california became a state in the union on september 9, 1850.
when did california become a state in the union?
september 9 , 1850
the constitution of california is the primary organizing law for the u.s. state of california, describing the duties, powers, structures and functions of the government of california. following cession of the area from mexico to the united states in the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo that ended the mexican–american war, california's original constitution was drafted in both english and spanish by delegates elected on august 1, 1849, to represent all communities home to non-indigenous citizens (mexican citizens resident in california had become u.s. citizens by proclamation, but indigenous residents were not yet u.s. citizens). the delegates wrote and adopted the constitution at the 1849 constitutional convention, held beginning on september 3 in monterey, and voters approved the new constitution on november 13, 1849. adoption of the "state" constitution actually preceded california's admission to the union on september 9, 1850 by almost ten months.
constitution of california
bullet::::- 1972 – sweden becomes the first country in the world to allow transsexuals to legally change their sex, and provides free hormone therapy; hawaii legalizes homosexuality; in south australia, a consenting adults in private-type legal defence was introduced; norway decriminalizes homosexuality; east lansing, michigan and ann arbor, michigan and san francisco, california become the first cities in united states to pass a homosexual rights ordinance. jim foster, san francisco and madeline davis, buffalo, new york, first openly gay and lesbian delegates to the democratic convention, miami, mcgovern; give the first speeches advocating a gay rights plank in the democratic party platform. "stonewall nation", the first gay anthem is written and recorded by madeline davis and is produced on 45 rpm record by the mattachine society of the niagara frontier. lesbianism 101, the first lesbianism course in the u.s., is taught at the university of buffalo by margaret small and madeline davis. queens, ny schoolteacher jeanne manford marched with her gay son, gay rights activist morty manford, in new york's christopher street liberation day march. this was the origin of the straight ally movement and of pflag - (originally parents of gays, then parents, families and friends of lesbians and gays, now simply pflag.) nancy wechsler became the first openly gay or lesbian person in political office in america; she was elected to the ann arbor city council in 1972 as a member of the human rights party and came out as a lesbian during her first and only term there. also in 1972, camille mitchell became the first open lesbian to be awarded custody of her children in a divorce case, although the judge restricted the arrangement by precluding ms. mitchell's lover from moving in with her and the children. freda smith became the first openly lesbian minister in the metropolitan community church (she was also their first female minister). beth chayim chadashim was founded in 1972 as the first lgbt synagogue in the world, and the first lgbt synagogue recognized by the union for reform judaism. a quaker group, the committee of friends on bisexuality, issued the "ithaca statement on bisexuality" supporting bisexuals. the statement, which may have been "the first public declaration of the bisexual movement" and "was certainly the first statement on bisexuality issued by an american religious assembly," appeared in the quaker "friends journal" and "the advocate" in 1972. today quakers have varying opinions on lgbt people and rights, with some quaker groups more accepting than others. the first gay bar in san francisco to have clear windows was twin peaks tavern, which removed its blacked-out windows in 1972.
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