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{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2012}}{{Year nav topic5|2002|LGBT rights}}{{Commons category|LGBT history in 2002}}This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 2002. Events- Sweden legalizes adoption for same-sex couples, making Sweden's registered partnership nearly identical to marriage, with the exception of right to marriage in a church.
- US state of New York bans sexual orientation discrimination in the private sector.[1]
- Tony Knowles, governor of the U.S. state of Alaska, issues an executive order banning sexual orientation discrimination in the public sector.[2]
April- 28 – Homosexuality is decriminalized in the People's Republic of China, as the newly amended Marriage Law avoids this topic.
May- 6 – Openly gay Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated by Volkert van der Graaf.
- 10 – In Marc Hall v. Durham Catholic School Board, Canadian gay teenager Marc Hall wins an injunction permitting him to bring his boyfriend to his prom.
- 17 – In Germany, the Bundestag passes a supplement to the Act of Abolition of National Socialism (NS-Aufhebungsgesetzes), vacating Nazi-era convictions of homosexuals.[3]
July- The United Nations Human Rights Committee in case Joslin et al. v. New Zealand concludes that ICCPR does not foresee a right to same-sex marriage.[4]
- 25 – In Satchwell v President of the Republic of South Africa, the Constitutional Court of South Africa rules that the same-sex partner of a High Court judge is entitled to the same financial benefits that the spouse of a judge would receive.[5]
August- Austria's Article 209 of the Penal Code was removed equalising the age of consent at 14.
September- 4 – In Hungary, the Constitutional Court repeals §199 of the penal code, equalising the age of consent for both heterosexual and homosexual activity at 14.
- 10 – In Du Toit v Minister of Welfare and Population Development, the Constitutional Court of South Africa rules that same-sex couples must be allowed to adopt children jointly.[6]
- 22 – In Switzerland, voters in the canton of Zurich vote 63% to 37% to give same-sex couples the same legal rights as married opposite-sex couples. This includes tax, inheritance, and social security benefits. These rights are only given to same-sex couples who live in Zurich canton and who register with the government, promising to live together and support each other for six months.
October- 18 – In South Africa, in the case of Fourie v Minister of Home Affairs, the Transvaal Provincial Division of the High Court dismisses an application by a lesbian couple to require the government to recognise their partnership as a marriage.[7] The decision is appealed to the Supreme Court of Appeal.
Deaths - October 24 – Harry Hay, 90, leader in the early gay rights movement in the United States, co-founder of the Mattachine Society and the Radical Faeries.
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
References1. ^Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act (SONDA) 2. ^Lambda Legal: Alaska 3. ^{{de icon}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20041015180827/http://www.lsvd.de/recht/ns09.html Entwurf des Änderungsgesetzes zum NS-Aufhebungsgesetz – Bundestagdrucksache 14/8276] (archived) 4. ^UN HRC views in case No. 902/1999 5. ^{{cite news |title=ConCourt rules in favour of gays |newspaper=News24 |agency=SAPA |date=July 25, 2002 |url=http://www.news24.com/xArchive/Archive/ConCourt-rules-in-favour-of-gays-20020725 |accessdate=November 21, 2011}} 6. ^{{cite news |title=Lesbians, gays can adopt children |newspaper=News24 |date=September 10, 2002 |url=http://www.news24.com/World/News/Lesbians-gays-can-adopt-children-20020910 |accessdate=July 14, 2011}} 7. ^{{cite news |title=High court dismisses gay marriage bid |newspaper=Pretoria News |date=October 18, 2002 |url=http://www.pretorianews.co.za/high-court-dismisses-gay-marriage-bid-1.95084 |accessdate=December 11, 2011}}
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