1985 in gay rights

See also: 1984 in gay rights, other events of 1985, 1986 in gay rights and the Gay rights timeline

Contents

1 Events 1.1 March 1.2 April 1.3 May 1.4 July 1.5 October 1.6 November 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 External links

Events

March

• March 26 - The United States Supreme Court overturns Oklahoma law that banned homosexuals from teaching in state public schools.

April

• April 1 - New York City's Harvey Milk School hold first classes.

May

• May 12 - The first memorial to the Nazi's gay victims, a pink granite stone monument at Neuengamme concentration camp, inscribed "Dedicated to the Homosexual victims of National Socialism, 1985", is unveiled.
• May 21 - The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals strikes down Georgia's sodomy laws as unconstitutional. The ruling is overturned the following year by the Supreme Court in the case of Bowers v. Hardwick.

July

• July 25 - Rock Hudson reveals that he has AIDS

October

• October 2 - Rock Hudson's death from AIDS spurs global attention to the epidemic
• October 4 - First openly homosexual member of parliament elected inWest Germany
• October 8 - Latino/a Lesbian and Gay Organization is formed in Austin, Texas.
• October 9 - New York City mayor Ed Koch asks the American Legion Veteran's Day parade to allow gay veterans to march. He is ignored.
• October 21 - Harvey Milk assassin Dan White commits suicide.

November

• November 5 - San Francisco, California extends anti-discrimination protection to people with AIDS.
• November 13 - Elected mayor of Manchester, Margaret Roff becomes the first openly gay mayor in the UK

Births

Deaths

• October 2 - Rock Hudson, 59, American actor
• October 21 - Dan White, assassin of Harvey Milk

External links

• Web site for Advocate news magazine
• 365gay.com
• Google search for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender news