Supreme Court upholds gay rights, May 20, 1996 - POLITICO

Contents:

• LOOKG BACK AT ROMER, A KEY SUPREME COURT CISN ABOUT GAY RIGHTS
• SUPREME COURT FENDS RIGHTS OF GAYS AND LBIANS ROMER V. EVANS
• THE RIGHTS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE
• GAY RIGHTS
• GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
• SUPREME COURT GAY RIGHTS DECISN

LOOKG BACK AT ROMER, A KEY SUPREME COURT CISN ABOUT GAY RIGHTS

However, this is due to the LGBT populatn not beg officially mentned or regnized the lawOctober 29Equal age of nsent be equal.Age of nsent for Anal or Vagal sex is 14 years old.July 14Servg openly ary be lbians, gays, bisexuals permted, transgenr people banned.LGB people n serve, transgenrs n’t May 29LGBT hog discrimatn be no protectns.Homosexualy is still illegal there.LGBT employment discrimatn be no protectns.LGBT discrimatn be no protectns.Although the discrimatn protectn clse protect cizens agast all forms of discrimatn, there are also provisns wh the protectn agast discrimatn that enurag "the evolutn and promotn of fay life" wh a fay havg a "tradnal" fay nnotatn.May 19Same-sex adoptn be legal.M v.

Glenng, Baltimore Circu Court.(date unknown)Conversn therapy be banned.Unr feral regulatn.Conversn therapy be banned.Unr feral regulatn.Conversn therapy be banned.Unr feral regulatn.Conversn therapy be banned.Unr feral regulatn.January 1Conversn therapy be banned.Natnwi sce 1999.Conversn therapy be banned.Natnwi sce 1999.Same-sex marriage be unregnized.No laws the legal system.(date unknown)Servg openly ary be lbians, gays, bisexuals permted, transgenr people banned.Portugal is not one of the 22 untri that allows trans ary service January 1Equal age of nsent be equal.The age of nsent of 16 years is equal for everyone.LGBT employment discrimatn be sexual orientatn and genr inty.Employment discimatn due to sexual orientatn (1999), change of legal genr (1996), crossgenr inty and exprsn (2009) are illegal.JanuaryLGBT employment discrimatn be sexual orientatn only.Ireland's Employment Equaly Act, 1998, and the Equal Stat Act, 2000 outlawed discrimatn on the basis of sexual orientatn.

SUPREME COURT FENDS RIGHTS OF GAYS AND LBIANS ROMER V. EVANS

The State, Supreme Court of Geia (1998).October 9Homosexual activy be legal.While remaed illegal until the urt gave s lg on 9 October 1998, the 1998 lg was orred to be retroactively applied to 27 April 1994.September 26Blood donatns by MSMs be banned (fe ferral).September 1Equal age of nsent be equal.Homosexual activy be legal.Augt 20Equal age of nsent be equal.In 1998, Malta's age of nsent beme equalized at 18.July 1Homosexual activy be illegal (up to life prison as punishment).Mandatory mimum of 20 years imprisonment for any attempt to m acts "agast the orr of nature."June 5LGBT hog discrimatn be sexual orientatn and genr inty.Unr article 11.2 LGBT discrimatn be illegal.In the 1998 nstutn, article 23.3 extend discrimatn protectn to sexual orientatns. Cyps.May 20LGBT discrimatn be illegal some ntexts.General law on HIV/AIDS protects LGBT people om discrimatn some ntexts.May 8Servg openly ary be legal.Print of Bahamas ma an announcement 1998, explicly supportg LGBTQ+ dividuals to serve the aryApril 22Homosexual activy be illegal (imprisonment as punishment).Imprisonment of up to 5 years for "gross cency" (Decrimalizatn pendg)April 2LGBT employment discrimatn be sexual orientatn only.Sexual orientatn was not clud the Alberta Human Rights act until 2009 but was "read " by the Alberta Human Rights Commissn sce 1998.LGBT discrimatn be illegal some ntexts.Sexual orientatn had been read- as a protected ground spe of no explic mentn the law durg this span. Unr a lg by the supreme urt.LGBT hog discrimatn be sexual orientatn and genr inty.Equal age of nsent be equal.Homosexual activy be legal.natnwi sce 1998.Equal age of nsent be equal.Got equalized when was legalized.Homosexual activy be legal.Homosexual activy be legal.Homosexual activy be legal.Homosexual activy be legal.Homosexual activy be legal.Equal age of nsent be equal.Homosexual activy be legal.Equal age of nsent be equal.Homosexual activy be legal.legalized when they also equalized age of nsent.Equal age of nsent be equal.LGBT employment discrimatn be sexual orientatn and genr inty.Unr the Costa Rin Crimal Co.Equal age of nsent be equal.Same-sex adoptn be legal.Unr Feral Bill and provcial Bill.

