1906 – Potentially the first openly gay American novel with a happy ending, Imre, is published.34 men were arrested and 12 brought to trial on sodomy charges 7 men received sentences ranging from 4 to 20 years in prison. 1903 – In New York City on 21 February 1903, New York police conducted the first United States recorded raid on a gay bathhouse, the Ariston Hotel Baths.To achieve it Elisa had to adopt a male identity: Mario Sánchez, as listed on the marriage certificate. 1901 – On 8 June 1901 two women, Marcela Gracia Ibeas and Elisa Sanchez Loriga, attempted to get married in A Coruña ( Galicia, Spain).
