1985 in LGBTQ rights

none 1985 LGBT rights This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1985. Events France prohibits discrimination based on lifestyle ("moeurs"), including homosexuality, in employment and services, public and private.IGLHRC report https://web.archive.org/web/20060218094346/http://www.iglhrc.org/files/iglhrc/reports/990604-antidis.pdf February 18, 2006 March 26 — The Supreme Court of the United States, being divided 4—4, affirms the ruling of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals which struck down an Oklahoma state law allowing teachers to be fired for "advocating, soliciting, imposing, encouraging or promoting public or private homosexual activity in a manner that creates a substantial risk that such conduct will come to the attention of school children or school employees". Board of Education of Oklahoma City v. National Gay Task Force 470 US 903 United States Supreme Court 03-26-1985 http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=470&invol=903 https://web.archive.org/web/20200328151406/https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/470/903.html 28 March 2020 live The appellate court found that the law infringed on First Amendment guarantees of free speech. National Gay Task Force v. Board of Education of the City of Oklahoma City 729 F.2d 1270 United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit 03-14-1984 http://www.danpinello.com/NGTF.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20210419022753/http://www.danpinello.com/NGTF.htm 14 April 2021 dead April 1 Harvey Milk High School holds its first classes in New York City. Governor Toney Anaya of New Mexico issues an executive order banning public-sector sexual orientation discrimination. New Mexico Non-Discrimination Law Human Rights Campaign http://www.hrc.org/laws_and_elections/1525.htm 2010-07-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20110614060420/http://www.hrc.org/laws_and_elections/1525.htm 2011-06-14 dead May 12 — The first memorial to the LGBT victims of the Nazis, a pink granite stone monument at the former Neuengamme concentration camp inscribed "Dedicated to the Homosexual victims of National Socialism, 1985", is unveiled. 21 — The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Hardwick v. Bowers strikes down the state of Georgia's sodomy law as unconstitutional. Hardwick v. Bowers 760 F.2nd 1202 United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit 05-21-1985 August 26 — The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reverses the lower court in Baker v. Wade, finding no constitutional violation in the sodomy law of Texas. Two months later the Court refused plaintiff Donald Baker's request for a rehearing. Baker v. Wade 769 F.2nd 289 United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit 08-26-1985 September 30 — A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in a 2—1 opinion written by Anthony Kennedy, affirms in the case of Adams v. Howerton that the Immigration and Naturalization Service did not abuse its authority when it refused to recognize the marriage of Australian Anthony Sullivan and Richard Adams, under a license issued by Boulder County, Colorado, in 1975, for purposes of Sullivan's immigration.Murdoch and Price, p. 223 The couple leave the United States but eventually return, with Sullivan living as an illegal alien. Caldwell John Legally wed in Colorado, 1975 The Advocate 30–1 2004-03-30 https://books.google.com/books?id=12QEAAAAMBAJ&q=clela+rorex&pg=PA25 2010-07-19 October 4 — First openly gay member of parliament elected in West Germany. 8 — Austin Latino/a Lesbian and Gay Organization (ALLGO) is formed in Austin, Texas. 9 — New York City mayor Ed Koch asks the American Legion's Veterans Day parade to allow gay veterans to march. He is ignored. 21 — Dan White, assassin of Harvey Milk and San Francisco mayor George Moscone, dies by suicide. November 5 — San Francisco extends anti-discrimination protection to people with AIDS. 13 — Margaret Roff is elected mayor of Manchester, becoming the first openly lesbian mayor in the United Kingdom. December 24 — Governor Booth Gardner of Washington issues an executive order banning public-sector sexual orientation discrimination.Executive Order 85-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20120206031839/http://www.governor.wa.gov/execorders/eoarchive/eo85-09.htm February 6, 2012 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 Murdoch, Joyce and Deb Price (2001). Courting Justice: Gay Men and Lesbians v. the Supreme Court. New York, Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group. 0-456-01513-2 Category:1980s in LGBTQ rights Category:1985 in LGBTQ history