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1991 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 1991.

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Events

  • U.S. state of Connecticut bans sexual orientation discrimination in the private sector.
  • U.S. state of Hawaii bans sexual orientation discrimination in the private sector.

    • January

  • 29 — Minnesota governor Arne Carlson issues an executive order banning sexual orientation discrimination in the public sector.

    • May

  • 1 — Three same-sex couples file suit in Hawaii alleging that the state constitution guarantees their right to marry.
  • 19 — The Executive Council of Hong Kong votes to decriminalize homosexuality.

    • August

  • 16 — New Jersey governor James Florio issues an executive order prohibiting sexual orientation discrimination in the public sector.

    • December

  • 17 — The Minnesota Court of Appeals, overturning a lower court ruling in In re Guardianship of Kowalski, awards guardianship of Sharon Kowalski, brain-damaged in an accident eight years earlier, to her lesbian partner Karen Thompson.

    • References

    1991 in LGBT rights Wikipedia
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