2020 in LGBTQ rights

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This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBTQ rights that took place in the year 2020.

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Events

January

February

Voivodeships, powiats, and gminas marked in red had passed anti-LGBT resolutions by January 2020. LGBT Free Zones Poland 2020.png
Voivodeships, powiats, and gminas marked in red had passed anti-LGBT resolutions by January 2020.

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

References

  1. "Docket of HB669" . Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. "The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019" . Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  3. Ciobanu, Claudia (25 February 2020). "A Third of Poland Declared 'LGBT-Free Zone'". Balkan Insight. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  4. "Croatia top court says gay couples can foster children" . Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  5. "Swiss vote to approve legislation to protect LGBTQ+ rights". TheGuardian.com . Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  6. "First Same-Sex Marriage Takes Place in Northern Ireland" . Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  7. "Israel Approves Allowing Transgender People to Change Gender on IDs Without Surgery". Haaretz. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  8. "Israeli Supreme Court Rules Surrogacy Rights Must Be Extended to Same-Sex Couples" . Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  9. Powys Maurice, Emma (25 February 2020). "A third of Poland has now been declared an 'LGBT-free zone', making intolerance official". PinkNews. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  10. "A Third of Poland Declared 'LGBT-Free Zone'". Balkan Insight. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  11. "Hong Kong's homophobic public housing policy ruled unconstitutional and unlawful by High Court". 4 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  12. "Virginia Becomes First Southern State to Ban Conversion Therapy For Minors" . Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  13. "Inslee signs legislation named for slain Vancouver transgender teen" . Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  14. Zaveri, Mihir; Taylor, Derrick Bryson (2 April 2020). "F.D.A. Relaxes Blood Donation Guidelines for Gay Men and Others". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  15. "The Same-Sex Marriage (Sark) Law, 2019 (Commencement) Ordinance, 2020". Guernsey Legal Resources. Archived from the original on 24 April 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  16. "New co-parenting legal recognition for lesbian couples". RTÉ.ie . 4 May 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  17. Bundestag.de: Bundestag verbietet Therapien zur „Heilung“ von Homosexualität (german), May 7, 2020
  18. "ADI 5543" . Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  19. "Brazilian court lifts restrictions on gay and bisexual men giving blood". TheGuardian.com . 9 May 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  20. "Albania becomes third European country to ban gay 'conversion therapy'". France 24. 16 May 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  21. "Hungary Ends Legal Recognition for Transgender and Intersex People=7 June 2020". 21 May 2020.
  22. "Zambian president pardons gay couple jailed for 15 years". Reuters. 26 May 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  23. PinksNews: Same-sex marriage has finally been legalised in Costa Rica, May 2020
  24. Same-sex marriages can be registered in Costa Rica starting May 26, May 2020
  25. Reuters.com: Costa Rica allows same-sex marriages in a first for Central America, May 26, 2020
  26. "Malaysian wins landmark right to challenge Muslim gay sex ban". news.trust.org. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  27. Wolf, Richard. "Supreme Court grants federal job protections to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender workers". USA TODAY. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  28. Ariane de Vogue; Devan Cole (15 June 2020). "Supreme Court says federal law protects LGBTQ workers from discrimination". CNN. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  29. "Top US court backs protection for LGBT workers". BBC News. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  30. Reuters.com: Montenegro legalises same-sex civil partnerships , July 1, 2020
  31. NBC News: Russian voters back referendum banning same-sex marriage
  32. Gabon formally decriminalizes homosexuality
  33. 'Great first step' as Sudan lifts death penalty and flogging for gay sex
  34. "En la CDMX ya son delito las terapias de conversión sexual". Animal Político (in Spanish). 24 July 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  35. "Sexual conversion therapies now illegal in Mexico City". Mexico News Daily. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  36. Law change: Officials banned from ‘refusing to marry’ same-sex couples
  37. "Employment (Prevention of Discrimination) Bill, 2020" . Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  38. "Bittersweet day for Hong Kong LGBT community in two court rulings". South China Morning Post. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  39. "Hong Kong Gay Couples Win Legal Victory Over Inheritance Law". Agence France-Presse. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  40. "Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping". whitehouse.gov . 22 September 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2021 via National Archives.
  41. "Terapias de conversión en Edomex se castigarán con 3 años de prisión tras aprobación de reforma". El Universal (in Spanish). 20 October 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  42. "Nevada Question 2, Marriage Regardless of Gender Amendment (2020)" . Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  43. "Conservative Mexican state of Puebla legalizes same-sex marriage". Reuters. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  44. "Yukon becomes 1st territory to ban conversion therapy | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  45. "¡Histórico! Fiscalía de Puebla crea unidad especializada en investigación de delitos LGBT+". news.culturacolectiva.com (in Spanish). 26 November 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  46. "Aprueban el matrimonio igualitario en Tlaxcala; se reformará el código civil". Animal Político (in Spanish). 8 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  47. "New rules makes it easier for sex workers and gay men to donate blood". TVNZ. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  48. Leikauf, Eckart; Köster, Hubert (May 1995). "A new colorimetric protecting group allowing deprotection under neutral conditions" . Tetrahedron. 51 (19): 5557–5562. doi:10.1016/0040-4020(95)00228-z. ISSN   0040-4020.
  49. "Hungary approves constitutional change to effectively ban adoption by same-sex couples". The Washington Post. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  50. "El Gobierno autorizó que hombres homosexuales puedan donar sangre". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 December 2020.