1980 in LGBTQ rights

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)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Pennsylvania (in Commonwealth v. Bonadio)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

January

• 23 - Serving openly in the Colombian military becomes legal, however Sentence T-099 of the Colombian Supreme Court exempts trans women from serving.<ref name="equaldex" />

February

• 1 - Gay Asians of Toronto is founded by Richard Fung.<ref name="encyclopedia">Template:Cite web</ref>

June

• 2 - The Canadian Union of Postal Workers ratify a federal government document that includes a no-discrimination clause protecting sexual orientation.<ref name="encyclopedia" />
• 3 — Voters in San Jose and Santa Clara County, California, vote to repeal the city and county gay rights ordinances.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

July

• 5 — The Liberal Party of Canada adopts an official resolution to include sexual orientation in the Canadian Human Rights Act.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 7 - Vancouver's first gay TV program, Gayblevision, airs.<ref name="encyclopedia" />
• 31 — The Toronto Board of Education (since merged into the Toronto District School Board) votes to consider whether to establish a permanent liaison committee with the gay community.

August

• Mel Boozer is nominated by petition for the vice presidency of the United States at the 1980 Democratic National Convention.<ref>Shilts, p. 32</ref> After addressing the convention, Boozer withdraws himself from consideration.<ref>Sears, p. 389</ref> Boozer was separately nominated for the office by the Socialist Party USA.<ref>Smith, et al., p. 193</ref>

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.<ref name="equaldex">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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

References

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