This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1980.

Events

  • New York (in People v. Onofre) and Pennsylvania (in Commonwealth v. Bonadio) become the first U.S. states to hold same-sex sodomy laws unconstitutional. No other state's highest court will do so again until the Kentucky Supreme Court issues its holding in Kentucky v. Wasson in 1992.

January

  • 23 - Serving openly in the Colombian military becomes legal, however Sentence T-099 of the Colombian Supreme Court exempts trans women from serving.

June

  • 2 - The Canadian Union of Postal Workers ratify a federal government document that includes a no-discrimination clause protecting sexual orientation.

July

  • 5 — The Liberal Party of Canada adopts an official resolution to include sexual orientation in the Canadian Human Rights Act.
  • 7 - Vancouver's first gay TV program, Gayblevision, airs. After addressing the convention, Boozer withdraws himself from consideration. Boozer was separately nominated for the office by the Socialist Party USA.

September

  • 9 — The former municipality of Metropolitan Toronto passes a declaration about being an equal opportunity employer, but refuses to pass a stronger Metro Bill of Rights which explicitly includes sexual orientation.
  • 15 — At its first meeting, the subcommittee established by the Toronto Board of Education to explore the possibility of establishing a liaison with the gay community votes to disband.
  • 10 - Germany passes the Transsexuellengesetz, allowing trans people to change their legal gender only if they get surgery, sterilization, and divorce.
  • 18 — The Toronto Board of Education adopts a policy banning discrimination based on sexual orientation while adding a clause forbidding "proselytizing of homosexuality in the schools".

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See also

  • 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

  • Sears, Thomas James (2001). Rebels, Rubyfruit, and Rhinestones: Queering Space in the Stonewall South. Rutgers University Press. .
  • Shilts, Randy (1987). And the Band Played on: Politics, People, And the AIDS Epidemic. St. Martin's Press. .
  • Smith, Raymond A. and Donald P. Haider-Markel (2003). Gay and Lesbian Americans and Political Participation: A Reference Handbook. ABC-CLIO. .