrest is now one of the most iconic images from the fight for marriage equality.
November 15 - National
Brian Bouldrey wrote “Monster: Gay Adventures in American Machismo”
January 1 – National
Jake Shears and Ana Matronic co-founds Scissor Sisters. The New York club nightlife fueled the group and how they portrayed themselves to the gay community.
June 15 - National
Rufus Wainwright releases his second album to critical acclaim. Poses won a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Music Album and a Juno Award for Best Alternative Album, and was nominated by the Juno Awards for Best Songwriter
Graham Berkeley
(1958 - 2001)
1 World Trade Center 99th floor
January 1 - California
“Sacramento Pride” Sacramento Pride is produced by and is the primary source of funds supporting the programs and services of the Sacramento LGBT Community Center, such as services for LGBT and questioning youth, free weekly legal clinics, transgender support services, programs for HIV+ men, discussion groups, activities for gay and lesbian adults, and much more.
June 1 - National
Codename: Knockout, a tongue-in-cheek spy series with a female lead and a gay sidekick named ARRIGO “GO-GO” Fiasco, written by Robert Rodi, begins with a zero issue (DC/Vertigo, June 2001) and runs 23 more issues.
June 15 - National
“Treading Water”. Casey has rejected her privileged upbringing and restores old boats for a living. She lives with her beautiful social worker girlfriend Alex in what seems like a cozy new life until her stuffy family demands that she come home for Christmas - without Alex.
January 1 – National
DiversityInc begins publishing the top 50 best companies that focus on diversity and inclusion.
June 15 - National
The Unitarian Universalist Association’s General Assembly supports a call to end taxpayer support of faith-based initiatives, including those that discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation.
January 1 – National
In Richmond, GayRichmond.com debuts as a website for LGBT news, culture and business.
Mark Bingham
(1970 - 2001)
United Flight 93
October 19 - National
“Mulholland Drive”. After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
September 15 - National
“Campus Pride” Campus Pride represents the leading national nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization for student leaders and campus groups working to create a safer college environment for LGBTQ students. The organization is a volunteer-driven network “for” and “by” student leaders. The primary objective of Campus Pride is to develop necessary resources, programs and services to support LGBTQ and ally students on college campuses across the United States. Campus Pride started as an online community and resource clearinghouse under the name Campus PrideNet. The original founding partners were M. Chad Wilson, Sarah E. Holmes & Shane L. Windmeyer. In 2006, the organization broadened its outreach efforts and restructured as the current educational non-profit organization Campus Pride. As part of the restructuring process, the Lambda 10 Project for LGBT Fraternity & Sorority Issues became an educational initiative of Campus Pride. The executive director is national LGBTQ civil rights leader and campus pioneer Shane L. Windmeyer.
Carol Flyzik
(1961 - 2001)
American Airlines Flight 11
April 1 - National
The three-issue mini-series User (DC/Vertigo, beginning January 2001), written by Devin Grayson,
features a lead female character who poses as a man in an online role-playing game.
January 1 - National
“10 Attitudes”. A Jewish man discovers his boyfriend of 10 years has been cheating on him.
State equality and discrimination bills
November 30 - National
“Visions of Sugarplums”. A confused young man, just out of the proverbial gay closet, must choose between his lover of nine months and his ultra-religious parents on Christmas Eve.
January 1 – National
"Circles", a gay anthropomorphic series scripted by Andrew “Aethan” French, is first released (RABCO, January 2001) in a zero issue, and has been followed by four issues to date.
January 1 - Wisconsin
“Fair Wisconsin” Fair Wisconsin Inc. works to build a fair, safe, and inclusive Wisconsin for all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people by advancing, achieving, and protecting LGBT civil rights through lobbying, legislative advocacy, grassroots organizing, coalition building and electoral involvement.
January 1 – National
Brian Lane Green appears with Nicholas Downs in “Circuit” which is a gay-themed independent film set in the world of circuit parties. Circuit follows the lives of several people involved in the circuit party scene.
June 1 - National
In Green Lantern (v.3) #137 (DC, June 2001), supporting character Terry Berg reveals his crush on Kyle Rayner and his sexual orientation, as written by Judd Winick. Based on that storyline, GLAAD names Green Lantern its Outstanding Comic Book, 2001. The character suffers a brutal fag- bashing in Green Lantern (v.3) #154, and in response GLAAD again names Green Lantern its Outstanding Comic Book, 2002.
