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1986 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 1986.

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Events

  • In New Zealand, the Homosexual Law Reform Act equalizes the age of consent for homosexual acts to 16, the legal age for heterosexual acts.
  • Davis, California, prohibits employment discrimination based on sexual orientation in the private sector.
  • Sacramento, California, prohibits employment discrimination based on sexual orientation in the private sector.

    • March

  • 20 — New York City passes its first anti-discrimination bill.

    • June

  • 30 — The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the constitutionality of the Georgia state sodomy law in Bowers v. Hardwick.

    • July

  • 7 — The United States Supreme Court denies certiorari in the case of Baker v. Wade, a constitutional challenge to the sodomy law of Texas.

    • October

  • 22 — In the battle against AIDS, Surgeon General of the United States C. Everett Koop, publishes first government publications for the public on gay safer sex practices.

    • December

  • 11 — Austin, Texas passes an ordinance that prohibits discrimination against people with HIV or AIDS.

    • Deaths

  • December 28 — Terry Dolan, U.S. activist against gay rights and closeted gay man, dies at 36 from an AIDS-related illness.

    • References

    1986 in LGBT rights Wikipedia
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