1984 in LGBTQ rights

This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1984.

Events

• Laguna Beach, California, prohibits employment discrimination based on sexual orientation in the private sector.
• Oakland, California, prohibits employment discrimination based on sexual orientation in the private sector.
• In Australia, homosexual acts between consenting adults are decriminalized in New South Wales and the Northern Territory.

March

• 14 — The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in National Gay Task Force v. Board of Education of the City of Oklahoma City rules that a statute 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" is facially overbroad and infringes on First Amendment rights.^[1]

November

• 10 — In the United Kingdom, Chris Smith comes out as gay, becoming the first openly gay member of the House of Commons.
• 29 — West Hollywood, California, approves a gay rights ordinance.^[2]

December

• 5 — Berkeley, California, extends domestic partnership benefits to the same-sex partners of city employees.^[3]

See also

• LGBTQ portal

• 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