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December 9
1975 - A six-inch headline on page one of The Minneapolis Star read "State Sen. Allen Spear Declares He's Homosexual." Spear said he was inspired to come out by the election of Elaine Nobel, a lesbian, to the Massachusetts legislature.
1975-Reporter Lynn Rosellini of the Washington Star began a series of articles about homosexuality in sports, which said "some of the biggest names in football are homosexual or bisexual."
1978 - Metro Toronto police raid the Barracks steambath and charge twenty-three men as found-ins, five as keepers of a common bawdyhouse. It becomes the first raid in Toronto to generate substantial resistance.
1997 - A federal appeals court in San Francisco refused to reinstate Air Force officer Lt. Col. Kenneth L. Jackson, who was discharged for homosexuality in 1989. He was 11 months short of his 20-year pension. He argued that the evidence against him should not have been turned over to the military by police who were searching his home because his roommate was under suspicion in a case.
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