January 1 - Massachusetts
“MassEquality” is the leading statewide grassroots advocacy organization working to ensure that everyone across Massachusetts can thrive from cradle to grave without discrimination and oppression based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
November 4 - Michigan
Todd Heywood runs for, and is elected, to the Lansing Community College Board of Trustees. He becomes the first openly gay man elected to a community college board in Michigan.
August 10 - National
“All Over the Guy”. is a contemporary romantic comedy about the quest to find the "one" when "the one" doesn't know he's the "one." It explores the unlikely pairing of Eli and Tom two 20-somethings thrown together by their respective best friends in hopes of igniting their own romance. They do everything they can to NOT fall in love, but finally they overcome the dysfunction of their parents and surrender to their hearts.
April 16 - National
Steven Spielberg steps down from an advisory board of the Boy Scouts of America, citing the organization’s discriminatory practices in regard to religious belief and sexual orientation.
June 14 - Oregon
The Portland Mercury publishes an article headlined “Two-Spirits Rising Historically, Native American Tribes Thought Gays Were Great!”
May 24 - National
Bill Konisberg comes out at ESPN.
June 17 - National
“By Hook or by Crook”. By Hook or by Crook chronicles the tale of two unlikely friends who commit petty crimes as they search for a path to understanding themselves and the outside world. Silas Howard plays Shy (a transgender man), who leaves his small town after the death of his father, and heads to the big city to live a life of crime. Along the way, he encounters Valentine, a quirky adoptee, in search of his birth mother. An immediate kinship is sparked between these men and they become partners in crime. Suffering money troubles, emotional problems, and physical confrontations, the duo face their issues head on and learn to trust each other and support each other in pursuit of their goals.
January 1 - Texas
“Texas Association for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in Counseling (TALGBTIC)” The mission of the Texas Association for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in Counseling (TALGBTIC), a division of the Texas Counseling Association, is to educate mental health service providers about issues confronting gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered (GLBT) individuals.
December 6 - National
“Trembling Before G-d”. A cinematic portrait of various gay Orthodox Jews who struggle to reconcile their faith and their sexual orientation.
The Brandhorst-Gamboa family
United Airlines Flight 175
March 15 - Delaware
H.B. 99, outlawing sexual orientation discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations and insurance, is passed by the House.
September 9 - California
Charles Nelson Reilly who had been a closeted actor revealed his homosexuality in his theatrical one-man show, “Save It for the Stage: The Life of Reilly”.
Steven Spielberg
January 1 - National
“The Lavender Screen” A fascinating glimpse into the beginning and development of gay- and lesbian-themed films, from Maedchen in Uniform in 1931 to such current films as Philadelphia and Wilde, provides reviews and evaluations, and details the director's attitude toward public response and criticism. Original.
Loni Kai
February 1 - National
Colleen Coover launches Small Favors (Eros/Fantagraphics, 2001) which she calls an erotic romantic comedy about women who love each other. Eight issues and a collection have been published to date.
March 7 - National
“Blow Dry”. In 2000, a small town hosts The British Hairdressing Championship, where a former 2-time winner, his son, his run-away wife and his runaway wife's lady lover reside (not all on speaking terms).
January 22 - National
“What Makes A Family”. A woman, artificially inseminated, gives birth, then dies, and her partner must fight to regain custody of their child.
December 31 - National
“The Fluffer”. A young man employed as a fluffer in the adult entertainment industry finds himself falling for a gay-for-pay porn star whose hedonistic lifestyle may lead them both to destruction.
September 1 - National
PSYCHOTIX MEETS SEPARATUS by Griswold, a gay-themed graphic novel inspired by Asterix, is published (Landwaster Books, November 2001). It is followed up with Psychotix Goes to Tiberius’ Palace.
Patrick Burke
Successfully got 750 of his students out of their school before the towers fell.
September 1 - National
Anal Fantasy (MMG, September 2001) comic book is the first gay, erotic manga translated into English for American audiences.
Gary Raynall
January 1 - Massachusetts
“MTPC – Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition” The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) is dedicated to ending oppression and discrimination on the basis of gender identity and gender expression
July 1 - National
Peter Milligan’s run on X-Force (Marvel) features several LGBT characters, beginning with BLOKE in #117 (June 2001), and including Vivisector and Phat.
