1994 in gay rights
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See also: 1993 in gay rights, other events of 1994, 1995 in gay rights and the list of 'years in gay rights'
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Events
- In Germany, a new Article 182 introduced a common age of consent of 14. Previously it had been 18 in the former West Germany (for sex between men), and 14 in the former East Germany for all.
February
- February 21 - The United Kingdom House of Commons rejects a motion to equalize the age of consent at 16, but supports an amendment to reduce the age for gay men to 18.
March
- March 9 - Scott Amedure gay man was shot to death by Jonathan Schmitz after revealing a secret crush on his heterosexual friend during a taping of the Jenny Jones talk show. Schmitz later convicted of second-degree murder with a sentence of 30 to 50 years.
June
- June 18 - The fourth Gay Games, Unity '94, kicks off in New York City with 11,000 participants.
December
- December 6 - The American Medical Association declares its opposition to treatments intended to cure homosexuality.
Births
Deaths
- March 9 - Scott Amedure, 32, talk show murder victim
- November 20 - Steven Powsner, 40, former president of the New York City Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center
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)
- Sodomylaws.org on Germany (http://www.sodomylaws.org/world/germany/germany.htm)