Historical Calendar - July 10th

• 1970 - The Austrian Parliament decriminalizes homosexual acts between consenting adults.
• 1972 - Ann Arbor, Michigan becomes the first U.S. city to pass a broad gay civil rights law. The city council passes the city's human right code making discrimination against gays in housing, public accommodation, and employment illegal throughout the city.
• 1985 - "Given a choice between sharing a park with homosexuals or a bunch of white-sheeted, racist, hate-peddling losers, we think we would prefer homosexuals." An editorial in the Texas Daily News regarding an upcoming anti-gay rally by the Ku Klux Klan.