This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1976.
Events
January
1 —
Iowa repeals its "sexual psychopath" law.[1] Passed in the wake of a
moral panic following the 1954 rape and murder of a young boy, the law had been used to detain dozens of gay men in mental institutions in the 1950s.
February
12 — The Pennsylvania Council for Sexual Minorities is formed by Governor
Milton J. Shapp of Pennsylvania.[2]
29 — New York City's public radio channel, WNET, airs a special titled "OUTREACH: LESBIANS AND GAY MEN".[3]
May
City council of
Los Angeles prohibits employment discrimination by the city based on sexual orientation.[4]
July
1 —
U.S. state of
Indiana decriminalizes private consensual adult homosexual acts.
19 — Homosexual activity becomes illegal, as does same-sex marriage, in
Liberia.[5]
September
4 — Start of the three-day "Fourth Annual Gay Conference for Canada and Quebec," held in
Toronto, including a rally and march.[6]