New Zealand lawmakers approve same-sex marriage law; spe opposn om some relig and social anizatns, gay and lbian upl will also be able to jotly adopt children.
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But equaly has not been easy to most of the twentieth century, homosexualy was illegal New Zealand.
‘Comg out’ was credibly challengg for most gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr people, and the risk of discrimatn was very the sixti and seventi, gay activists and groups like the Homosexual Law Reform Society beme more visible and vol llg for equal rights and acceptance, and many New Zealanrs joed them 1985, Fran Wil, a junr MP, sponsored the Homosexual Law Reform Bill. There was public opposn to the bill, cludg ralli and petns, but 1986, the bill was passed and homosexualy was crimalised.
It was long overdue, but was the first step towards tly equal rights for 1993, the Human Rights Act ma discrimatn based on sexual orientatn illegal, and by the end of the twentieth century, New Zealanrs had voted openly gay policians, and the world’s first openly transgenr member of parliament, Gea the early 00s, we turned our attentn to marriage equaly.