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2002 in gay rights
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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.
April
- April 28 - Homosexuality is decriminalized in China, as the newly amended Marriage Law avoids this topic.
May
- May 6 - Openly gay Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated by Volkert van der Graaf.
- May 10 - Canadian gay teenager Marc Hall wins an injunction permitting him to bring his boyfriend to his prom.
August
- Austria's Article 209 of the Penal Code was removed equalising the age of consent at 14.
September
- September 4 - Hungary - The Constitutional Court has repealed the § 199 of the penal code so the age of consent has been equal for both heterosexual and homosexual activity at 14.
- September 22 - Switzerland - Voters in the canton of Zurich voted 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.
November
- November 2
- Australia
- The sixth Gay Games, Under New Skies, kicks off in Sydney, Australia with 12,100 participants.
- Australia
Births
Deaths
- October 24 (San Francisco, California) - Harry Hay, 90, leader of the gay rights movement in the United States, co-founder of the Mattachine Society and the Radical Faeries.
External links
- Web site for Advocate news magazine
- 365gay.com
- Google search for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender news
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