This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1983.
Events
February
- In the 1983 by-election for the Bermondsey constituency in South London, Labour candidate Peter Tatchell loses a previously safe seat after a campaign dominated by attacks on his left-wing politics and homosexuality.
October
- 3 – In the United States, the AFL–CIO labor union votes to support gay rights legislation.
November
- 18 – New York governor Mario Cuomo signs an executive order banning public sexual orientation discrimination.
December
- 30 – Ohio governor Richard Celeste issues Executive Order 83-64, which prohibits discrimination in state employment on the basis of sexual orientation.
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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