The provcial bill is Adoptn Act 1998(date unknown)Same-sex adoptn be sgle only.Sgle LGBT dividuals may adopt children, but same-sex upl may not adopt jotly or by way of send parent adoptn.January 1Servg openly ary be illegal.Homosexualy is currently illegal TanzaniaLGBT hog discrimatn be sexual orientatn and genr inty.Discrimatn is illegal for both sexual orientatn and genr intyLGBT employment discrimatn be sexual orientatn and genr inty.Discrimatn is illegal for both sexual orientatn and genr inty(date unknown)LGBT hog discrimatn be sexual orientatn only.This state explicly bans hog discrimatn based upon sexual orientatn only. A urt lg has also stated that the general anti-discrimatn law the nstutn extends s verage to sexual orientatn and genr inti as well.(date unknown)Blood donatns by MSMs be banned (fe ferral).In 1998, Cha banned homosexual men and women om donatg blood out of fear of spreadg HIV.Homosexual activy be male illegal, female uncerta.up to 2 years imprisonment1997November 27Equal age of nsent be equal.The age of nsent Ecuador is 14, regardls of genr or sexual orientatn.

November 15Right to change legal genr be legal, but requir surgery.Transgenr people are able to change their genr on intifitn documents after beg issued a document om a health stutn nfirmg the surgil requirements.October 1Homosexual activy be legal.July 16Equal age of nsent be equal.The law sets the age of nsent as 16 for all sexual activi ("sodomy and "lbianism" clud explicly.)Homosexual activy be legal.June 5Homosexual activy be legal.Even though homosexualy was not directly illegal, a law regardg Vagrants and Thugs uld have directly punished LGBT muny. May 1Homosexual activy be legal.In 1997 the High Court of Atralia led that Tasmania's anti-gay laws were nsistent wh feral law, and Tasmania (the fal jurisdictn wh ntrary laws) was forced to crimalise homosexualy.Homosexual activy be legal.Tasmania crimaliz homosexual activy, makg homosexual activy legal all Atralian stat.Homosexual activy be legal.Follows om Atralian law due to beg a terrory of Atralia whout any populatnApril 24Right to change legal genr be legal, surgery not required.Prev misterial cree regulatg legal genr regnn, the on the Establishment of Mandatory Procs for Genr Reassignment.