January 1 - National
"The Complete Poems of Hart Crane" A born poet, totally devoted to his art, he suffered his warring parents as well as long periods of a hand-to-mouth existence. He suffered also from his honesty as a homosexual poet and lover during a period in American life unsympathetic to his sexual orientation. Despite much critical misunderstanding and neglect, in his own time and in ours, Crane achieved a superb poetic style, idiosyncratic yet central to American tradition. His visionary epic, The Bridge, is the most ambitious and accomplished long poem since Walt Whitman's Song of Myself. Marc Simon's text is accepted as the most authoritative presentation of Hart Crane's work available to us. For this centennial edition, Harold Bloom, who was introduced to poetry by falling in love with Crane's work while still a child, has contributed a new introduction.
June 27 - Delaware
The first second-parent adoption by a gay family occurs when Delaware Family Court in New Castle County awards two boys, ages one and six, to an anonymous male couple. Chief Judge Vincent J. Poppiti found this in the best interests of the children, who had been born premature and cocaine- addicted, but thrived under the loving care of the men, who had been partnered for 22 years. Over 20 states had already been recognizing second-parent adoptions.
September 13 - National
Jerry Falwell appears on Pat Robertson’s 700 Club and they discuss the 9/11 attacks...“The pagans and the abortionists and the feminists and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People for the American Way—all of them who have tried to secularize America, I point the finger in their face and say ‘you helped this happen.’”.
January 1 – National
“Point Foundation” Point Foundation (Point) is the nation’s largest scholarship-granting organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) students of merit. Point promotes change through scholarship funding, mentorship, leadership development, and community service training.
January 1 - California
“The LGBT Community Center of the Desert” The Center provides a safe and supportive environment for members to enjoy wellness, educational, support and social programming. Our Vision is a thriving lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people living authentically in supportive, inclusive communities.
June 1 - National
Captain Kinetic, written and self-published by zan, is previewed in an ashcan (June 2001). Two issues are published in 2002.
January 1 - National
“Queer Pulp” From homicidal homos to locked-up lesbians, and almost every sexually dangerous combination in between, Queer Pulp: Perverted Passions from the Golden Age of the Paperback is the first complete expose of queer sexuality in mid-twentieth century paperbacks. Compellingly written by historian Susan Stryker, Queer Pulp gives a complete overview of the cultural, political, and economic factors involved in the boom of queer paperbacks. With chapters covering gay, lesbian, transgender, and bisexually oriented books, a lively overview of the genres, and loads of scorching paperback covers, Queer Pulp reveals the complicated and fascinating history of alternative sexual literature and book publishing. Featuring the work of well-known authors such as W. Somerset Maugham and Truman Capote to the low-brow and no-brow scribes who worked under several names, Queer Pulp is the entertaining and informative introduction to these lost, salacious literary genres.
Jessica DuLong
Brooklyn NY
Volunteer pumping water
January 1 - Oregon
“Oregon Safe Schools & Communities Coalition” Our work supports community efforts to reduce youth suicide and other risk behaviors in the often hidden and historically underserved gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender youth population. Although the primary focus of OSSCC is sexual orientation and gender identity issues, we recognize the harm caused by harassment, violence, and discrimination of any kind.
Diane Whippel
April 3 - Washington D.C.
107th Congress - The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act is introduced in the House and the Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act is introduced in the Senate. The legislation would provide federal assistance to states and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes.
June 16 - Colorado
Fred Martinez, a transgender and two-spirit student, was bludgeoned to death near Cortez, Colorado by 18-year-old Shaun Murphy, who reportedly bragged about attacking a "fag".
Father Mychal F. Judge
(1933 - 2001)
Ground Zero
June 17 - National
“Friends and Family”. A gay couple are hit men for the mafia.
President George W. Bush
February 14 - National
“A Family Affair”. Rachel flees NYC after another traumatic breakup and arrives at her parents' home in San Diego. They are adamant to see their wayward daughter settle down with a nice girl. Rachel goes on several blind dates that misfire badly. She finally lets her mother set her up with Christine, a typical Californian girl. Much to Rachel's chagrin, mom is right! Meanwhile, Rachel's friends wait for her to screw up the relationship. They know, even if she won't admit it, that she still carries a torch for her ex-girlfriend and they're not sure what would happen if she reappeared to reclaim Rachel.
January 1 - New York
“NYC LGBTQS Chamber of Commerce” The NYC LGBTQS Chamber of Commerce, Inc. is a not- for profit 501 (c) (6) whose purpose is to assist in and facilitate economic development opportunities for LGBTQS in business and minority businesses in the borough of the Bronx & in NYC & out of NYC.
