See also: 2000 in gay rights,
other events of 2001,
2002 in gay rights and the
list of 'years in gay rights'
Events
April
* April 1
** Same-sex marriage in the Netherlands:
*** Dutch legislation to allow same-sex couples to marry becomes active. The Netherlands are the first country to grant full marriage rights to same-sex couples.
* April 16
** Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg steps down from an advisory board of the Boy Scouts of America, saying that he could no longer associate with a group that engages in "discrimination" - an apparent reference to scouting's exclusion of gays.
* April 17
** Philadelphia radio personailty "Ed The Phone Guy" becomes the first local disc jockey to reveal his homosexuality on the air at WLCE, ALICE 104.5 FM
* April 20
** China declares homosexuality no longer an illness. The new
Chinese Classification and Diagnostic Criteria of Mental Disorders removed homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses.
September
* September 5 -The first couples sign the Greater London Authority's partnership register. The partnership register is a way of recognising the partnership status of couples, both same-sex and opposite-sex.
November
*November 13 - The city council of Fort Wayne, Indiana passes an ordinance written by Democrat councilman Tom Henry which adds "sexual orientation" status to its municipal anti-discrimination law.
*November 17 - Vancouver, British Columbia resident Aaron Webster is killed in what many believe to be a gay bashing attack. The Canadian court system is reluctant to prosecute the case as a hate crime, believing this would be too difficult to prove, and subsequently charges four youths with manslaughter.
Births
Deaths
*September 11 - Mark Bingham, 31, Log Cabin Republicans member, September 11, 2001 attack victim aboard United Airlines flight 93
*December 22 - Lance Loud, 50, American columnist
External links
*
Web site for Advocate news magazine *
365gay.com *
Google search for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender news *
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