The Nineties (1990 – 1999) – World Queerstory

1991

Althea Garrison runs for Boston City Council.
Dung Hà becomes the lover of the influential crime boss Hùng Cốm — her influence in the criminal underworld of Hai Phong grows.

Althea Garrison runs for the Massachusetts House of Representatives. She wins the election by 437 votes. She is subsequently outed in the Boston Herald by reporter Eric Fehrnstrom.
July 6: Marsha P. Johnson is found dead. Her death is ruled a suicide.

East and West Germany reunited — decriminalizing homosexuality in West Germany.
The U.S. Postal Service releases a Ma Rainey commemorative stamp.
Matthew Shepard attends his senior year of high school at the American School in Switzerland because his father is working in Saudi Arabia.
Althea Garrison runs for re-election, and is defeated.

Althea Garrison runs for Boston City Council.
Dung Hà is arrested. Her lover Phuong leaves her, and her criminal empire begins to fall apart.
February: Matthew Shepard is assaulted while on vacation in Morocco.
May: Matthew Shepard graduates from the American School in Switzerland.
May: Sylvia Rivera attempts suicide.

It is around this time that Jackie Shane moves to Nashville and disappears for several years.

A new group forms but adopts the name of the Scientific-Humanitarian Committee.
October 6: Matthew Shepard meets two men at a bar in Laramie, Wyoming and is lured to their truck. They rob him and torture him, and leave him tied to a fence.
October 7: Matthew Shepard is discovered by cyclist Aaron Kreifels. He is in a coma, and is ultimately brought to Pudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins where he remains on life support.
October 12: Matthew Shepard is taken off of life support and passes away.