October 15 - National
William J. Mann a Hollywood writer publishes “Behind the Screen: How Gays and Lesbians Shaped Hollywood”
October 21 - National
“Ordinary Sinner”. Three friends encounter violence and bigotry in a small college town
September 15 - National
“History of Bisexuality” Why is bisexuality the object of such skepticism? Why do sexologists steer clear of it in their research? Why has bisexuality, in stark contrast to homosexuality, only recently emerged as a nascent political and cultural identity? Bisexuality has been rendered as mostly irrelevant to the history, theory, and politics of sexuality. With A History of Bisexuality, Steven Angelides explores the reasons why, and invites us to rethink our preconceptions about sexual identity. Retracing the evolution of sexology, and revisiting modern epistemological categories of sexuality in psychoanalysis, gay liberation, social constructionism, queer theory, biology, and human genetics, Angelides argues that bisexuality has historically functioned as the structural other to sexual identity itself, undermining assumptions about heterosexuality and homosexuality.
June 28 - National
Hardy Haberman publishes “The Family Jewels: A Guide to Male Genital Play and Torment” From anatomy to psychology to descriptions of actual play scenarios, Family Jewels offers a wealth of information and ideas for any man or woman who wants to offer more pleasure and intensity to the male anatomy. A first in its field, the author is a respected member of the US fetish community, a gay activist and has been awarded numerous awards for his contributions to sex education.
August 31 - Florida
A federal judge upholds Florida's ban on adoptions by gays and lesbians.
August 25 - Kansas
Gary Raynall was found brutally beaten to death in Leawood, Kansas. The case is still unsolved and family members believe his death was a hate crime.
May 5 - National
“A Union in Wait”. In May of 1981 Wendy Scott would meet a new co-worker named Susan Parker. Their new friendship would quickly transform into something more special. A Union In Wait takes a very personal look at Susan Parker and Wendy Scott's relationship and the controversy that would make their private life anything but private. Susan Parker and Wendy Scott are members of Wake Forest Baptist Church. In 1997 the couple decided they wanted to have a union ceremony in Wake Forest University's Wait Chapel, but the university told them no. Susan Parker, Wendy Scott, their church, and many others joined together to fight the school's decision in what would become a controversy that divided a community in North Carolina and made national headlines. A Union In Wait includes interviews with Andrew Sullivan, Barney Frank, Robert Knight, Jimmy Creech, Fred Phelps, Candace Gingrich, Wake Forest University students, and local ministers. Also included is footage from the Millennium March on Washington, attended by over eight hundred thousand gay activists.
January 26 - California
In San Francisco, Diane Whippel dies after being mauled by two dogs outside the apartment she shared with her partner, Sharon Smith. The dogs belonged to Whippel’s next door neighbors, who did not try to prevent or stop the attack. Smith filed a wrongful-death suit against the neighbors, in part to hold them accountable for their actions but also to challenge California law, which said same- sex partners have no legal standing to file such suits. Both neighbors were convicted for murder.
January 1 – National
David-Matthew Barnes is an American author, playwright, poet, and screenwriter and releases “Fifty Yards and Holding”
December 21 - Delaware
The U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware settled Marshall-Steele vs. Nanticoke Memorial Hospital. The Delaware Supreme Court had adjudicated the case two years earlier. Douglas Marshall-Steele had reported anti-gay bias against himself in the workplace, and had also reported sexual harassment of his female co-workers. He was then fired. Without LGBT anti-discrimination law in Delaware at that time, the case was restricted to a complaint of retaliation for reporting the sexual harassment. Though the hospital admitted no guilt, resolution of the federal and state cases resulted in monetary and injunctive relief and awarding of unemployment insurance. The state case also resulted in a legal precedent disallowing improper legal representation in Delaware courts.
July 10 - National
“Queer Blues” Queer Blues is the only guide to focus on the triggers of depression specific to the gay and lesbian community and to offer concrete strategies to overcome them. The authors explain the many forms of depression and explore its unique impact on lesbians and gay men. If you're a lesbian or a gay man struggling with depression, this book offers you real tools for real change. A self-test helps you determine your own level of depression and assess its impact on your life. With this information, go on to explore the reciprocal relationship between mood and self-esteem. Examine your core beliefs about self-worth and identify self-sabotaging habits that may make you vulnerable to both insecurity and depression. A final section provides tested, practical methods distilled from the authors' more than twenty-five years of clinical experience to help you build a plan to effectively manage your depression.
July 1 - National
"Calling All Boys" by Eric Shanower (Hungry Tiger Press, July 2001) collects some of his short stories and sketches.
