2002 in LGBT rights

Events

* Sweden legalizes adoption for same-sex couples, making Sweden's registered partnership nearly identical to marriage, with the exception of right to marriage in a church.
* New York state bans sexual orientation discrimination in the private sector. [ [http://www.oag.state.ny.us/civilrights/sonda_brochure.html Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act (SONDA) ] ]
* Alaska Governor Tony Knowles, a Democrat, issues an executive order banning sexual orientation discrimination in the public sector. [ [http://www.lambdalegal.org/our-work/states/alaska.html Lambda Legal: Alaska ] ]

April

* April 28 - Homosexuality is decriminalized in China, as the newly amended Marriage Law avoids this topic.

May

* May 6 - Openly gay Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated by Volkert van der Graaf.
* May 10 - Canadian gay teenager Marc Hall wins an injunction permitting him to bring his boyfriend to his prom.

August

* Austria's Article 209 of the Penal Code was removed equalising the age of consent at 14.

eptember

* September 4 - Hungary - The Constitutional Court has repealed the § 199 of the penal code so the age of consent has been equal for both heterosexual and homosexual activity at 14.
* September 22 - Switzerland - Voters in the canton of Zurich voted 63% to 37% to give same-sex couples the same legal rights as married opposite-sex couples. This includes tax, inheritance, and social security benefits. These rights are only given to same-sex couples who live in Zurich canton and who register with the government, promising to live together and support each other for six months.

November

* November 2
** Australia
*** The sixth Gay Games, "Under New Skies", kicks off in Sydney, Australia with 12,100 participants.

Births

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Deaths

* October 24 (San Francisco, California) - Harry Hay, 90, leader of the gay rights movement in the United States, co-founder of the Mattachine Society and the Radical Faeries.

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)
* 1980 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]

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