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1991 in LGBTQ rights
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1991 LGBT rightsThis is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1991.
Events
U.S. state of Connecticut bans sexual orientation discrimination in the private sector.http://www.ilga.info/Information/Legal_survey/list_of_international_treaties.htm Laws Prohibiting Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation 2007-06-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20070609224946/http://www.ilga.info/Information/Legal_survey/list_of_international_treaties.htm 2007-06-09 dead
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.http://www.leg.mn/archive/execorders/91-04.pdf (Adobe Acrobat format)
April
16 — The United Kingdom Department of Health issued guidance banning social workers from allowing gay couples to become foster parents.Homosexual fostering policies banned Pallot Peter 17 April 1991 The Daily Telegraph 42242 1
May
1 — Three same-sex couples file suit in Hawaii alleging that the state constitution guarantees their right to marry.Eskridge, p. 4
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.Executive Order #39
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.Lewin Tamar Disabled Woman's Care Given to Lesbian Partner https://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/18/us/disabled-woman-s-care-given-to-lesbian-partner.html April 5, 2015 New York Times December 18, 1991
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
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. 0-684-82404-3.
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