This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1985.
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- France prohibits discrimination based on lifestyle ("moeurs"), including homosexuality, in employment and services, public and private.[1]
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- 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".[2] The appellate court found that the law infringed on First Amendment guarantees of free speech.[3]
Board of Education of Oklahoma City v. National Gay Task Force, 470 US 903 (United States Supreme Court 03-26-1985), archived from the original on 28 March 2020.
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), archived from the original on 14 April 2021.
Murdoch and Price, p. 223
- 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. ISBN 0-456-01513-2