1993 in LGBTQ rights

This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1993.

Events

• Sodomy laws in the Republic of Ireland are repealed.
• Minnesota bans private-sector discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, becoming the first U.S. state to enact a law addressing transgender civil rights.^[1]

January

• 15 – In U.S. state of Colorado, district court judge Jeffrey Bayless issues a temporary injunction in Romer v. Evans, preventing Amendment 2 from becoming part of the state constitution.

April

• 25 – Third gay rights march on Washington, D.C., the March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation draws an estimated 1,000,000 participants.^[2][3]

• 29 - Russia decriminalized homosexual relationships.^[4][5]

May

• 5 – In Baehr v. Lewin, the Hawaii Supreme Court rules that denying marriage licenses to same-sex couples constitutes discrimination based on sex under the Hawaii Constitution. The court remands the case to the trial court to determine whether the state had a "compelling" state interest in barring such marriages.^[6][7]

July

• 19 – Colorado's Supreme Court upholds an injunction issued by a district court in January against Amendment 2 and sends it back to the district court to be scrutinized.

August

• 10 - New Zealand passes their Human Rights Act.^[8][9]

September

• 19 – The Hamilton Square Baptist Church protests break out in San Francisco.^[10]

October

• 1 – A court orders the federal government of Canada to grant a gay federal worker spousal and bereavement benefits equal to those heterosexual employees receive.
• 7 – In the United States, the AFL–CIO labor union passes a resolution to oppose the repeal of gay rights laws.

November

• 2 – Voters in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Lewiston, Maine, repeal bans on discrimination based on homosexual orientation.^[11][12]
• 30 – Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Pursue, Don't Harass policy goes into effect in the United States armed forces.^[13]

December

• 3 – The state senate of Massachusetts passes a bill that protects the civil rights of lesbian and gay students in public schools.
• 14 – In Colorado, district court judge Jeffrey Bayless rules Amendment 2 unconstitutional.^[14]

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