The SLCgol believe that history is a important piece of our own story. Here are some "today in history" facts
- 1950- The US Senate authorizes an investigation into the employment of homosexuals by the federal government.
- 1974- First conference of gay organizations in Canada's prairies closes, hosted by Saskatoon (Saskatchewan) Gay Action.
- 1979- Canadian National Lesbian Conference opens in Toronto.
- 1980- The first Gay American Arts Festival opens in New York City.
- 1983- The US television show 20/20 does its first show on AIDS. It had been a forbidden topic until network TV executives learned that innocent children were getting the disease.
- 1987- Former US air force Sgt. Leonard Matlovich, among the earliest gay men to challenge the US military's policy against gays and lesbians, announced on the US TV show Good Morning America that he has AIDS.
- 1992- Springfield, Oregon, voters pass a law prohibiting the passing of any law protecting homosexuals from discrimination. City agencies were given the okay to deny services to gay organizations and any organization supportive of gay rights, public libraries were ordered to remove from their shelves any books which were neutral or positive on the topic of homosexuality, and gay pride events were banned from public property.
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