1980 in LGBTQ rights

none July 2010 1980 LGBT rights 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)https://history.nycourts.gov/garfinkel_resources/people-v-onofre/ People v. Onofre Historical Society of the New York Courts March 4, 2021 and Pennsylvania (in Commonwealth v. Bonadio)https://law.justia.com/cases/pennsylvania/supreme-court/1980/490-pa-91-0.html Com. v. Bonadio Justia March 4, 2021 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.https://www.apa.org/about/offices/ogc/amicus/wasson Kentucky v Wasson American Psychological Association March 4, 2021 January 23 - Serving openly in the Colombian military becomes legal, however Sentence T-099 of the Colombian Supreme Court exempts trans women from serving. February 1 - Gay Asians of Toronto is founded by Richard Fung.https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/timeline/lgbtq2 2SLGBTQ+ History The Canadian Encyclopedia August 15, 2025 June 2 - The Canadian Union of Postal Workers ratify a federal government document that includes a no-discrimination clause protecting sexual orientation. 3 — Voters in San Jose and Santa Clara County, California, vote to repeal the city and county gay rights ordinances.Income tax cut rejected by voters in California The Wingman (AZ) Daily Miner A3 Associated Press 1980-06-04 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PiALAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vFIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6983,3228938&dq=santa-clara-county+gay+ballot 2009-09-01 July 5 — The Liberal Party of Canada adopts an official resolution to include sexual orientation in the Canadian Human Rights Act.https://dredf.org/legal-advocacy/international-disability-rights/international-laws/canadian-human-rights-act/ Canadian Human Rights Act Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund 11 September 2012 March 4, 2021 7 - Vancouver's first gay TV program, Gayblevision, airs. 31 — 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.Shilts, p. 32 After addressing the convention, Boozer withdraws himself from consideration.Sears, p. 389 Boozer was separately nominated for the office by the Socialist Party USA.Smith, et al., p. 193 September 9 — 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. 15 — 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. 10 - Germany passes the Transsexuellengesetz, allowing trans people to change their legal gender only if they get surgery, sterilization, and divorce.https://www.equaldex.com/timeline/1980 1980 in LGBT Rights Equaldex August 15, 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250505170553/https://www.equaldex.com/timeline/1980 May 5, 2025 18 — 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".http://www.thelavendereffect.org/2013/09/18/september-18-in-lgbtq-history/ September 18 in LGBTQ History Annetta Michael September 18, 2013 The Lavender Effect March 5, 2021 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 Sears, Thomas James (2001). Rebels, Rubyfruit, and Rhinestones: Queering Space in the Stonewall South. Rutgers University Press. 0-8135-2964-6. Shilts, Randy (1987). And the Band Played on: Politics, People, And the AIDS Epidemic. St. Martin's Press. 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. 1-57607-256-8. Category:1980s in LGBTQ rights Category:1980 in LGBTQ history