National Women’s Conference opens in Houston

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...

The Convention created international obligations to eliminate discrimination against women. Feminist movements used it as an accountability tool while challenging exclusions in both international...

The Charter entrenched equality rights, including protections related to race, sex, disability and other grounds. Indigenous peoples and equality-seeking groups continued to contest the gap between...

The revised Constitution placed an explicit prohibition on discrimination in Article 1. The clause created a major public standard, while later movements continued to press for enforcement and...

The monument commemorated LGBTQ people persecuted during the Second World War and became a public space for remembrance, community gatherings and political protest. Its placement in the city made...

Activists demanded civil-rights protections and responses to the AIDS crisis. The mobilization included the first public display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, connecting visibility, mourning and...