1991 in LGBTQ rights

Template:Short description Template:Year topic navigationThis is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1991.

Events

• U.S. state of Connecticut bans sexual orientation discrimination in the private sector.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• U.S. state of Hawaii bans sexual orientation discrimination in the private sector.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

January

• 29 — Minnesota governor Arne Carlson issues an executive order banning sexual orientation discrimination in the public sector.<ref>http://www.leg.mn/archive/execorders/91-04.pdf (Adobe Acrobat format)</ref>

April

• 16 — The United Kingdom Department of Health issued guidance banning social workers from allowing gay couples to become foster parents.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

May

• 1 — Three same-sex couples file suit in Hawaii alleging that the state constitution guarantees their right to marry.<ref>Eskridge, p. 4</ref>
• 19 — The Executive Council of Hong Kong votes to decriminalize homosexuality.

August

• 16 — New Jersey governor James Florio issues an executive order prohibiting sexual orientation discrimination in the public sector.<ref>Executive Order #39</ref>

December

• 17 — The Minnesota Court of Appeals, overturning a lower court ruling in In re Guardianship of Kowalski, awards guardianship of Sharon Kowalski, brain-damaged in an accident eight years earlier, to her lesbian partner Karen Thompson.<ref>Template:Cite news</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

• Eskridge Jr., William N. (1996). The Case for Same-Sex Marriage: From Sexual Liberty to Civilized Commitment. New York City, The Free Press, a Division of Simon & Schuster. Template:ISBN.