1971
- The University of Michigan became the first college in America to establish an LGBT office.
- December 1971: first off-Broadway play, Nightride by Lee Barton, to discuss gay marriage. It would stir controversy with its more strident depiction of a black-white (interracial) homosexual marriage.
Read more about this topic: List Of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Or Transgender Firsts By Year, 1970s