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This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) rights that took place in the year 1971.

Events[edit]

Frank Kameny becomes the first openly gay candidate for the United States Congress when he runs in the first election for the District of Columbia's non-voting delegate to Congress.^[1]
The Front homosexuel d'action révolutionnaire (Homosexual Front for Revolutionary Action) forms in France.^[2]

18 — Idaho decriminalizes homosexual acts between consenting adults, but the repeal is itself repealed before taking effect.^[3]
24 — In a case granting citizenship to a Cuban man, a federal judge rules that homosexuality alone cannot bar a person from becoming a United States citizen.^[3]

1 — The French magazine Tout is seized by police, who characterize its call for sexual liberation in that country an "outrage to public morals".^[4]

15 — The first Gay Power march in Europe takes place in Örebro, Sweden, by a group called sv:Gay Power Club.^[5]

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- The Gay Alliance Toward Equality is founded as Canada's first gay rights organization.^[6]^[7]
- In the United Kingdom, the International Times loses an appeal on indecency charges for running personal ads for gay men.^[8]
10 — Austria decriminalizes homosexual acts between consenting adults.^[9]
21 — George Klippert is released from prison, two years after homosexuality was decriminalized in Canada.^[10]

1 — Connecticut decriminalizes homosexual acts between consenting adults.^[9]
12 — The New York City Department of Consumer Affairs recommends the repeal of a city law banning homosexuals from working in or going to bars.^[11]

1 — The Body Politic, Canada's first gay rights magazine, hits newsstands.^[12]

14 — The U.S. gay rights activist group Gay Activists Alliance protest in front of the Suffolk County, New York, police headquarters after two members were arrested for sodomy.^{[citation needed]}

^ Boldt, David R. (February 23, 1971). "Homosexual Files Delegate Papers: Number of Contestants Is Now Eight". The Washington Post.
^ Miller, p. 392
^ ^a ^b Rutledge, p. 33
^ Rutledge, pp. 33–4
^ "Idag 50 år sedan den homosexuella revolutionen – Sverige var först i Europa med Prideprotester". QX.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-05-15.
^ "Gay Alliance Toward Equality". City of Vancouver Archives. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
^ "Gay Alliance Towards Equality (GATE) Vancouver". Gay & Lesbian Liberation in Canada. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
^ Rutledge, pp. 36–7
^ ^a ^b Rutledge, p. 38
^ "Man imprisoned for being gay to get posthumous pardon from Trudeau". CBC. February 28, 2016. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
^ Rutledge, p. 40
^ Knegt, Peter (June 7, 2016). "Why all Canadians should know about The Body Politic". CBC. Retrieved March 4, 2021.

Miller, Neil (1995). Out of the Past: Gay and Lesbian History from 1869 to the Present. New York, Vintage Books. ISBN 0-09-957691-0.
Rutledge, Leigh (1992). The Gay Decades. New York: Penguin Books Ltd. ISBN 0-452-26810-9.