1983 in LGBTQ rights

none 1983 LGBT rights This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1983. Events 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 18 – New York governor Mario Cuomo signs an executive order banning public sexual orientation discrimination.http://www.buffalostate.edu/equity/documents/Orientation.doc https://web.archive.org/web/20070705050212/http://www.buffalostate.edu/equity/documents/Orientation.doc 2007-07-05 (Microsoft Word document) December 30 – Ohio governor Richard Celeste issues Executive Order 83-64, which prohibits discrimination in state employment on the basis of sexual orientation.http://www.danpinello.com/Greenwood.htm Greenwood v. Taft, Stettinius & Hollister Ohio Court of Appeals, First District 13 September 1995 23 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20101214134800/http://danpinello.com/Greenwood.htm 14 December 2010 dead See also LGBTQ 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 References Category:1980s in LGBTQ rights Category:1983 in LGBTQ history