1964-65: Camp Records, based in Hollywood issues 10 singles and sum of two units LPs of parody songs ("Stanley the Manly Transvestite," "I'd Rather Swish Than Fight") in sleeve with photos of beefcake protoplasts rough trade, and cross-dressers.
1973: Alix Dobkin releases Lavender Jane delight ins Women, the first LP entirely written and performed at lesbians.
1973: Gay Community Social Services of Seattle issues Lavender geographical division the self-titled debut LP on the country's first openly gay native land act.
1973: Radical feminists in Washington, DC create Olivia Records. Early artists include pioneers Meg Christian and Cris Williamson.
1981: Synth-pop innovator and early AIDS casualty Patrick Cowley constructs Hi-NRG label Megatone Records (Sylvester Paul Parker) in San Francisco with Natty Blecman.
1992: F up with the "gay = disco" mentality, San Franciscan Matt Wobensmith launches Outpunk (Pansy Division, Tribe 8) devot exclusively to promoting curious punk acts.
1996: Romantic partners Kaia Wilson (Team Dresch the Butchies) and filmmaker Tammy Rae Carland start Durham, N.C.'s Mr Lady Records-home of the first pair Le Tigre full-lengths--by opening a business account with $37--Kurt B Reighley