August 1 - National
Gay Christian Network (GCN) is founded by Justin Lee after he’d struggled for years to reconcile his own Christian faith with his sexuality, and so he wanted a way to support others in similar situations.
January 1 – National
David Deitcher publishes "Dear Friends: American Photographs of Men Together, 1840-1918". A groundbreaking presentation of rarely seen photographs, history, social observation, and pictorial analysis provides an entirely new perspective on male friendship in the nineteenth century and suggests a surprisingly broad-minded attitude toward physical intimacy between men. Inside Out, QPB, & Reader's Subscription.
November 2 - National
Michael G. Cornelius publishes his first novel, Creating Man. A story of God's accidental creation of human emotions on the eighth day, told through a number of tales about gay men.
July 20 - National
Stephen Trask a musician composed the music and lyrics for the stage musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch, about a transgender rock star named Hedwig.
January 1 - Washington D.C.
The Center for Disease Control estimates that up to 29% of gay and lesbian students and up to 28% of bisexual student’s experienced dating violence. Up to 31% of gay and lesbian students and up to 32% of bisexual students had been forced to have sexual intercourse at some point in their lives. Up to 28% are threatened or injured with a weapon on school property. Homosexual students are 50% more likely to attempt suicide than heterosexual students.
November 2 - National
Victory Fund endorsed candidate Christine Quinn and two other LGBTQ candidates win election to the New York City Council.
July 1 - National
“Men Like That” We don't usually associate thriving queer culture with rural America, but John Howard's unparalleled history of queer life in the South persuasively debunks the myth that same- sex desires can't find expression outside the big city. In fact, this book shows that the nominally conservative institutions of small-town life—home, church, school, and workplace—were the very sites where queer sexuality flourished. As Howard recounts the life stories of the ordinary and the famous, often in their own words, he also locates the material traces of queer sexuality in the landscape: from the farmhouse to the church social, from sports facilities to roadside rest areas. Spanning four decades, Men Like That complicates traditional notions of a post-WWII conformist wave in America. Howard argues that the 1950s, for example, were a period of vibrant queer networking in Mississippi, while during the so-called "free love" 1960s homosexuals faced aggressive oppression. When queer sex was linked to racial agitation and when key civil rights leaders were implicated in homosexual acts, authorities cracked down and literally ran the accused out of town.
Joseph Ferguson
(1962 - 2001)
American Airlines Flight 77
April 5 - National
“Kissing Jessica Stein”. A woman searching for the perfect man instead discovers the perfect woman.
January 1 – National
Jason Graae in his Michigan Opera Theatre debut was in the role of Njegus in The Merry Widow earned him a nomination for an Oscar Wilde Award in the category of Best Performance – Opera.
May 1 - National
The popular TV series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer paves new ground by becoming the first show to develop a gradual, accurate, and full-blown lesbian relationship between two of the major characters, Willow, played by Alyson Hannigan, and Tara, played by Amber Benson.
January 1 – Colorado
The state passes a hate-crimes law, providing protection based on both sexual orientation and gender identity or expression.
January 19 - National
“Hedwig and the Angry Inch”. A German emigrant living in a trailer in Kansas is the victim of a botched sex-change operation. Adapted from the critically acclaimed off-Broadway rock theater hit, "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" tells the story of the "internationally ignored" rock singer, Hedwig, and her search for stardom and love.
June 9 - Ohio
Rally at Burnet Woods, parade to Northside, festival (2 days) at Hoffner Park (Ken Colegrove and
independent committee - organizers)
January 26 - National
“Julie Johnson”. A woman attempts to realize the dreams she never knew she had.
January 1 - Missouri
“Mid America Freedom Band” This Kansas City’s LGBTA Community Band, Jazz Band, and Marching Band believes producing high quality performances that are entertaining and accessible to all walks of life, while creating a safe, fun, and supportive atmosphere for its members & patrons.
Michael Maltenfort
&
Andy Thayer
September 11 - New York
Terrorist attack on the World Trade Center
January 1 - Nevada
“Stonewall Democrats of Southern Nevada” The Stonewall Democrats of Southern Nevada is proud to be an officially chartered club through the Clark County Democratic Party. We educate the community, fight for our rights and strive to get more LGBTQ Democrats elected into office.
January 1 - North Dakota
“North Dakota Safe Zone” The North Dakota Safe Zone was created with the purpose of addressing the needs of the LGTBQ+ demographic in North Dakota, by providing LGBTQ+ cultural competency or “Safe Zone Training” for key institutes that don’t otherwise have it or could use improvement.
