1981 in LGBT rights

This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1981.

List of years in LGBT rights (table)
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Events

February

  • 5 – Toronto police raid city bathhouses, arresting 286 people and charging 20 for operating a brothel (see Operation Soap). No sex work was uncovered.[1][2]
  • 6 – About 3,000 protestors stage the largest-ever sit in protests in Toronto streets to decry city police raids on bath houses. This became seen as Toronto's version of the Stonewall Riots.[1][2]
  • 10 – In the United States, Christian advocacy group Moral Majority announces a $3 million fund to fight against homosexuality in San Francisco, California.[3]
  • 20 – Protest crowds in Toronto swell to 4,000 in the fight to stop police crackdown on bathhouses.

March

April

May

June

July

October

December

  • 1 – The legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario defeats an amendment which would have added "sexual orientation" to the human rights code.

See also

References

  1. Bradburn, Jamie (February 3, 2013). "Toronto Bathhouse Raids (1981)". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  2. Primeau Alan (February 5, 2021). "Operation Soal - 40th Anniversary". Pride Toronto. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  3. "Majority rule". Chicago Tribune. 16 February 1981. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  4. "About The Billy DeFrank LGBTQ Community Center". Billy DeFrank LGBTQ Community Center. Archived from the original on April 28, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  5. B. Ruby Rich (26 March 2013). New Queer Cinema: The Director's Cut. Duke University Press. pp. 219–220. ISBN 978-0-8223-5428-4.
  6. "MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report" (PDF). U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. June 1, 2001. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  7. "Dudgeon v the United Kingdom (1981)". International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
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