1973 in LGBT rights

Events

October

* October 10:
** The Toronto city council passes a resolution banning discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in civic hiring.

December

* December 13:
**Title 34 becomes effective in Washington, D.C., making sexual orientation discrimination illegal in the District.
* December 15 - The board of the American Psychiatric Association votes 13-0 to remove homosexuality from its official list of psychiatric disorders, the DSM-II. The resolution also urges an end to private and public discrimination and repeal of laws discriminating against homosexuals.
* December 20:
** The New York City Council rejects a gay rights ordinance.
* December 21:
** A United States federal judge issues a bulletin stating that the federal civil service may not terminate an employee based on sexual orientation alone.

Births

* 31 January - Portia de Rossi, Australian actress

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]