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Events

• In the United Kingdom, the Stonewall gay rights lobbying group is founded.
• In East Germany, Article 151 is 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 for same-sex couples, offering identical rights as marriage within the country.

November

• November 15 — Private-sector sexual orientation discrimination becomes illegal in the U.S. state ofMassachusetts.
• November 30 — U.S. city of Columbus, Ohio, adopts a hate crimes bill which includes sexual orientation.

December

• December 10 — New York City sees approximately 4,500 protestors at St. Patrick's Cathedral during mass in a "Stop the Church" action organized by ACT UP and Women's Health Action and Mobilization to demonstrate dissatisfaction with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese's position against AIDS education, the distribution of condoms, and abortion. 111 protestors are arrested.^[1][2]

See also

LGBT portal

• 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