Publication of Natalie Barney's Pensees d'un e.

"The God of Vengeance" premiers in New York.

The word fag is first used in print in reference to gays in Nels Anderson's The Hobo: "Fairies or Fags are men or boys who exploit sex for profit."

The first gay rights organization in America is founded in Chicago founded in Chicago by Henry Gerber and is called the Society for Human Rights. The movement exists for a few months before being shut down by the police.

Kimitake Hiraoka, Japanese writer is born, January 14th.

"The Captive" appears on Broadway bringing about the Padlock Law outlawing sexual inversion on stage.

“The Captive”, a daring play about a lesbian relationship, opened on Broadway.

Radclyffe Hall wrote The Well of Loneliness, the first undisguised lesbian novel. This sparks great legal controversy and brings the topic of homosexuality to public conversation.

Amelia Earharts crosses the Atlantic.

U.S. Stock Market collapses.

May 22 - Katharine Lee Bates, author of America the Beautiful dies.

October 16 - a Reichstag Committee votes to repeal Paragraph 175. The Nazis' rise to power prevents the implementation of the vote.