Home > 1999 in gay rights

1 Events

1.1 June

• June 11 - American president Bill Clinton proclaims June as "Gay and Lesbian Pride Month" in the United States.

1.2 October

• October 2 - California Gov. Gray Davis signs three gay rights bills into law. The first outlawed harassment of homosexual students and teachers in the state's public schools. The second created created a new state-wide domestic partnership registry. The third outlawed job and housing discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
• October 6 - Donna Brazile, a lesbian, was named as presidential campaign manager for Al Gore's 2000 bid to be President of the United States.
• October 10October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). There are 82 days remaining. Events 680 Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, was decapitated by forces under Caliph Yazid I. This is commemorated - Harvard UniversityHarvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. It was founded on September 8, 1636 by a vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, making it the oldest post-secondary s study show scientific support for " gaydarGaydar (a portmanteau of gay and radar is a slang term for the supposed ability to be able to tell on sight if another person is gay, bisexual or otherwise not heterosexual. The operation of gaydar is sometimes claimed to depend on sensitivity to a wide v", saying gay men and lesbians are better than heterosexuals at picking out homosexual individuals from random population samples.
• October 10 - Pat Buckley , IrelandThe island of Ireland ire in Irish, Airlann in Ulster Scots) is the third-largest island in Europe. It lies on the west side of the Irish Sea, close to the island of Great Britain. It is composed of the Republic of Ireland in the south and Northern Irelan CatholicGeneral meaning Catholic means universal or whole''. With respect to the Christian Church, the early Christians used the term to refer to the whole undivided church. It is in that sense that all Christians today claim ownership of the term, including Prot bishop in BelfastThis article is about the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland. See also: Belfast (disambiguation). Belfast is the largest city in Northern Ireland and the Irish Province of Ulster, with a population of 277,391. It is the seat of government for Northern Ir comes out as a gay man.
• October 11October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in Leap years). There are 81 days remaining. Events 1600-1899 1614 Adriaen Block and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the New Netherland colony. 1776 American - Jerry FalwellJerry Falwell (born August 11, 1933 in Lynchburg, Virginia) is an American fundamentalist Baptist pastor, televangelist and founder of the Moral Majority. His parents were Carey and Helen Falwell. He has a fraternal twin brother, Gene. Life and career Fal holds a rally in San Francisco, California calling for gay men and lesbians to "leave the homosexual lifestyle."
• October 11 - Turner Broadcasting's World Championship Wrestling says it will discontinue use of its "Lenny and Lodi" duo after protests from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) claiming that during televised events, with Lenny and Lodi, officials encouraged the audience to chant the anti-gay slur "fag."
• October 13 - Same-sex marriage: In France, the National Assembly grants unwed opposite- and same-sex couples the same rights as the married.
• October 15 - Washington Times reports claims George W. Bush ensured conservative supporters that he would not "knowingly" appoint any homosexuals as embassadors or department heads in his administration if elected president.
• October 22 - Boeing begins offering domestic partner health benefits.
• October 22 - Same-sex marriage in the United States: William Levada , archbishop of San Francisco, California donates $30,000 to promote a state initiative to ban same-sex marriage.
• October 27 - Government of Ontario changes 67 laws to give same-sex couple the same rights as married couples.