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* 25 – Third [[gay rights]] march on [[Washington, D.C.]], the [[March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation]] draws an estimated 1,000,000 participants. | * 25 – Third [[gay rights]] march on [[Washington, D.C.]], the [[March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation]] draws an estimated 1,000,000 participants.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/26/us/march-for-gay-rights-gay-marchers-throng-mall-in-appeal-for-rights.html |title=March for gay rights; gay marchers throng mall in appeal for rights |last=Schmaltz |first=Jeffrey |date=April 26, 1993 |website=The New York Times |access-date=June 4, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325205308/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/26/us/march-for-gay-rights-gay-marchers-throng-mall-in-appeal-for-rights.html |archive-date=March 25, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://speakoutsocialists.org/30-years-after-lgbtq-march-on-washington-we-are-still-fighting-for-freedom/ |title=30 years after LGBTQ march on Washington: we are still fighting for freedom |date=April 24, 2023 |website=Speak Out Socialists |access-date=June 4, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604110613/https://speakoutsocialists.org/30-years-after-lgbtq-march-on-washington-we-are-still-fighting-for-freedom/ |archive-date=June 4, 2023}}</ref> | ||
* 29 - [[Russia]] decriminalized homosexual relationships.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-05-29-mn-41287-story.html |title=Russia revokes law punishing gay sex |last=Dahlburg |first=John-Thor |date=May 29, 1993 |website=The LA Times |access-date=June 4, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104141636/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-05-29-mn-41287-story.html |archive-date=January 4, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.globalequality.org/component/content/article/1-in-the-news/186-the-facts-on-lgbt-rights-in-russia |title=The facts on LGBT rights in Russia |website=The Council for Global Equality |access-date=June 4, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327134506/https://www.globalequality.org/component/content/article/1-in-the-news/186-the-facts-on-lgbt-rights-in-russia |archive-date=March 27, 2019}}</ref> | |||
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=== July === | === July === | ||
* 19 – Colorado's Supreme Court upholds an injunction issued by a district court in January against Amendment 2 and sends it back to the district court to be scrutinized. | * 19 – Colorado's Supreme Court upholds an injunction issued by a district court in January against Amendment 2 and sends it back to the district court to be scrutinized. | ||
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* 10 - New Zealand passes their Human Rights Act.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1993/0082/latest/dlm304212.html |title=Human Rights Act 1993 |date=August 10, 1993 |publisher=New Zealand Legislation |access-date=June 4, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081021014304/https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1993/0082/latest/dlm304212.html |archive-date=October 21, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://tikatangata.org.nz/human-rights-in-aotearoa/rights-of-sexual-and-gender-minorities |title=Rights of Sexual and Gender Minorities |website=Human Rights Commission}}</ref> | |||
===September=== | ===September=== | ||
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===November=== | ===November=== | ||
* 2 – Voters in [[Cincinnati, Ohio]], and [[Lewiston, Maine]], repeal bans on discrimination based on homosexual orientation.<ref>{{Cite news | * 2 – Voters in [[Cincinnati, Ohio]], and [[Lewiston, Maine]], repeal bans on discrimination based on homosexual orientation.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1993/10/30/challenge-to-gay-rights/754f5bb4-3f62-4851-b38e-d1279db87a0b/ |title=Challenge to gay rights |last=Walsh |first=Edward |date=October 29, 1993 |website=The Washington Post |access-date=June 4, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429224510/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1993/10/30/challenge-to-gay-rights/754f5bb4-3f62-4851-b38e-d1279db87a0b/ |archive-date=April 29, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1046&context=nln_communique |title=Non-discrimination statute repealed by voters |last=Harrison |first=Dick |date=November 1993 |publisher=Communique |access-date=June 4, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920095835/https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1046&context=nln_communique |archive-date=September 20, 2024}}</ref> | ||
* 30 – ''[[Don't ask, don't tell|Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Pursue, Don't Harass]]'' policy goes into effect in the [[Military of the United States|United States armed forces]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://library.law.howard.edu/civilrightshistory/lgbtq/90s |title=A brief history of civil rights in the United States: the 1990s, "don't ask, don't tell", and DOMA |website=Howard University |access-date=June 4, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205105116/https://library.law.howard.edu/civilrightshistory/lgbtq/90s |archive-date=December 5, 2020}}</ref> | |||
* 30 – ''[[Don't ask, don't tell|Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Pursue, Don't Harass]]'' policy goes into effect in the [[Military of the United States|United States armed forces]]. | |||
=== December === | === December === | ||
Latest revision as of 21:54, 4 June 2025
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This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1993.
Events
- Sodomy laws in the Republic of Ireland are repealed.
- Minnesota bans private-sector discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, becoming the first U.S. state to enact a law addressing transgender civil rights.[1]
January
- 15 – In U.S. state of Colorado, district court judge Jeffrey Bayless issues a temporary injunction in Romer v. Evans, preventing Amendment 2 from becoming part of the state constitution.
April
- 25 – Third gay rights march on Washington, D.C., the March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation draws an estimated 1,000,000 participants.[2][3]
May
- 5 – In Baehr v. Lewin, the Hawaii Supreme Court rules that denying marriage licenses to same-sex couples constitutes discrimination based on sex under the Hawaii Constitution. The court remands the case to the trial court to determine whether the state had a "compelling" state interest in barring such marriages.[6][7]
July
- 19 – Colorado's Supreme Court upholds an injunction issued by a district court in January against Amendment 2 and sends it back to the district court to be scrutinized.
August
September
- 19 – The Hamilton Square Baptist Church protests break out in San Francisco.[10]
October
- 1 – A court orders the federal government of Canada to grant a gay federal worker spousal and bereavement benefits equal to those heterosexual employees receive.
- 7 – In the United States, the AFL–CIO labor union passes a resolution to oppose the repeal of gay rights laws.
November
- 2 – Voters in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Lewiston, Maine, repeal bans on discrimination based on homosexual orientation.[11][12]
- 30 – Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Pursue, Don't Harass policy goes into effect in the United States armed forces.[13]
December
- 3 – The state senate of Massachusetts passes a bill that protects the civil rights of lesbian and gay students in public schools.
- 14 – In Colorado, district court judge Jeffrey Bayless rules Amendment 2 unconstitutional.[14]
See also
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- Timeline of LGBT history – timeline of events from 12,000 BCE to present
- LGBT rights by country or territory – current legal status around the world
- LGBT social movements
Notes
References
- Eskridge, Jr., William N. (1996). The Case for Same-Sex Marriage: From Sexual Liberty to Civilized Commitment. New York City, The Free Press, a Division of Simon & Schuster. Template:ISBN.
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