October 10, 1953 - British newspaper “The Times” reported that Rupert Croft-Cooke was sentenced to nine months in prison and Joseph Alexander was sentenced to three months after they were accused of homosexual acts by two Royal Navy cooks. Croft-Cooke wrote about the case in “The Verdict of You All.”

October 10, 1990 - OutRage, a London direct action group, held a Kiss-In at Brief Encounter, a gay pub which had recently banned same-sex kissing.
October 10, 1995 - The US Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments in the case of Romer v Evans, Colorado’s Amendment 2 which would havebanned all gay rights laws in Colorado.
October 10, 1997 - Lesbians organized a Daiku no Hi (Dyke Day) in Tokyo. It drew about 200 participants and received much media attention.
October 10, 1998 - Jackie Foster, a British broadcaster, actor, and lesbian activist, died at age 70.
October 10, 1998 - The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America held a conference in Minneapolis Minnesota on gay and lesbian clergy.
October 10, 1999 - The Washington Post reported that a Harvard University research team conducted a study which demonstrated that gay men and lesbians are better than heterosexuals at identifying other gay men and lesbians.
October 10, 1999 - Catholic Bishop Pat Buckley of Belfast came out.
October 10 1973 - Toronto City council passes resolution banning discrimination in municipal hiring on basis of sexual orientation. First such legislation in Canada.
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