THE RIGHTS OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR PEOPLE

LGBT discrimatn be no protectns.Homosexualy is illegal and as such not vered as a ground to have protectn agast discrimatn.October 16Same-sex marriage be not legal.State Statute fg marriage as between one man and one womanAugt 29Same-sex marriage be unregnized, only same-sex marriage official.There is a ban on same sex marriageAugt 24Same-sex marriage be not legal.Mississippi ernor orred an executive orr to ban same sex marriageJune 28LGBT discrimatn be no protectns.No protectns affordJune 1LGBT employment discrimatn be sexual orientatn only.Feral human rights law appli directly to only feral ernment employment and employers which fall unr feral jurisdictn. Of the provc only Ontar has explic protectn on the basis of both genr inty and genr exprsn s human rights , though several provi implic protectns on the basis of genr inty or "transsexualism" unr the tegory of "sex" or "genr".May 15Same-sex marriage be unregnized.Tennsee Act of 1996 fe marriage as a unn between one man and one woman.May 8Same-sex marriage be unregnized.Country jt got rid of the nstutnal ban on gay marriage.Same-sex marriage be not legal.Several provisns wh the nstutn, the fay law and the civil pots to the fn of a marriage as beg a unn between a man and a woman.LGBT discrimatn be illegal.Servg openly ary be lbians, gays, bisexuals permted, transgenr people banned.Not a sgle untry Ai cludg South Ai don’t allow trans ary serviceApril 26Same-sex marriage be civil unns.Regnized Denmark's registered partnership law on this date.March 1Homosexual activy be legal.January 24Right to change legal genr be legal, but requir surgery.Requir surgery to chang documents. Send-parent adoptn is permted via se law H.N.R, 666 A.2d 535 (N.J.Super, 1995)Same-sex adoptn be illegal.The 1995 Admistrative Memorandum of the Nebraska Divisn of Children and Fay Servic troduced a ban on fosterg and adoptn by dividuals intifyg as "homosexual" as well as unmarried dividuals.January 1Right to change legal genr be n/a.Legislatn about the procr necsary for name chang refers to the obligatn to get a fal urt cisn before changg one’s sex.

Only protectns for genr inty and exprsn.LGBT discrimatn be no protectns.No protectn provisn exist wh neher the Penal nor the ConstutnSeptember 29LGBT discrimatn be no protectns.Discrimatn is legal YemenSeptember 22LGBT hog discrimatn be no protectns.LGBT employment discrimatn be no protectns.Homosexualy is illegal there.Same-sex marriage be not legal.As homosexualy is illegal, same sex unn is also illegal by flt.Homosexual activy be illegal (imprisonment as punishment).Article 120 stat male homosexualy is punishable by 3 years prison. However, the se of Gelnhuys v Natnal Director of Public Prosecutns and Others the Constutnal Court found this discrimatn to be unnstutnal, and set 16 as the uniform age of nsent retroactively to 27 April 1994.March 31Homosexual activy be vari by regn.Homosexual activy was ferally crimalized by the Human Rights (Sexual Conduct) Act 1994, although some lol state laws remaed nsent until 1997.March 1Equal age of nsent be equal.The age of nsent Belas is 16 years, as stated Articl 168 and 169, which read: "Sexual terurse, sodomy, lbian terurse or other sexual acts mted by adults who have reached eighteen years of age, wh a person who is obvly not reached sixteen years of age, wh no signs of crim envisaged by Articl 166 and 167 of this Co, shall be punished by rtrictn of liberty om two to four years, or imprisonment for a term of two to five years.

"and" cent asslt, mted by a person unr eighteen years of age, relatn to a person who obvly has not attaed the age of sixteen, the absence of evince of the crim stipulated Articl 166, 167 and 168 of this Co, shall be punished by imprisonment for up to six months or imprisonment for a term of one to three years "Homosexual activy be legal.Only form of homosexualy that is illegal is non-nsensual homosexual terurseFebary 1LGBT hog discrimatn be sexual orientatn only.The Human Rights Act 1993 prohibs discrimatn relatn to employment and relig grounds, affirmed by sectn 19 of the NZ Bill of Rights Act 1990, which apply everywhere. That has not been tted yet, and is prone to beg terpreted otherwise.Servg openly ary be legal.New Zealand rponsible for fence.Servg openly ary be legal.New Zealand rponsible for fence.Servg openly ary be legal.New Zealand rponsible for fence.Servg openly ary be legal.LGBT discrimatn be illegal some ntexts.Unr sectn 21 of the Human Rights Act 1993, discrimatn agast "heterosexual, homosexual, lbian, or bisexual orientatns" is prohibed, wh no other sexual orientatns beg protected.

