Timeline of LGBT history, 20th century

The following is a timeline of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) history in the 20th century.

Number of countries protecting core LGBT-rights
14 May 1928 issue of German lesbian periodical Die Freundin ( Friedrich Radszuweit )
Nazis burn works from the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft and other prohibited works in Berlin, 10 May 1933
Cover of the 1957 Wolfenden report
August 1969 Mattachine Society newsletter on the Stonewall uprising
Gay rights protesters in New York City, protesting at the United States' 1976 Democratic National Convention
Original eight-color version of the LGBT pride flag
ACT UP's " Silence=Death " poster, 1988
Demonstrators against Section 28 deface the British Airways office in Amsterdam , February 1988
Candlelight vigil for Matthew Shepard in Washington, D.C. , October 14, 1998