1998 in gay rights

gay rights

Other topics

LGBT activism homophobia same-sex marriage

Events

• Chile decriminalises homosexuality for people over 18, however the heterosexual age of consent is 14.

August

• August 1 - The fifth Gay Games, Friendship '98, kicks off in Amsterdam with 14,700 participants.

December

• December 22 - New Zealand - Tuariki Delamere, Minister of Immigration, announces equality for gay and lesbian couples applying for permanent residency, to take effect on March 29, 1999. See 1999 in gay rights.

Deaths

• October 21 - Matthew Shepard, 21, American gay-bashing victim

External links

• Web site for Advocate news magazine
• 365gay.com
• Google search for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender news

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