Title IX signed into law

The first UK law against racial discrimination banned it in specified public places and created a Race Relations Board. Campaigners criticized its narrow scope, leading to further legislation and...

The act partially decriminalized consensual sex between men over 21 in private in England and Wales. It was a limited reform that left unequal age rules and broad exclusions in place.

Queer and trans people resisted police raids at the Stonewall Inn. The uprising helped catalyze new organizations and public mobilization; trans women and people of color were central but often...

Women activists met to set a shared agenda for liberation, including equal pay, education and childcare. The conference helped build a decentralized movement while debate continued over race,...

Parliament repealed a discriminatory criminal-law provision that had set a higher age of consent for same-sex relations between men than for heterosexual relations. COC and other advocates had...

Section 504 prohibited disability discrimination in federally funded programs. Disabled activists later forced the government to issue regulations, demonstrating that rights require organized...

The APA’s board voted to remove homosexuality as a mental disorder after years of organizing by gay and lesbian activists and internal debate. Medical institutions became a site of struggle over who...

The act made sex discrimination unlawful in employment, education and public services and established the Equal Opportunities Commission. It offered a formal complaints route while leaving pay and...

The act extended protection to employment, housing and education, recognized indirect discrimination and established the Commission for Racial Equality. Activists and community groups had pressed...

Disabled activists occupied a federal building to demand enforceable regulations for Section 504. Cross-movement support helped sustain the protest, making disabled people’s leadership visible in...