1982 in LGBT rights

1982 in LGBT rights

Events

* Wisconsin becomes the first US state to ban anti-gay discrimination.

July

*July 12:
**France removes homosexuality from its official list of mental illnesses.

August

*August 28 - The first Gay Games, "Challenge '82", kicks off in San Francisco, California with 1,600 participants.

December

*December 11:
**San Francisco mayor Dianne Feinstein vetoes a domestic partnership bill.

Births

Deaths

External links

* [http://www.advocate.com Web site for Advocate news magazine]
* [http://www.365gay.com 365gay.com]
* [http://news.google.com/news?as_q=&svnum=10&as_scoring=r&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=gay+lesbian+bisexual+transgender+homosexual&as_eq=&as_nsrc=&as_nloc=&as_occt=any&as_drrb=q&as_qdr=&as_minm=1&as_mind=20&as_maxm=2&as_maxd=19 Google search for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender news]


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