1983 in LGBT rights

1983 in LGBT rights

Events

February

* In the Bermondsey byelection in the United Kingdom, Labour candidate Peter Tatchell loses a previously safe seat after a campaign dominated by attacks on his left-wing politics and homosexuality.

July

*July 20:
**The United States House of Representatives passes a motion to censure Rep. Gerry Studds after he comes out.

October

*October 3:
**The AFL-CIO votes to support gay rights legislation.

November

* New York governor Mario Cuomo, a Democrat, issues an executive order banning public sexual orientation discrimination. [http://www.buffalostate.edu/equity/documents/Orientation.doc (Microsoft Word document)]

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]
* [http://www.stonewall.org.uk/stonewall/information_bank/index.html Stonewall's information bank]

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