This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1983.
Events
February In the 1983 by-election for the Bermondsey constituency in South London, Labour candidate Peter Tatchell loses a previously safe seat after a campaign dominated by attacks on his left-wing politics and homosexuality.
October 3 – In the United States, the AFL–CIO labor union votes to support gay rights legislation.
November 18 – New York governor Mario Cuomo signs an executive order banning public sexual orientation discrimination.http://www.buffalostate.edu/equity/documents/Orientation.doc (Microsoft Word document)
December 30 – Ohio governor Richard Celeste issues Executive Order 83-64, which prohibits discrimination in state employment on the basis of sexual orientation.
See also
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
References