1992 in LGBT rights 493235 188965349 2008-02-04T05:07:05Z DumZiBoT 6085301 Bot: Converting [[User:DumZiBoT/refLinks|bare references]] {{Year nav topic2|1992|LGBT rights}} {{gay rights}} ==Events== * The [[World Health Organisation]] declassifies [[homosexuality]] as a [[mental illness]] in the latest edition of its list of diseases and health problems, the [[ICD|ICD-10]]. * [[California]] bans sexual orientation discrimination in the private sector. <ref>[http://www.ibiblio.org/gaylaw/issue3/mison.html The National Journal of Sexual Orientation Law<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * [[Vermont]] bans sexual orientation discrimination in the private sector.<ref>[http://www.counseling.org/PublicPolicy/PositionPapers.aspx?AGuid=5cc5633a-a87c-4782-b6b7-40845047dd10 Current Issues<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * [[New Jersey]] bans sexual orientation discrimination in the private sector. <ref>[http://www.counseling.org/PublicPolicy/PositionPapers.aspx?AGuid=5cc5633a-a87c-4782-b6b7-40845047dd10 Current Issues<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * [[Oregon]]'s Measure 8, [[1988 in LGBT rights|approved in a referendum in 1988]], is ruled unconstitutional by the [[Oregon Court of Appeals]] in the case known as Merrick v. Board of Higher Education, meaning that the 1988 executive order banning public-sector sexual orientation stands.<ref>[http://law.jrank.org/pages/7092/Gay-Lesbian-Rights-Backlash.html Gay and Lesbian Rights - Backlash<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * The [[Phoenix City Council|City Council]] of [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]], [[Arizona]] prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation in the private sector. * [[San Mateo County, California|San Mateo County]], [[California]] bans employment discrimination based on sexual orientation in the private sector. ===June=== * The [[Lesbian Avengers]], a [[direct action]] group, is founded in [[New York City]] by activists from [[AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power|ACT-UP]]. ===September=== * [[September 24]] - [[Kentucky]] becomes the fifth state to hold that laws criminalizing same-sex sodomy are unconstitutional when the [[Kentucky Supreme Court]] issues its holding in [[Kentucky v. Wasson]]. The decision, based on the rights of privacy and equal protection under the [[Kentucky Constitution]], explicitly and boldly yet accurately predicts that other jurisdictions and the nation as a whole will eventually reach the same conclusion. === October === * [[October 27]]: ** The [[Federal Court of Canada]] orders the Canadian military to discontinue discriminating against gays. === November === * [[November 3]] - Voters in [[Colorado]] approve Amendment 2 by 53 percent. The amendment, later the subject of a [[Romer v. Evans|United States Supreme Court ruling]], prohibited sexual orientation discrimination bans in Colorado. The amendment would never go into effect as it is soon challenged in court. * November 3 - [[Oregon Ballot Measure 9 (1992)]] is defeated in a referendum. The measure would have prohibited sexual orientation discrimination bans in Oregon.<ref>[http://cultronix.eserver.org/kent/ "Abnormal, Wrong, Unnatural and Perverse:" Taking the Measure (9) of the Closet<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * [[November 5]]: ** A clause prohibiting anti-gay verbal abuse in schools is repealed by the [[Fairfax County, Virginia|Fairfax County]], [[Virginia]] board of education out of concerns that it promotes homosexuality. ==Births== ==Deaths== ==External links== * [http://www.advocate.com Web site for Advocate news magazine] * [http://www.365gay.com 365gay.com] * [http://news.google.com/news?as_q=&svnum=10&as_scoring=r&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=gay+lesbian+bisexual+transgender+homosexual&as_eq=&as_nsrc=&as_nloc=&as_occt=any&as_drrb=q&as_qdr=&as_minm=1&as_mind=20&as_maxm=2&as_maxd=19 Google search for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender news] ==References== <references/> [[Category:1992|LGBT rights]] [[Category:LGBT rights by year]] [[Category:Years in LGBT rights]]