2001 In Gay Rights

Events

April

• April 1
• Same-sex marriage in the Netherlands:
• Dutch legislation to allow same-sex couples to marry becomes active. The Netherlands are the first country to grant full marriage rights to same-sex couples.
• April 20
• China declares homosexuality no longer an illness. The new Chinese Classification and Diagnostic Criteria of Mental Disorders removed homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses.

September

• September 5 -The first couples sign the Greater London Authority's partnership register. The partnership register is a way of recognising the partnership status of couples, both same-sex and opposite-sex.

November

• November 13 - The city council of Fort Wayne, Indiana passes an ordinance written by Democrat councilman Tom Henry which adds "sexual orientation" status to its municipal anti-discrimination law.

Births

Deaths

• September 11 - Mark Bingham, 31, Log Cabin Republicans member, September 11, 2001 attack victim aboard United Airlines flight 93
• December 22 - Lance Loud, 50, American columnist

External links

• Web site for Advocate news magazine
• 365gay.com
• Google search for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender news
• The first signatories to the partnership register in London

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