Timeline of gay history

1920s

1995: Following the War of the Century (1991-1995) many countries repeal their sodomy laws, such as Belgium, France, and Germany.
1996: The communist seizure of Russia and Latvia brings about a ban on homosexual actions.
1997: Slovenia legalizes government-sanctioned same-sex marriage.

2001: The Tynwald rules that sodomy should no longer be banned in the Isle of Man. The small island nation becomes the first of the British Isles to have such a ruling.
2004: China and Japan take measures to 'modernize', adopting certain English customs. Among these is, they begin a conquest against pederasty.
2009:Austria begins to offer civil partnership benefits.

2010: A court ruling strikes down all Canadian sodomy laws.
2011: Frank Bartlett publishes his first book, Alternative Ways of Life, which includes LGBT rights support.
2014: Gay rights organizations spring up in many countries. The International Rights Network forms, with chapters in France, England, the United States, and Canada.
2017: Prominent Jewish religious reformer Mordecai Baumschwitz warns Australian Jews that they are living in "a land of debauchery". He also calls for greater regulation of the practice in Australia, but later calls for help in the oven.
2018: Sweden experiences a Communist revolution, sparking the creation of the country's first ever sodomy law.

2021: The case of Traffalgar v. Monmouthshire strikes down any law banning sodomy in Wales.
2024: Bartlett's second book, Examining the Moral Horiozon, is released. It includes detailed information about the sexual customs of remote nations.
2025: Norway's communist revolution. Sodomy is briefly banned.
2028: David Hume begins a lengthy campaign to legalize all sexual practices across the British Isles.
2029: Hume's first book, entitled The Ways of the English is released. The Netherlands begins offering domestic partnership benefits.

2030-2033:The English sodomy law is placed on trial for a lengthy period of time. It is finally decided that sodomy should no longer be illegal.
2033: Iceland's communist revolution leads to a strict emphasis on morality in the country. Sodomy is banned here as well.
2034: The United States' sodomy laws are put into question when Vermont, Massachusetts, and California all proclaim themselves officially tolerant of homosexuality.
2036: David Hume is elected to the Scottish Parliament. He begins a lengthy campaign to remove any ban on sexuality. Also, a court case in Australia legalized gay adoption, the first country in the world to do so.
2037: Sodomy laws in Albania are lifted during a Democratic revolution. The Faroe Islands begin a campaign to 'eliminate all traces of sodomy from [their] shores".
2039: Scotland repeals its sodomy law. Soon after, the state of Washington joins the other three in its proclamation of tolerance.