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1980
• New York high court strikes down sodomy
law {People v. Onofre)
1981
• Defense of San Francisco gay weekly paper
against libel suit filed by police
1982
• Suit for Bereavement Leave for San Francisco
gay man whose partner died Brinkin v.
Southern PcCdfic)
1983
• Privacy defense of membership lists of gay
rights organizations involved in a boycott
{Solidarity v. Coors)
1984
• U.S. Supreme Court strikes down Oklahoma
law targeting teachers who support gay
rights {NGLTF v.
Oklahoma)
1986
• U.S. Supreme Court
upholds Georgia sodomy
law {Bowers v. Hardwick)
1987
• Court requires Catholic
university to recognize
gay student group {Gay
Rights Coalition v.
Georgetown University)
• U.S. Supreme Court rules
disability discrimination
laws apply to people with
contagious diseases,
including AIDS {School
Board v. Arline)
1988
• Challenge to Dannemeyer
Initiative, which would
quarantine people with AIDS {California
Medical Association v. Eu)
• Federal courts rule that federal law protects
people with AIDS from discrimination
{Chalk V. District Court, Doe v. Centinella
Hospital)
1989
• Federal court overturns discharge of gay
man from the miMUry {Watkins v. U.S.)
• New York courts recognize gay families
{Braschi v. Stahl Associates)
1990
• Consent decree establishes prisoners with
HIV have right to equal treatment and access
to prison programs {Gates v. Deukmeijian)
In 1957 the ACLU
Ginsberg’s “Howl”
ty charges for gay
• CIA agrees to stop discriminating against
gay employees {Dubbs v. CIA)
1991
• Minnesota courts recognize domestic part
nership in guardianship case (In Re:
Kowalski)
• California court overturns Concord anti-gay
rights initiative {Bangle v. City of Concord)
1992
• Kentucky Supreme Court strikes down
sodomy law {Commonwealth v. Wasson)
• New York courts allow adoption by gay part
ner (Adoption of Evan)
1995
• Virginia court gives custody to boy’s grand
mother over objections of lesbian mom
{Bottoms V. Bottoms)
1996
• Federal court rules FBI
illegally fired San
Francisco doctor with
HIV who conducted
physicals on agents {Doe
V. Attorney General)
• U.S. Supreme Court
strikes down Colorado
constitutional amend
ment which would have
prevented lesbians and
gay men from being
protected by civil rights
laws. {Romer v. Evans.
Co-counsel with
Lambda Legal)
Federal Defense of
Marriage Act enacted
1997
• South Carolina drops its
ban on insuring people
with HIV (Doe v.SCH/P)
• Federal court strikes down state law against
lesbian and gay student groups {GLBA v.
Alabama)
• New Jersey becomes first state to expressly
authorize joint adoption by gay couples
{Galluccio V. New Jersey)
• U.S. Supreme Court strikes down law
restricting gay materials on the internet
{ACLU V. Reno)
1998
• Federal court in Utah reinstates lesbian high
school coach {Weaver v. Nebo School District)
• Federal court in New York upholds “Don’t
defended Allen
against obsceni-
content.
Jim Goodwill
Reattor/Broker. U.S. Army Colonel (Ret.)
jimgoodwill@urbanrealtync.com
(704) 526.8729. mobile
turban realty
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