1990 in LGBT rights

Events

* German reunification
** The German reunification treaty has an article to stop West Germany's higher age of consent for sex between men taking effect in the former East Germany.
* San Diego, California prohibits employment discrimination based on sexual orientation in the private sector.

March

* March - Queer Nation, a direct action group is founded in New York City by activists from ACT-UP.

May

* May - OutRage!, a United Kingdom direct action group is formed.

August

* August 4 - The third Gay Games, "Celebration '90", kicks off in Vancouver, British Columbia with 9,500 participants.

October

* October 27:
** The U.S. Congress repeals a law prohibiting gays from being admitted into the country.

November

* November 6:
** Voters in Seattle, Washington reject Initiative 35, which would have repealed an ordinance granting domestic partnership rights for medical leave and bereavement leave.
** By a margin of two to one, voters in Tacoma, Washington reject a ballot initiative which would have reinstated a gay civil rights law repealed by the voters in November, 1989.
** Deborah Glick becomes the first openly gay or lesbian individual elected to the New York state legislature.

December

* December 10 - Colorado governor Roy Romer, a Democrat, issues an executive order prohibiting sexual orientation discrimination in the public sector. [http://www.qrd.org/qrd/usa/legal/colorado/Evans-v-Romer.BRIEF]
*December 17:
**Connecticut State Representative Joseph Grabarz, a Democrat, comes out, becoming the first openly gay state legislator.

Births

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Deaths

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See also

* Timeline of LGBT history.
* Table of years in LGBT rights.
* 1925 in LGBT rights - 1934 in LGBT rights
* 1943 in LGBT rights - 1969 in LGBT rights (Stonewall)
* 2005 in LGBT rights.

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]
* [http://outrage.nabumedia.com/aboutus.asp About OutRage!]
* [http://www.sodomylaws.org/world/germany/germany.htm Sodomylaws.org on Germany]

References