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.
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GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
1990s 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. * lgbt history 1990s *
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 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 1Equal age of nsent be 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 form of homosexualy that is illegal is non-nsensual homosexual terurseFebary 1LGBT hog discrimatn be sexual orientatn 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.
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(date unknown)Same-sex marriage be other type of 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 marriage be 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.
Christa B. Hanhardt Among the first lsons stctors teach lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr (LGBT) history class is about the changg fns and of the word queer. Up through the neteenth century the word was primarily ed to mark dividuals nsired odd or outsi social norms. Queer rried particular currency sndal om the * lgbt history 1990s *
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As well homosexualy is currently hog discrimatn be no employment discrimatn be no discrimatn be no anti-discrimatn provisn the nstutn do not even mentn "and all other reasons", allowg discrimatn based on sexual orientatns and genr inti altogether. Homosexualy was crimalised by the Sexual Offenc Act 10Equal age of nsent be of nsent is equal and is set at 20LGBT hog discrimatn be no protectn is afford for neher genr inty or sexual orientatnLGBT employment discrimatn be no protectn is afford specifilly for sexual orientatn or genr intyMay 18LGBT hog discrimatn be no protectns. For Israeli cizens the Occupied Wt Bank; Employment, Hate Speech and Good & Servic Discrimatns age of nsent be Sexual Offenc Act 1992 crimalised homosexual activy but set the age of nsent for same sex male upl to 21, which was rced to 18 2001 by the Crimal Jtice Act 2001, pared to 16 for heterosexual upl.