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This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 2000. |
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* Voters in [[Maine]] reject a proposal to reinstate the ban on sexual orientation discrimination in the private sector, with 50.5 per cent against and 49.5 per cent for. |
* Voters in US state of [[Maine]] reject a proposal to reinstate the ban on sexual orientation discrimination in the private sector, with 50.5 per cent against and 49.5 per cent for. |
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===January=== |
===January=== |
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* 12 – The ban on lesbians and gay men serving in the United Kingdom armed forces is lifted.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/jan/13/richardnortontaylor |title=Forces Ban on Gays is Lifted |last=Norton-Taylor |first=Richard |date=January 12, 2000 |website=The Guardian |access-date=September 12, 2021}}</ref> |
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* [[12 January]] - the ban on lesbians and gay men serving in the [[United Kingdom]] armed forces is lifted. |
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===February=== |
===February=== |
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⚫ | * 14 – [[Jerrold Nadler]], congressman from New York, introduces the [[Permanent Partners Immigration Act]] (H.R 3650) in the [[United States Congress]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/106/hr3650 |title=H.R. 3650 (106th): Permanent Partners Immigration Act of 2000 |website=Govtrack |access-date=September 12, 2021}}</ref> |
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* 7 – California voters approve [[California Proposition 22 (2000)|Proposition 22]], a preemptive measure stating that California will not recognize same-sex marriages, even if the marriages took place in states that permitted them.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/03/03/prop.22/index.html |title='Prop 22' Social Referendum Grips California Voters |last=McCaleb |first=Ian Christopher |date=March 3, 2000 |website=CNN |access-date=September 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000817231017/https://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/03/03/prop.22/index.html |archive-date=August 17, 2000}}</ref> |
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* 15 – [[Equality Mississippi]] is formed in response to a hate-crime murder and attempts in the U.S. state to ban adoption by same-sex couples. |
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===April=== |
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* 28—30 – [[Millennium March on Washington]] in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/whose-millennium-march/ |title=Who's Millennium March? |last=Gamson |first=Joshua |date=March 30, 2000 |website=The Nation |access-date=February 23, 2021}}</ref> |
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*[[April 28]] to [[April 30]] - [[Millenium March on Washington]] in the United States. |
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===June=== |
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*21 – The [[Scottish Parliament|parliament]] of [[Scotland]] repeals [[Section 28]], the law that banned [[local authority|local authorities]] from "promoting homosexuality". It is the first part of the United Kingdom to do so.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/18238377.section-28-20-years-repeal-effects-still-felt/ |title=Section 28: 20 Years on from Repeal, Effects are Still Felt |last=Logan |first=Caitlin |date=February 16, 2020 |website=The National |access-date=September 12, 2021}}</ref> |
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*[[2 June]] - President [[Bill Clinton]] declares June "Gay & Lesbian Pride Month". <ref>{{cite news |title=Clinton Declares June 2000 Gay & Lesbian Pride Month|http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/blgaylesproc.htm}}</ref> |
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*[[21 June]] - The [[Scottish Parliament]] repeals [[Section 28]], the law that banned [[local authority|local authorities]] from "promoting homosexuality". It is the first part of the [[United Kingdom]] to do so. |
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** In the U.S. state of [[Vermont]], [[civil union]] law goes into effect, granting most state-level marriage rights to registered same-sex couples.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/26/us/vermont-gives-final-approval-to-same-sex-unions.html |title=Vermont Gives Final Approval to Same-Sex Unions |last=Goldberg |first=Carey |date=April 26, 2000 |website=The New York Times |access-date=September 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220060810/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/26/us/vermont-gives-final-approval-to-same-sex-unions.html |archive-date=December 20, 2013}}</ref> |
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** [[Mississippi]] becomes the third U.S. state to ban [[LGBT adoption|adoption by same-sex couples]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/04/01/federal-judge-voids-mississippi-ban-on-same-sex-couple-adoptions/ |title=Federal Judge Voids Mississippi Ban on Same-Sex Couple Adoptions |last=Barbash |first=Fred |date=April 1, 2016 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=September 12, 2021}}</ref> |
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* July 1 - [[Mississippi]] became the third state to ban [[adoption]] by same-sex couples. |
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⚫ | * [[Montana]] governor [[Marc Racicot]] issues an executive order banning sexual orientation discrimination in the public sector.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pridelegal.com/montana-lgbt-laws/ |title=Montana LGBT Laws |website=Pride Legal |access-date=September 12, 2021}}</ref> |
