1989 in gay rights
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See also: 1988 in gay rights, other events of 1989, 1990 in gay rights and the list of 'years in gay rights'
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Events
- Stonewall, the major UK lobbying group for the rights of lesbians and gay men, is founded.
- In East Germany, Article 151 was deleted from the penal code. Homosexuality and heterosexuality were then treated equally with an age of consent of 14.
June
- June 7 - Denmark creates registered partnerships, a form of civil union for same-sex couples that offers identical rights of marriage within the country.
Births
Deaths
- March 9 - Robert Mapplethorpe, 42, controversial American artist and photographer
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)
- About Stonewall (http://www.stonewall.org.uk/stonewall/about_stonewall/brief_overview_of_stonewall/index.html)
- Sodomylaws.org on Germany (http://www.sodomylaws.org/world/germany/germany.htm)