1986 in gay rights
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See also: 1985 in gay rights, other events of 1986, 1987 in gay rights and the list of 'years in gay rights'
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Events
- In New Zealand the Homosexual Law Reform Act made the age of consent for sexual acts between two men the same as that for between a man and a women, 16.
June
- June 30 - The U.S. Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of a Georgia sodomy law in Bowers v. Hardwick.
August
- August 9 - The second Gay Games, Triumph '86, kicks off in San Francisco, California with 3,500 participants.
October
- October 9 - E. Otis Charles, the 67-year-old retired Episcopal bishop of Utah comes out as a gay man.
- October 22 - In the battle against AIDS U.S. Atorney General C. Everett Koop publishes first government publications for the public on gay safe sex practices.
Births
Deaths
- May 30 - Perry Ellis, 46, fashion designer
- December 24 - John John Damien, 53, professional race car driver
- December 28 - Terry Dolan, 36, anti-gay activist from AIDS-related illness
External links
- Web site for Advocate news magazine (http://www.advocate.com)
- 365gay.com (http://www.365gay.com)
- Google search for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender news (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)