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⚫ | * The [[Connecticut]] Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, in ''In re John/Jane Doe'', rules that gender identity discrimination is included in the existing ban on sex discrimination in the private sector.<ref>{{Cite web |
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| title = In re John/Jane Doe |
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| publisher = [[Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders]] |
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| date = December 1, 2000 |
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| url = http://www.glad.org/work/cases/in-re-john-jane-doe/ |
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| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110724135722/http://www.glad.org/work/cases/in-re-john-jane-doe/ |
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===December=== |
===December=== |
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* The [[age of consent]] across the United Kingdom is [[Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000|equalised at 16]]. Previously, the age of consent was 18 for homosexual acts and 16 for heterosexual acts. The equalisation took place after a long struggle, in which the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour party]] eventually invoked the [[Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949]] after the [[House of Lords]] repeatedly blocked the bill. <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z99whyc/revision/2#:~:text=The%20Sexual%20Offences%20(Amendment)%20Act,Order%20was%20passed%20in%202008. |title=What is the legal age of consent for sexual relationships? |date=2012 |website=BBC |access-date=February 23, 2021}}</ref> |
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⚫ | *[[Tom Vilsack]], governor of the U.S. state of [[Iowa]], rescinds an executive order he issued in 1999 banning discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in the public sector.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://pridelegal.com/iowa-lgbt-laws/ |title=Iowa LGBT Laws |access-date=February 23, 2021 |website=Pride Legal Law at Your Command}}</ref> Vilsack would later reinstate the order for sexual orientation only. |
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* 15 – [[Delaware]] governor [[Thomas Carper]] issues an executive order banning sexual orientation discrimination in the public sector.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Du Pont |url=http://www.dupontbglad.com/Library/Newsletters/n0601.pdf |title=BGLAD Newsletter |date=June 2001 |access-date=September 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207085053/http://www.dupontbglad.com/Library/Newsletters/n0601.pdf |archive-date=February 7, 2012}}</ref> |
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* December - The [[age of consent]] in the [[United Kingdom]] is equalised at 16 in all cases (previously it had been 18 for sex between males and 16 for sex between males and females). The equalisation took place after a long struggle, in which the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] eventually invoked the [[Parliament Act]] due to repeated [[House of Lords]] opposition. See: [[Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000]]. |
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* December 18 – [[Hal Call]], American businessman and [[homophile movement|homophile]] leader ([[Mattachine Society]]).<ref>{{Cite news |
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| newspaper = [[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]] |
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{{Portal|LGBT}} |
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*[[Timeline of LGBT history]] – timeline of events from 12,000 BCE to present |
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* [[December 15]] - [[Delaware]] governor [[Thomas Carper]], a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]], issues an executive order banning sexual orientation discriminiation in the public sector.<ref>http://www.dupontbglad.com/Library/Newsletters/n0601.pdf (Adobe Acrobat format)</ref> |
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*[[LGBT rights by country or territory]] – current legal status around the world |
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*[[LGBT social movements]] |
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* [[Timeline of LGBT history]]. |
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* [[Table of years in LGBT rights]]. |
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* [[1925 in LGBT rights]] - [[1934 in LGBT rights]] |
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* [[1943 in LGBT rights]] - [[1969 in LGBT rights]] ([[Stonewall riots|Stonewall]]) |
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* [[1980 in LGBT rights]]. |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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* [http://www.advocate.com Web site for Advocate news magazine] |
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* [http://www.365gay.com 365gay.com] |
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* [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] |
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*[http://www.datalounge.com/datalounge/issues/index.html?storyline=275 UK age of consent timeline] |
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*[http://www.stonewall.org.uk/stonewall/information_bank/armed_forces/index.html Stonewall's page on the armed forces ban being lifted] |
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== References == |
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