2003 in LGBT rights

This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 2003.

List of years in LGBT rights (table)

Events

  • US state of California bans gender identity discrimination in the private sector.[1]
  • US state of New Mexico bans discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in the private sector.[2]
  • Publication of Louis Crompton's 648-page, world-spanning study Homosexuality & Civilization by Harvard University Press. (ISBN 0-674-01197-X)

January

  • 30 — In Belgium, legislation to allow same-sex couples to marry becomes active. Because of Belgian requirements for marriage, it will take until June before the first same-sex marriages are actually performed. The legal rights are not completely equal to opposite-sex marriage because couples lack adoption rights.

March

  • 13 — In the United States, The Census Bureau releases figures showing that 34.3 percent of households headed by lesbian couples, and 22.3 percent of those headed by gay male couples are raising children. The report also shows that 99.3 percent of counties in the U.S. have households headed by same-sex couples.[3]
  • 24 — New Mexico governor Bill Richardson signs the New Mexico Hate Crimes Act, establishing enhanced penalties for hate crimes, including anti-gay hate crimes.

May

June

July

August

United Nations Human Rights Committee decides the case Young v. Australia, concerning pension rights of surviving partner.[11]

September

October

  • 27 — Statistics from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation show that 16.7 percent of hate crimes committed in the country in 2002 were due to bias against the victim's perceived sexual orientation, the highest rate in the 12 years federal records have been kept.
  • 29 — A Human Rights Campaign study shows 60 percent of American adoption agencies accept applications from gay and lesbian couples and 40 percent claim to have placed children in homes headed by same-sex couples.

November

December

Deaths

See also

References

  1. "Assemblyman Mark Leno's Gender Identity Bill Signed By Governor Davis". Archived from the original on June 12, 2007. Retrieved June 13, 2007.
  2. "Farmington NM Gay Men". Archived from the original on October 31, 2007. Retrieved June 13, 2007.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2019.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "HRC | Page Not Found". Archived from the original on February 5, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2019. Cite uses generic title (help)
  5. http://www.azsos.gov/aar/2003/37/governor.pdf Archived June 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (Adobe Acrobat formet)
  6. Limon v. Kansas, [openjurist.org/539/us/955/limon-v-kansas-02-583 539 US 955] (Supreme Court of the United States June 27, 2003).
  7. "Gay rights case voids 17-year term for teen". The St. Petersburg Times. St. Petersburg, Florida: The Washington Post. June 28, 2003. p. 10A. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
  8. OA: 2003–10 Equal Employment Opportunity
  9. Nadler, Jerrold (March 6, 2003). "H.R.832 - 108th Congress (2003-2004): Permanent Partners Immigration Act of 2003". www.congress.gov. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
  10. Leahy, Patrick J. (July 31, 2003). "S.1510 - 108th Congress (2003-2004): Permanent Partners Immigration Act of 2003". www.congress.gov. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
  11. "University of Minnesota Human Rights Library". hrlibrary.umn.edu. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
  12. LAVOIE, DENISE (November 16, 2013). "A Decade After Massachusetts' Landmark Gay Marriage Ruling, The Gains Are Clear". Huffington Post. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  13. http://www.qrd.org/qrd/www/legal/lgln/01.2004.pdf (Adobe Acrobat format)
  14. "Transitions". The Advocate. February 17, 2004. p. 17.
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