Today…January 1st

Today…January 1st

On January 1st, 1962, Illinois became the first state to decriminalize sexual activity between adult partners of the same physiological anatomy after repealing sodomy laws. Read more about this and other milestones on the road to LGBTQIA+ equal rights here:

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/stonewall-milestones-american-gay-rights-movement/