1980 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 1980.
Events
- New York (in People v. Onofre) and Pennsylvania (in Commonwealth v. Bonadio) become the first U.S. states to hold same-sex sodomy laws unconstitutional. No other state's highest court will do so again until the Kentucky Supreme Court issues its holding in Kentucky v. Wasson in 1992.
June
- 3rd — Voters in San Jose and Santa Clara County, California vote to repeal the city and county gay rights ordinances.[1]
July
- 5th — The Liberal Party of Canada adopts an official resolution to include sexual orientation in the Canadian Human Rights Act.
- 31st — The Toronto Board of Education (since merged into the Toronto District School Board) votes to consider whether to establish a permanent liaison committee with the gay community.
August
- Mel Boozer is nominated by petition for the vice presidency of the United States at the 1980 Democratic National Convention.[2] After addressing the convention, Boozer withdraws himself from consideration.[3] Boozer was separately nominated for the office by the Socialist Party USA.[4]
September
- 9th — The former municipality of Metropolitan Toronto passes a declaration about being an equal opportunity employer, but refuses to pass a stronger Metro Bill of Rights which explicitly includes sexual orientation.
- 15th — At its first meeting, the subcommittee established by the Toronto Board of Education to explore the possibility of establishing a liaison with the gay community votes to disband.
- 18th — The Toronto Board of Education adopts a policy banning discrimination based on sexual orientation while adding a clause forbidding "proselytizing of homosexuality in the schools."
See also
- 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
- ^ "Income tax cut rejected by voters in California". The Kingman (AZ) Daily Miner. Associated Press. 1980-06-04. p. A3. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
- ^ Shilts, p. 32
- ^ Sears, p. 389
- ^ Smith, et al., p. 193
References
- Sears, Thomas James (2001). Rebels, Rubyfruit, and Rhinestones: Queering Space in the Stonewall South. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 0-8135-2964-6.
- Shilts, Randy (1987). And the Band Played on: Politics, People, And the AIDS Epidemic. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-00994-1.
- Smith, Raymond A. and Donald P. Haider-Markel (2003). Gay and Lesbian Americans and Political Participation: A Reference Handbook. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 1-57607-256-8.
