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{{Refimprove|date=July 2010}}{{Year nav topic5|1986|LGBT rights}}{{Commons category|LGBT history in the 1980s}}This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1986. Events- In New Zealand, the Homosexual Law Reform Act equalizes the age of consent for homosexual acts to 16, the legal age for heterosexual acts.
- Davis, California, prohibits employment discrimination based on sexual orientation in the private sector.
- Sacramento, California, prohibits employment discrimination based on sexual orientation in the private sector.
March- 20 — New York City passes its first anti-discrimination bill.[1]
June- 30 — The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the constitutionality of the Georgia state sodomy law in Bowers v. Hardwick.[2]
July- 7 — The United States Supreme Court denies certiorari in the case of Baker v. Wade, a constitutional challenge to the sodomy law of Texas.[3]
October- 22 — In the battle against AIDS, Surgeon General of the United States C. Everett Koop, publishes the first government publications for the public on gay safer sex practices.
December- 11 — Austin, Texas passes an ordinance that prohibits discrimination against people with HIV or AIDS.
Deaths- December 28 — Terry Dolan, U.S. activist against gay rights and closeted gay man, dies at 36 from an AIDS-related illness.
See also{{Portal|LGBT}}- 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
Notes1. ^{{Cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1986-03-21/news/mn-5113_1_gay-rights-bill|title=N.Y. Passes Gay Rights Bill After 15-Year Debate|last=Goldman|first=John J.|date=March 21, 1986|work=|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|issn=|access-date=October 14, 2016|via=}} 2. ^{{Cite court |litigants = Bowers v. Hardwick |vol = 478 |reporter = US |opinion = 186 |pinpoint = |court = Supreme Court of the united States |date = 1986-06-30 |url= http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=CASE&court=US&vol=478&page=186}} 3. ^Murdoch and Price, p. 345
References- Murdoch, Joyce and Deb Price (2001). Courting Justice: Gay Men and Lesbians v. the Supreme Court. New York, Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group. {{ISBN|0-465-01513-1}}.
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