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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.
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.

June 7 - Denmark creates registered partnerships, a form of civil union for same-sex couples that offers identical rights of marriage within the country.

November 15:
- Private-sector sexual orientation discrimination becomes illegal in Massachusetts.
November 30:
- Columbus, Ohio adopts a hate crimes bill which includes sexual orientation.

December 10 - New York City, USA sees approximately 4,500 protestors at St. Patrick's Cathedral during mass in a "Stop the Church" action organized by ACT UP and WHAM to demonstrate dissatisfaction with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese's position against AIDS education, the distribution of condoms, and abortion. One-hundred and eleven protestors are arrested.^[1]^[2]

March 9 - Robert Mapplethorpe, 42, controversial American artist and photographer