1989 in LGBT rights

Events

* Stonewall, the major UK lobbying group for the rights of lesbians and gay men, is founded.
* In East Germany, Article 151 was deleted from the penal code. Homosexuality and heterosexuality were then treated equally with an age of consent of 14.
* Long Beach, California prohibits employment discrimination based on sexual orientation in the private sector.
* Los Angeles County, California prohibits employment discrimination based on sexual orientation in the private sector.

June

*June 7 - Denmark creates registered partnerships, a form of civil union for same-sex couples that offers identical rights of marriage within the country.

November

*November 15:
** Private-sector sexual orientation discrimination becomes illegal in Massachusetts.
*November 30:
** Columbus, Ohio adopts a hate crimes bill which includes sexual orientation.

December

*December 10 - New York City, USA sees approximately 4,500 protestors at St. Patrick's Cathedral during mass in a "Stop the Church" action organized by ACT UP and WHAM to demonstrate dissatisfaction with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese's position against AIDS education, the distribution of condoms, and abortion. One-hundred and eleven protestors are arrested.Crimp, Douglas. [http://www.actupny.org/documents/capsule-home.html ACT UP New York: Capsule History] ACT UP. Accessed 4 July 2007.] [ACT UP. [http://www.actupny.org/YELL/stopchurch99.html 10 Year Anniversary of "Stop the Church"] Accessed 4 July 2007.]

Births

Deaths

*March 9 - Robert Mapplethorpe, 42, controversial American artist and photographer

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://www.stonewall.org.uk/stonewall/about_stonewall/brief_overview_of_stonewall/index.html About Stonewall]
* [http://www.sodomylaws.org/world/germany/germany.htm Sodomylaws.org on Germany]

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