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Events

• Reunification of West and East Germany — reunification treaty has an article to preventWest Germany's higher age of consent for sex between men taking effect in the former East Germany.
• San Diego, California, prohibits employment discrimination based on sexual orientation in the private sector.

March

• Queer Nation, a direct action group is founded in New York City by activists from the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power ("ACT-UP").

May

• Direct action group OutRage! is formed in the United Kingdom

October

• October 27 — The U.S. Congress repeals a law prohibiting gays from being admitted into the country.

November

• November 6 — Voters in the U.S. city of Seattle reject Initiative 35, which would have repealed an ordinance granting domestic partnership rights for medical leave and bereavement leave.
• By a margin of two to one, voters in Tacoma, Washington, reject a ballot initiative which would have reinstated a gay civil rights law repealed by voters in November 1989.
• Deborah Glick becomes the first openly gay or lesbian individual elected to the legislature of the U.S. state of New York.

December

• December 10 — Roy Romer, governor of the U.S. state of Colorado, issues an executive order prohibiting sexual orientation discrimination in the public sector.^[1]
• December 17 — Joseph Grabarz, of the Connecticut (United States) state legislature, comes out, becoming the first openly gay state legislator.

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