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1983 in LGBT rights

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This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1983.

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February

  • In the 1983 by-election for the Bermondsey constituency in South London, Labour candidate Peter Tatchell loses a previously safe seat after a campaign dominated by attacks on his left-wing politics and homosexuality.

    • October

  • 3 — In the United States, the AFL-CIO labor union votes to support gay rights legislation.

    • November

  • New York governor Mario Cuomo issues an executive order banning public sexual orientation discrimination.

    • December

  • 30 — Ohio governor Richard Celeste issues Executive Order 83-64, which prohibits discrimination in state employment on the basis of sexual orientation.

    • References

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