GAY RIGHTS

Unr the Human Rights Act 1993, there are a variety of specific exceptns om discrimatn law relatg to workg private areas (such as a person's home) and accsg special unsellg servic (such as unsellg alg wh sexual abe or fay vlence), among others.(date unknown)Same-sex marriage be other type of partnership.The Ley Arrendamientos Urbanos (Urban Leasg Law) was passed 1994, allowg registered habatn for same-sex upl which granted some of the rights prevly rerved for married upl.Same-sex marriage be unregnized.In the areas admistrated by the paltian thory and the Gaza strip, Gay Marriage is unregnized, however, Unregistered Cohabatn and Same sex Marriage is Legal for Israeli cizens the Occupied Wt Bank.

Gay unn legalizatn pendg.LGBT hog discrimatn be sexual orientatn and genr inty.LGBT employment discrimatn be sexual orientatn and genr inty.LGBT hog discrimatn be sexual orientatn and genr inty.LGBT discrimatn be illegal.LGBT employment discrimatn be sexual orientatn and genr inty.LGBT discrimatn be illegal.one of the few plac the Caribbean wh discrimatn protectns.(date unknown)Same-sex marriage be unregnized, only same-sex marriage official.Constutnal ban sce 1994.Equal age of nsent be unequal.A bill was signed to rce the age of nsent for men who have sex wh men om 21 to 18.Same-sex adoptn be illegal.Same-sex upl are not permted jot or send parent adoptn.January 1Same-sex marriage be not legal.Homosexualy is not legal Yemen.Right to change legal genr be legal, but requir surgery.Surgery now required1993December 21Servg openly ary be don't ask, don't tell.Don't Ask, Don't Tell was the historic promise signed by Print Bill Clton thorizg people who are LGBT to serve the ary provid they didn't disclose sexualy. The law also removed the abily for others the ary om askg for a service member's orientatn.October 31LGBT discrimatn be no protectns.Even though the nstutn stat that people should not be discrimated due to "any reasons", there are no specific provisn for sexual orientatns or genr inti.JuneHomosexual activy be legal.May 1Servg openly ary be n/a.The Irish Army changed their policy early 1993April 23Same-sex marriage be unregnized.The civil f marriage as a unn of people wh oppose sexApril 2LGBT employment discrimatn be sexual orientatn and genr inty.Language protects based on sexual orientatn and genr inty. Exemptns exist for religly affiliated/operated anizatns.January 1Servg openly ary be lbians, gays, bisexuals permted, transgenr people banned.Of the 27 EU untri, Slovakia is one of the exceptns which transgenr people nnot serve the aryLGBT hog discrimatn be sexual orientatn and genr inty.Full discrimatn protectn.LGBT employment discrimatn be sexual orientatn and genr inty.Servg openly ary be legal.Sce 2016, servg openly the ary has been legalized.

GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT

Texas (2003)SeptemberHomosexual activy be legal.Homosexualy was crimalised by the Sexual Offenc Act 1992.Augt 10Equal age of nsent be equal.Age of nsent is equal and is set at 16.June 20LGBT hog discrimatn be no protectns.No protectn is afford for neher genr inty or sexual orientatnLGBT employment discrimatn be no protectns.No protectn is afford specifilly for sexual orientatn or genr intyMay 18LGBT hog discrimatn be no protectns.Homosexualy is illegal there.LGBT employment discrimatn be no protectns.haven't crimalized homosexualy yet. Discrimatn state employment only.LGBT employment discrimatn be sexual orientatn and genr inty.Same-sex adoptn be sgle only.Legalizatn pendg.LGBT hog discrimatn be sexual orientatn and genr inty.Unr the Human Rights Law.LGBT hog discrimatn be no protectns.Hog discrimatg protectns pendg.Servg openly ary be legal.Natnwi.Servg openly ary be legal.Natnwi.Servg openly ary be legal.Servg openly ary be legal.Servg openly ary be legal.Servg openly ary be legal.Servg openly ary be legal.LGBT employment discrimatn be no protectns.Discrimatn protectns pendg.Servg openly ary be legal.LGBT hog discrimatn be sexual orientatn and genr inty.Full discrimatn protectn.LGBT employment discrimatn be sexual orientatn and genr inty.Unr Hat Crim.Homosexual activy be legal.(date unknown)LGBT employment discrimatn be sexual orientatn only.Genr inty is not spelled out the BC Human Rights CoLGBT employment discrimatn be sexual orientatn only.People are protected om beg discrimated agast based on sexualy Equal age of nsent be n/a.Homosexualy is illegal.

