1983 in LGBT rights
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This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1983.
Events
[edit]February
[edit]- In the 1983 by-election for the Bermondsey constituency in South London, Labour candidate Peter Tatchell loses a previously safe seat after a campaign dominated by attacks on his left-wing politics and homosexuality.
October
[edit]- 3 – In the United States, the AFL–CIO labor union votes to support gay rights legislation.
November
[edit]- 18 – New York governor Mario Cuomo signs an executive order banning public sexual orientation discrimination.[1]
December
[edit]- 30 – Ohio governor Richard Celeste issues Executive Order 83-64, which prohibits discrimination in state employment on the basis of sexual orientation.[2]
See also
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- Timeline of LGBT history – timeline of events from 12,000 BCE to present
- LGBT rights by country or territory – current legal status around the world
- LGBT social movements
References
[edit]- ^ http://www.buffalostate.edu/equity/documents/Orientation.doc Archived 2007-07-05 at the Wayback Machine (Microsoft Word document)
- ^ "Greenwood v. Taft, Stettinius & Hollister". Ohio Court of Appeals, First District. 13 September 1995. Archived from the original on 14 December 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