January 1 - New Jersey
“Jersey Pride” Jersey Pride, Inc. producer of New Jersey’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered and Intersexed Pride parades.
April 26 - National
In the Friends episode titled "The One with Rachel's Big Kiss", Jennifer Aniston's character Rachel kisses an old friend from college, Melissa, played by Winona Ryder. After the kiss, Melissa confesses her love for Rachel.
December 12 - Florida
Terrianne Summers, a 51-year-old trans woman and activist for transgender rights, was shot and killed in her front yard in Florida. No arrests were made and police did not investigate her murder as a hate crime. Terriane's high visibility as a trans woman due to her activist role has led her to be included in lists of anti LGBT hate crimes, although lack of police interest in her murder means the motives behind the killing may never be known.
June 6 - National
“Gypsy 83”. Two young misfits head for New York City to celebrate their idol and muse, Stevie Nicks, at The Night of 1,000 Stevies. Along the road, in order for them to escape their painful pasts, they must discover their strengths and learn self-acceptance.
Fred Martinez
Bill Kobisberg ESPN
August 25 - Oregon
Loni Kai, a 28-year-old transgender woman, was killed during the night of 25 August near Hillsboro, Oregon. Her murder is still unsolved
Daivd Charlebois
(1961 - 2001)
American Airlines Flight 77
January 1 - Utah
“Equality Utah” Our Mission To secure equal rights and protections for LGBTQ Utahns and their families. Our Vision A fair and just Utah.
May 15 - National
J. D. McClatchy a writer and poet edit and publishes “Love Speaks Its Name: Gay and Lesbian Love Poems”
January 10 - National
MTV airs a movie about the murder of Matthew Shepard and shuts down programming for 17 hours to run a list of the names of hundreds of victims of hate crimes. More than 50,000 people send e-mails or signed petitions urging Congress and the Bush administration to support the hate crimes bill. "Anatomy of a Hate Crime"
United States LGBT History for 2001
June 10- Ohio
Rally at Burnet Woods, parade to Northside, festival (2 days) at Hoffner Park (Ken Colegrove and
independent committee - organizers)
January 1 - New York
“Pride Center of WNY” Pride Center of Western New York, Inc. (PCWNY), works with the community to make Western New York a safe, healthy, and satisfying place for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender and queer people to live, work, and establish their families.
August 1 - National
Chris Glaser a writer publishes “Reformation of the Heart”
November 29 - National
“L.I.E.”. A 15-year-old Long Island boy loses everything and everyone he knows, soon becoming involved in a relationship with a much older man.
April 1 - National
Willow and Tara, a lesbian couple and supporting characters from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series, first appear in the comics together in Angel #16 (Dark Horse, February 2001) and clearly as a couple in Buffy, The Vampire Slayer #32. They have since appeared in many Buffy comics and spin-offs, including some featuring Willow and Tara as the lead characters.
December 18 - National
"Dancer from The Dance" One of the most important works of gay literature, this haunting, brilliant novel is a seriocomic remembrance of things past -- and still poignantly present. It depicts the adventures of Malone, a beautiful young man searching for love amid New York's emerging gay scene. From Manhattan's Everard Baths and after-hours discos to Fire Island's deserted parks and lavish orgies, Malone looks high and low for meaningful companionship. The person he finds is Sutherland, a campy quintessential queen -- and one of the most memorable literary creations of contemporary fiction. Hilarious, witty, and ultimately heartbreaking, Dancer from the Dance is truthful, provocative, outrageous fiction told in a voice as close to laughter as to tears.
Graham Berkeley
(1964 - 2001)
United Airlines Flight 175
January 14 – National
Jonathan Ned Katz publishes “Love Stories: Sex Between Men Before Homosexuality”.
Terrianne Summers
April 1 - National
Robert Reid-Pharr an educator publishes “Black Gay Man: Essays”
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January 1 - National
“Keshet” Keshet is a national organization that works for full LGBTQ equality and inclusion in Jewish life. Led and supported by LGBTQ Jews and straight allies, Keshet cultivates the spirit and practice of inclusion in all parts of the Jewish community.
We began as a small, grassroots group working for change in the Greater Boston area, and we are now a national organization with offices in the Bay Area and New York in addition to our national office in Boston. Our work is guided by a vision of a world where all Jewish organizations and communities are strengthened by LGBTQ-inclusive policy, programming, culture and leadership, and where Jews of all sexual orientations and gender identities can live fully integrated Jewish lives.
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