Editing 1989 in LGBTQ rights

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This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1989.

==Events==
* In the United Kingdom, the [[Stonewall (UK)|Stonewall]] gay rights lobbying group is founded.
* In [[East Germany]], Article 151 is deleted from the penal code. [[Homosexuality]] and [[heterosexuality]] were then treated equally with an [[age of consent]] of 14.
* [[Long Beach, California]], prohibits employment discrimination based on sexual orientation in the private sector.
* [[Los Angeles County, California]], prohibits employment discrimination based on sexual orientation in the private sector.

===March===
* 7 — The appeal of a transgender woman against UK law not allowing her to legally change sex and to marry a male is rejected by the [[European Commission of Human Rights]], with one member dissenting and also arguing in favour of same-sex marriage.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pfc.org.uk/files/legal/w-uk-rpt.txt |title=EComHR Report on application no. 11095/84 |access-date=15 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070212224714/http://www.pfc.org.uk/files/legal/w-uk-rpt.txt |archive-date=12 February 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

===June===
* 7 — [[Denmark]] creates [[registered partnership]]s for same-sex couples, offering identical rights as [[marriage]] within the country.

=== November ===
* 7 — Voters repeal gay rights ordinances in the U.S. cities of [[Athens, Ohio]]; [[Tacoma, Washington]]; and [[Irvine, California|Irvine]] and [[Concord, California]].<ref>{{cite news
  | last = MacNamara
  | first = Mark
  | title = Losses alarm gay rights supporters
  | newspaper = USA Today
  | page = 3A
  | date = 9 November 1989 }}</ref>
* 15 — Private-sector sexual orientation discrimination becomes illegal in the U.S. state of [[Massachusetts]].
* 30 — U.S. city of [[Columbus, Ohio]], adopts a hate crimes bill which includes sexual orientation.

===December===
* 10 — [[New York City]] sees approximately 4,500 protestors at [[St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York|St. Patrick's Cathedral]] during [[mass (liturgy)|mass]] in a "Stop the Church" action organized by [[ACT UP]] and [[Women's Health Action and Mobilization]] to demonstrate dissatisfaction with the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York|Roman Catholic Archdiocese's]] position against [[AIDS]] education, the distribution of [[condom]]s, and [[abortion]]. 111 protestors are arrested.<ref name="ACTUPNY">Crimp, Douglas. [http://www.actupny.org/documents/capsule-home.html ACT UP New York: Capsule History] [[ACT UP]]. Accessed 4 July 2007.</ref><ref>ACT UP. [http://www.actupny.org/YELL/stopchurch99.html 10 Year Anniversary of "Stop the Church"] Accessed 4 July 2007.</ref>
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==See also==
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*[[Timeline of LGBT history]] — timeline of events from 12,000 BCE to present
*[[LGBT rights by country or territory]] — current legal status around the world
*[[LGBT social movements]]

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