The aim of this lesson is to introduce you to the context, key events and dates in modern LGBT+Q+ history with special emphasis on the fight for equality. At the end of the lesson, you should be able to list key historical events important for LGBT+Q+ equality and to describe the historical context in which the struggle for visibility and rights occurred. We encourage you to further explore the history of the LGBT+Q+ movement in your country.

The modern history of LGBT+Q+ largely stems from the Stonewall Riots which occurred at the Stonewall Inn in New York’s Greenwich Village on June 29th, 1969. This uprising was in response to regular raids on gay venues by police and was led by people activists such as Marsha P. Johnson.

The Stonewall uprising is seen as a catalyst from which similar protest events occurred across the United States, with the first Gay Pride events occurring in June 1970, one year after the police raid. It is in memory of Stonewall that LGBT+Q+ Pride month is now celebrated every year in June, though in some countries LGBT+Q+ History month is also celebrated in February.

In Europe, homosexuality was largely criminalised for much of the 20th century, particularly after the Second World War with the exception of countries such as Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland and Iceland where same-sex relations have been legalised since before 1945. The United Kingdom decriminalised same-sex relations in 1965, and in 1979, Sweden was the first country to remove reference to homosexuality being a mental illness.

The first official recognition of same-sex partnerships took place in Denmark in 1989 but at the same time, many European nations began to ban same-sex unions (e.g., Bulgaria in 1991). The first country to legally recognise same-sex civil marriage was The Netherlands which did so in 2001. Since then, 18 European countries now permit and recognise same-sex marriages including Spain, France, Austria, the UK and Ireland.

The level of legal protections that are afforded to sexual and gender minorities varies across Europe with some countries affording equal status to LGBT people and others providing limited legal protections. Citizens in these countries continue to face significant prejudice, discrimination and victimisation, particularly in the workplace.

The history of trans rights across Europe is more recent in its development. In 1972, Sweden was the first country to permit people to legally change their sex and to access gender affirming medical care. Across Europe, access to similar services varies considerably with significant restrictions and requirements to be able to access such services.

The following videos provide you with a range of historical perspectives around the development of LGBT+Q+ rights in the UK and across the global north. They also specifically focus on the events at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich village in June 1969.

• Billy Porter Gives A Brief History of Queer Political Action
• Stonewall Forever – A Documentary about the Past, Present and Future of Pride
• A (Brief) History of LGBT Rights in the UK
• A History of LGBT Rights

¿Quieres conocer la historia del movimiento LGBT+Q+ explicado por ellos en primera persona? Reproduce este video y presta atención a cómo se han ganado los derechos y la visualización en el movimiento, primero en otros países y luego en España. Verás cómo se ha avanzado en el reconocimiento de derechos en Europa, y todo lo que queda por lograr. En este vídeo cinco personas españolas del colectivo LGTB cuentan la historia del movimiento

Para saber más: Si quieres saber más sobre este tema, el siguiente vídeo repasa, en detalle, el cambio social que se produjo en España durante los años 80 y principios de los 90 tras la legalización del colectivo LGTBI.

Schwule, Lesben, Bisexuelle und Trans*Personen wurden in Österreich lange Zeit verfolgt oder sogar eingesperrt. Aber es gab auch Widerstand. Dieser Text liefert auf anschauliche und spannende Art und Weise eine Übersicht über die Geschichte der Homosexuellenbewegung sowie die Rechte von LGBT+Q+ in Österreich.

LGBT+Q+ osobe su oduvek postojale ali se o tome nije javno govorilo. To je bila tako reći “javna tajna”. Na ovom linku možete saznati istoriju od više od 2.000 godina pre Hrista. Tu ćete videti i da je prva gej i lezbejska organizacija u Srbiji neformalno nastala 1991 godine a da se registrovala tek 1994 godine nakon dekriminalizacija homoseksualnosti. Na ovom linku možete videti istorijat po zemljama i kontinentima.

Ak sa zaujímaš o históriu LGBT+Q+ ľudí, určite si pozri tieto videá, ktoré ti povedia bližšie o stručnej histórii aktivít LGBTIQ+ hnutia v politickej oblasti, alebo o minulosti, súčasnosti a budúcnosti pride-u a osobitne v súvislosti so Stonewall-om.

Ak by si potreboval preklad do slovenčiny, môžeš si na platforme YouTube zapnúť automatický preklad.

Ak ťa zaujíma, ako sa žilo v Československu lesbám a gayom, prečítaj si tento článok o denníkoch Imricha Matyáša.

LGBT+Q+ osobe su postojale u cijeloj povijesti čovječanstva samo što nisu bili vidljivi u službenoj povijesti. U ovom članku ukratko ćeš se upoznati s nedavnom povijesti LGBTIQ pokreta i borbe za ravnopravnost u svijetu, regiji i Hrvatskoj.