It is important to note that there existed lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals, communities, and relationships long before these terms became commonplace. Gay and lesbian relationships existed in ancient Rome and Greece communities and are shown in a variety of art from that time. The years when common terms began to be used are listed first followed by important LGBTQ history events:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lesbian \u2013 1732 \u2013 the term lesbian first used by William King in his book, The Toast, published in England which meant women who loved women.
Homosexual \u2013 1869 \u2013 Hungarian journalist Karl-Maria Kertheny first used the term homosexual.
Bisexual \u2013 1894\/1967. 1872 \u2013 the pamphlet, \u201cPsychopathia Sexualis\u201d was translated from German and one of the first times the term bisexual is used. 1967: Sexual Freedom League formed in San Francisco in support of bisexual people.
Gay \u2013 1955 \u2013 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.
Transgender \u2013 1965 \u2013 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1607 \u2013 Founding of Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1619 \u2013 Approximately 20 Africans sold into slavery in Jamestown, Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1620 \u2013 Colonial Plymouth established with Puritan norms. Mayflower contract signed by the men in the group \u201c\u2026for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith\u2026\u201d Established gender norms that determined the nuclear family unit was the basis for all other institutions such as government or church. Men held leadership positions, while women\u2019s purpose was submissive and to \u201cplease your husband and make him happy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1624 \u2013 Richard Cornish of the Virginia Colony is tried and hanged for sodomy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1630 \u2013 Massachusetts Bay Colony was established believing they had made a \u201ccovenant with God to build an ideal Christian community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1631 \u2013 Massachusetts Bay General Court, in accordance with Puritan religious and moral beliefs, declared that the following were considered sex crimes and were punishable by whipping, banishment or execution: fornication, adultery, rape, and sodomy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1637, 1638 \u2013 Trials of Anne Hutchinson in the Massachusetts colony for holding religious meetings in her home since she was not allowed to hold these types of meetings in the male-dominated churches. She was banned from the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1649 \u2013 Sarah White Norman and Mary Vincent Hammon are charged with \u201clewd behavior\u201d in Plymouth, Massachusetts, believed to be the first conviction for lesbian behavior in the new world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1687 \u2013 New England Primer published and used in colonial schools (90 pages). Some consider this as the first school-based textbook. Content included letters and words, as well as religious-based prayers and instruction such as, \u201cGod created man, male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1691 \u2013 Virginia passes the first anti-miscegenation law, forbidding marriage between whites and blacks or whites and Native Americans (overturned in 1967 in Loving v. Virginia).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1714 \u2013 Sodomy laws in place in the early colonies and in the colonial militia. These laws remained in place until challenged in 1925.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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