1990 in LGBT rights explained
This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1990.
Events
February
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
- 10 — Direct action group OutRage! is formed in the United Kingdom
October
- 27 — The U.S. Congress repeals a law prohibiting gays from being admitted into the country.
November
- 6
- Voters in Seattle, Washington, reject Initiative 35, which would have repealed an ordinance granting domestic partnership rights for medical leave and bereavement leave.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two to one, voters in Tacoma, Washington, reject a ballot initiative which would have reinstated a gay civil rights law repealed by voters in November 1989.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
- 10 — Colorado Governor Roy Romer issues an executive order prohibiting sexual orientation discrimination in the public sector.[1]
- 17 — Connecticut state legislator Joseph Grabarz comes out, becoming the state's first openly gay state legislator.
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Archived copy . 2007-06-12 . 2006-09-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060927185944/http://www.qrd.org/qrd/usa/legal/colorado/Evans-v-Romer.BRIEF . live .