2001 in gay rights

See also: 2000 in gay rights, other events of 2001, 2002 in gay rights and the list of 'years in gay rights'

Contents

1 Events 1.1 April 1.2 September 1.3 November 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 External links

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