2010 timele of major events LGBT (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr) rights history, cludg homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more.
Contents:
- HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ANTI-GAY LAWS PROMOTE VLENCE, DISCRIMATN ST. VCENT
- GAY RIGHTS
- UGANDA'S LGBTQ MUNY IS ' SHOCK' OVER NEW MEASURE, GAY ACTIVIST SAYS
- A VERY LGBTQ : GAY MARRIAGE, TRANS RIGHTS AND A 'RABOW WAVE'
- GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ANTI-GAY LAWS PROMOTE VLENCE, DISCRIMATN ST. VCENT
A report om Human Rights Watch lls on the ernment of St. Vcent to overturn lonial-era anti-gay laws that have led to a recent wave of vlence and genr discrimatn on the small Caribbean island. * 2010 gay rights *
"The crimalizatn of gay sex giv tac state sanctn to the discrimatn and vlence that LGBT people experience their daily liv and pels many to look abroad to live eely and fulfill their dreams, " said Cristian González Cabrera, gay rights rearcher at Human Rights Watch. 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.
”Though started off small, the foundatn, which sought to improve the liv of gay men through discsn groups and related activi, expand after foundg member Dale Jenngs was arrted 1952 for solicatn and then later set ee due to a adlocked the end of the year, Jenngs formed another anizatn lled One, Inc., which weled women and published ONE, the untry’s first pro-gay magaze.
Post Office, which 1954 clared the magaze “obscene” and refed to liver Mattache Society Mattache Foundatn members rtctured the anizatn to form the Mattache Society, which had lol chapters other parts of the untry and 1955 began publishg the untry’s send gay publitn, The Mattache Review.
GAY RIGHTS
The gay rights movement the Uned Stat began the 1920s and saw huge progrs the 2000s, wh laws prohibg homosexual activy stck down and a Supreme Court lg legalizg same-sex marriage. * 2010 gay rights *
That same year, four lbian upl San Francis found an anizatn lled the Dghters of Bilis, which soon began publishg a newsletter lled The Ladr, the first lbian publitn of any early years of the movement also faced some notable setbacks: the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn listed homosexualy as a form of mental disorr followg year, Print Dwight D. ”In fear of beg shut down by thori, bartenrs would ny drks to patrons spected of beg gay or kick them out altogether; others would serve them drks but force them to s facg away om other ctomers to prevent them om 1966, members of the Mattache Society New York Cy staged a “sip-”—a twist on the “s-” protts of the 1960s— which they vised taverns, clared themselv gay, and waed to be turned away so they uld sue.
They were nied service at the Greenwich Village tavern Juli, rultg much publicy and the quick reversal of the anti-gay liquor Stonewall Inn A few years later, 1969, a now-famo event talyzed the gay rights movement: The Stonewall clanste gay club Stonewall Inn was an stutn Greenwich Village bee was large, cheap, allowed dancg and weled drag queens and homels the early hours of June 28, 1969, New York Cy police raid the Stonewall Inn. 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.
UGANDA'S LGBTQ MUNY IS ' SHOCK' OVER NEW MEASURE, GAY ACTIVIST SAYS
People around the world face vlence and equaly—and sometim torture, even executn—bee of who they love, how they look, or who they are. Sexual orientatn and genr inty are tegral aspects of our selv and should never lead to discrimatn or abe. Human Rights Watch works for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr peopl' rights, and wh activists reprentg a multiplicy of inti and issu. We document and expose ab based on sexual orientatn and genr inty worldwi, cludg torture, killg and executns, arrts unr unjt laws, unequal treatment, censorship, medil ab, discrimatn health and jobs and hog, domtic vlence, ab agast children, and nial of fay rights and regnn. We advote for laws and polici that will protect everyone’s digny. We work for a world where all people n enjoy their rights fully. * 2010 gay rights *
In 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Preventn published a report about five prevly healthy homosexual men beg fected wh a rare type of 1984, rearchers had intified the e of AIDS—the human immunoficiency vis, or HIV—and the Food and Dg Admistratn licensed the first mercial blood tt for HIV 1985. But after failg to garner enough support for such an open policy, Print Clton 1993 passed the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) policy, which allowed gay men and women to serve the ary as long as they kept their sexualy a rights advot cried the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, as did ltle to stop people om beg discharged on the grounds of their 2011, Print Obama fulfilled a mpaign promise to repeal DADT; by that time, more than 12, 000 officers had been discharged om the ary unr DADT for refg to hi their sexualy.
