This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1985.
Events
France prohibits discrimination based on lifestyle ("moeurs"), including homosexuality, in employment and services, public and private.[1]
March
26 — The
Supreme Court of the United States, being divided 4—4, affirms the ruling of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals which struck down an
Oklahoma state law allowing teachers to be fired for "advocating, soliciting, imposing, encouraging or promoting public or private homosexual activity in a manner that creates a substantial risk that such conduct will come to the attention of school children or school employees".[2] The appellate court found that the law infringed on
First Amendment guarantees of free speech.[3]
Governor
Toney Anaya of
New Mexico issues an executive order banning public-sector sexual orientation discrimination.[4]
May
12 — The first memorial to the
LGBT victims of the Nazis, a pink granite stone monument at the former
Neuengamme concentration camp inscribed "Dedicated to the Homosexual victims of National Socialism, 1985", is unveiled.
^Board of Education of Oklahoma City v. National Gay Task Force,
470 US 903 (United States Supreme Court 03-26-1985).
^National Gay Task Force v. Board of Education of the City of Oklahoma City,
729 F.2d 1270 (United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit 03-14-1984).
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.
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