1976 in LGBT rights

This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1976.

January

 * 1 — Iowa repeals its "sexual psychopath" law. Passed in the wake of a moral panic following the 1954 rape and murder of a young boy, the law had been used to detain dozens of gay men in mental institutions in the 1950s.

May

 * City council of Los Angeles prohibits employment discrimination by the city based on sexual orientation.

July

 * 1 — U.S. state of Indiana decriminalizes private consensual adult homosexual acts.

September

 * 4 — Start of the three-day "Fourth Annual Gay Conference for Canada and Quebec," held in Toronto, including a rally and march.