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell was officially repealed on September 20, Marriage and Beyond In 1992, the District of Columbia passed a law that allowed gay and lbian upl to register as domtic partners, grantg them some of the rights of marriage (the cy of San Francis passed a siar ordance three years prr and California would later extend those rights to the entire state 1999) 1993, the hight urt Hawaii led that a ban on gay marriage may go agast the state’s nstutn. In 1994, a new anti-hate-crime law allowed judg to impose harsher sentenc if a crime was motivated by a victim’s sexual Matthew Shepard ActCourty of the Matthew Shepard FoundatnMatthew Shepard, who was btally killed a hate crime 2003, gay rights proponents had another b of happy news: the U. Gay rights proponents mt also ntent wh an creasg number of “relig liberty” state laws, which allow bs to ny service to LGBTQ dividuals due to relig beliefs, as well as “bathroom laws” that prevent transgenr dividuals om g public bathrooms that don’t rrpond to their sex at birth.
A VERY LGBTQ : GAY MARRIAGE, TRANS RIGHTS AND A 'RABOW WAVE'
2010s timele of major events LGBT (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr) rights history, cludg homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more. * 2010 gay rights *
KAMPALA, Uganda — Members of Uganda’s LGBTQ muny are shock and fear beg arrted after Parliament passed a measure that would make a crime to intify as gay and impose tough sentenc that clu the ath penalty certa s, an activist said “Anti-Homosexualy Bill, 2023” was passed wh a near-unanimo majory by lawmakers the east Ain untry, where anti-gay sentiment ns ep. Ronald Kabuubi / APThe legislatn will next be sent to Print Yoweri Meveni, who has repeatedly nounced homosexualy, to be signed to Mugisha, one of a few Ugandans who live openly as gay, told Rters he was sred the measure would trigger “mass arrts of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer persons and mob vlence toward LGBTQ muni. There’s gog to be a lot of trma and s of mental health that will lead to a lot of suici, ” he relatns were already illegal Uganda, but supporters of the new law say is need to punish a broar array of LGBTQ activi, which they say threaten tradnal valu the nservative and relig East Ain measure clus steep sentenc that clu ath for “aggravated homosexualy” and life prison for same-sex relatns.
It is wrten the Feral Constutn, discrimatn is a discrimatn be Supreme Feral Court crimalised LGBT discrimatn natnwi, and now, acrdg to the new law, is nsired a "crime of racism" discrimatn be feral hog discrimatn be sexual orientatn and genr feral 11Homosexual activy be legal. MayBlood donatns by MSMs be banned (5-year ferral) March 2018, the Government gazetted, for a two-month public nsultatn, amendments to the Standards on Asssg Donor Suabily for Blood Donatn that clud allowg gay and bisexual men who have not had sex wh another man for five years to donate blood.
Homosexualy is 6Conversn therapy be Passed by Senate Commtee of New 1Blood donatns by MSMs be banned (1-year ferral) 2016 the Norwegian Directorate of Health cid that om April 2017 MSMs and men who had sold themselv sexually would be accepted as blood donors, provid that there had been at least 12 months sce their last sexual ntact.
GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
NBC Out reflects on the major legal, cultural, and historic LGBTQ events of the 2010 , cludg the legalizatn of gay marriage and DADT repeal. * 2010 gay rights *
AprilBlood donatns by MSMs be banned (1-year ferral) 2016 the Norwegian Directorate of Health cid that om April 2017 MSMs and men who had sold themselv sexually would be accepted as blood donors, provid that there had been at least 12 months sce their last sexual donatns by MSMs be banned (1-year ferral) 2016 the Norwegian Directorate of Health cid that om April 2017 MSMs and men who had sold themselv sexually would be accepted as blood donors, provid that there had been at least 12 months sce their last sexual 30Same-sex marriage be Marriage (Amendment) Bill 2017 troduced Civil Partnerships and modified the Marriage Ordance 1996 to state that same-sex marriag are lawful and would be treated the same as marriage between a man and a 6Homosexual activy be illegal (imprisonment as punishment). The term "lear" clus the office of print, speaker and puty speaker of parliament, bet mister, member of parliament, judicial officers, ambassadors, electoral missners, missner of police, chief jtice, 3Homosexual activy be May 2016, the parliament enacted the "Crim Act 2016" which do not nta provisns crimalizg same-sex sexual activyJuneLegal regnn of non-bary genr be vari by provc allowed "X" as a genr inty on drivers licens and birth certifit. Homosexualy is currently 14LGBT discrimatn be 12Same-sex marriage be Marriage was legal Sonora for 6 days before the ernor announced to keep the policy before which was to get a urt marriage be Marriage beme legal Jalis on May 12, 2016 after The Mexin Supreme Court legalized the stateMay 11Same-sex marriage be civil unns wh all the rights of marriage exept adoptnSame-sex marriage be civil 's parliament has backed same-sex civil unns.
Read CNN’s Fast Facts on lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer or qutng ton the Uned Stat, and learn more about their stggle for equal rights. * 2010 gay rights *
Civil unns gave gay upl all the rights and duti of marriage except jot 9LGBT hog discrimatn be sexual orientatn and genr 17 Febary 2016, the ernment troduced anti-discrimatn bill, which prohibs discrimatn based on sexual orientatn, genr inty and genr exprsn, among others, polil, enomic, social, cultural, civil and other areas. This article was abolished wh an amendment that was voted on December 23, 2015Equal age of nsent be Civil Unn act also equalized the age of nsent at 15Same-sex marriage be civil December 23, 2015, the Hellenic Parliament voted wh 193 vot (56 agast and 51 abstentns), the law on the extensn of the habatn agreement to homosexual upl.
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Intersex Stat) Act 2013LGBT discrimatn be marriage be 2013, California legalized same-sex 17Same-sex adoptn be for LGBT sce 2013June 11Censorship of LGBT Issu be fe as 2013, Rsia troduced a law known as "for the Purpose of Protectg Children om Informatn Advotg for a Denial of Tradnal Fay Valu" (known worldwi as the "gay propaganda law") which prohibs the promotn of homosexual topics. The first jot adoptn by a same-sex uple was announced on 18 October 16Same-sex marriage be May 14, 2013, any same-sex civil unn n be nverted to marriage, acrdg to the Conselho Nacnal Jtiça (CNJ) 14Same-sex marriage be marriage be 13Right to change legal genr be legal, but requir Kong Supreme Court led that post-operative transsexuals uld change their legal genr for purpos cludg 7Servg openly ary be crime law allows LGBTQ+ dividuals to serve openly whout discrimatn the aryMay 1Same-sex marriage be civil Colorado General Assembly passed SB-11, the Colorado Civil Unn 24Blood donatns by MSMs be Chilean Health Mistry repeals the blood ban after a year of lobbyg by the untry's leadg LGBT anizatn, Chilean Homosexual Integratn and Liberatn Movement (MOVILH) 19Same-sex adoptn be 18Homosexual activy be the US Supreme Court and the Montana Supreme Court both led the law unnstutnal and unenforceable as early as 2003, remaed on the books until officially removed on 4/18/ 17Same-sex adoptn be legal.
Gay rights movement, civil rights movement that advot equal rights for LGBTQ persons—that is, for lbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenr persons, and queer persons—and lls for an end to discrimatn agast LGBTQ persons employment, cred, hog, public acmodatns, and other areas of life. * 2010 gay rights *
Homosexualy is not legal Lebanon as of 2023January 1Same-sex marriage be not 't legalLGBT discrimatn be no this time there is no discrimatn protectn at the State levelJanuarySame-sex adoptn be step-child adoptn step child adoptn n take placeRight to change legal genr be vari by a Feral standpot, you n change your genr wh proof that you have unrgone treatment for a genr change (surgery no longer required any agency as of June 2013)2012December 25Blood donatns by MSMs be legal.
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