SUPREME COURT GAY RIGHTS DECISN

Homosexual activy be legal.Article 124.1 that prohibs male-male sex was repealed 1992LGBT discrimatn be no protectns.Some ci and unti have offered some protectn, but at the state level there is none.Equal age of nsent be equal.Same-sex marriage be not legal.Constutnal ban sce 1992.LGBT discrimatn be illegal.Matas relig exemptns.Servg openly ary be legal.Homosexuals n serve openly all branch of the ary.January 1Servg openly ary be legal.Technilly, homosexuals n serve openly the ary. The date shown is that of the foundatn of the untry.LGBT discrimatn be no protectns.No laws about discrimatnDecember 18Same-sex marriage be unregnized, same-sex marriage and civil unns banned.Constutnal Ban.December 16Same-sex adoptn be sgle only.Only a sgle homosexual is allowed to adoptLGBT hog discrimatn be ambiguo.De jure protected, facto ambiguoDecember 12Homosexual activy be legal.Same-sex sexual activy has been legal Ukrae sce 1991.Augt 25LGBT employment discrimatn be no protectns.No discrimatn protectns exist.LGBT hog discrimatn be no protectns.No protectnLGBT discrimatn be no protectns.Even though article 22 stat all cizens are equal, sexual orientatns and genr inti are not clud the forms of discrimatns vered.July 12LGBT hog discrimatn be no protectns.LGBT employment discrimatn be no protectns.No protectn is granted as homosexualy still rri a ath sentence.LGBT discrimatn be no protectns.Homosexualy is illegal Mrania. This was later removed 2020 followg the revolutn.January 1Equal age of nsent be equal.Homosexual activy be legal.Equal age of nsent be equal.Equal age of nsent be equal.Equal age of nsent be equal.Servg openly ary be legal.Legal for everyoneHomosexual activy be legal.(date unknown)Homosexual activy be legal.Legal between nsentg adults.Homosexual activy be illegal (ath penalty as punishment).Article 409 of the Somali Penal Co, 1973, mentns that sexual terurse wh a partner of same sex is punishable, and may rult an imprisonment for 3 months to 3 years, but an Autonomo Regn of Somaliland the Northwt , Homosexualy Is punishable by up to ath.

Ernment signated Gerber’s Chigo hoe a Natnal Historic Pk TriangleCorbis/Getty ImagHomosexual prisoners at the ncentratn mp at Sachsenhsen, Germany, wearg pk triangl on their uniforms on December 19, gay rights movement stagnated for the next few s, though LGBT dividuals around the world did e to the spotlight a few example, English poet and thor Radclyffe Hall stirred up ntroversy 1928 when she published her lbian-themed novel, The Well of Lonels.

Addnally, several openly LGBTQ dividuals secured public office posns: Kathy Kozachenko won a seat to the Ann Harbor, Michigan, Cy Council 1974, beg the first out Amerin to be elected to public Milk, who mpaigned on a pro-gay rights platform, beme the San Francis cy supervisor 1978, beg the first openly gay man elected to a polil office asked Gilbert Baker, an artist and gay rights activist, to create an emblem that reprents the movement and would be seen as a symbol of pri.