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The Death of Orpheus In Albrecht Dürers 1494 drawing, the banner hung in the tree reads: Orfeus der erst puseran (Orpheus, the first sodomite). The word puseran(t) derives from the Latin bulgarus from which come also the terms bugger in English and bougre in French. ...
See also: 2003 in gay rights, other events of 2004, 2005 in gay rights and the Gay rights timeline Events January January 1 Same-sex marriage in Australia: Tasmanian laws come into effect recognising civil unions between same-sex couples. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
See also: 2005 in gay rights, other events of 2006, 2007 in gay rights and the Gay rights timeline // Events January January 1 Anti-discrimination laws: California new laws go into affect that protect transgender individuals from discrimination. ...
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- Uganda:
- Uganda[1] amended its constitution to prohibit same-sex marriage.
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Domestic partner or domestic partnership identifies the personal relationship between individuals who are living together and sharing a common domestic life together but are not joined in any type of legal partnership, marriage or civil union. ...
February - February 1
- Canada:
- The federal government introduces Bill C-38, the Civil Marriage Act, which would legalize same-sex marriage in all provinces and territories.
February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
The Civil Marriage Act (full title: An Act respecting certain aspects of legal capacity for marriage for civil purposes) was introduced as Bill C-38 in the first session of the 38th Canadian Parliament on February 1, 2005. ...
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Doris Ling-Cohan (Chinese: 凌德丽, pinyin LÃng Délì) is a judge on the New York State Supreme Court, to which she was elected in 2002. ...
A lawsuit is a civil action brought before a court in which the party commencing the action, the plaintiff, seeks a legal remedy. ...
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In law, and more specifically, in the Anglo-American common law legal tradition, a superior court is a court of general jurisdiction over all, or major, civil and criminal cases. ...
The Honorable Richard A. Kramer was born in Brookline, Massachusetts on July 22, 1947 and graduated from the University of Southern California Law School in 1972 as a Doctor of Jurisprudence, following a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude degree in political science in 1969. ...
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A civil union is one of several terms for a civil status similar to marriage, typically created for the purposes of allowing homosexual couples access to the benefits enjoyed by married heterosexuals (see also same-sex marriage); it can also be used by couples of differing sexes who do not...
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The Spanish Congress of Deputies (Spanish: Congreso de los Diputados) is the lower house of the Cortes Generales, Spains legislative branch. ...
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT, SEHK: 4338) is an international computer technology corporation with 2005 global annual sales of close to $40 billion USD and about 64,000 employees in 85 countries and regions which develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices. ...
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Ken Hutcherson is a former National Football League (NFL) player who is now pastor of Antioch Bible Church in Kirkland, Washington since 1985. ...
Sexual orientation refers to the sex, sexes, gender or genders, to which a person is attracted and which form the focus of a persons amorous or erotic desires, fantasies, and spontaneous feelings. ...
April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ...
The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other one being the Republican Party. ...
The Republican Party was established in 1854 by a coalition of former Whigs, Northern Democrats, and Free-Soilers who opposed the expansion of slavery and held a Hamiltonian vision for modernizing the United States. ...
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April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). ...
Civil unions in New Zealand were ratified on 9 December 2004 when Parliament passed the Civil Union Bill to establish the institution of civil union for same-sex and opposite-sex couples. ...
May May 9 is the 129th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (130th in leap years). ...
Anglican Church of Canada The Anglican Church of Canada (the ACC) is the Canadian branch of the Anglican Communion. ...
20 May is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). ...
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The American Psychiatric Association is a professional organization of psychiatrists whose members are American and international physicians who are trained in psychiatry. ...
June - June 5
- Switzerland
- Fifty-eight percent of voters in Switzerland voted in favor of extending rights for regsitered civil unions for same-sex couples. This is the first time that the topic has been put to a national referendum. Same-sex couples will be treated in the same way as opposite-sex married couples in terms of pension and taxes. However, they will not be able to marry, to adopt children or undergo fertility treatment.(BBC News)
- June 26
- June 28
- Canada:
- The Canadian House of Commons passes Bill C-38, a proposed law to legalize same-sex marriage on a national basis, by a vote of 158-133.
- June 30
- Israel:
- 5,000 attend and 1,000 protest Jerusalem's gay pride parade. The event is halted after anti-gay protestors stab three marchers. [4]
- Spain:
- United Kingdom:
- United States:
- LOGO, the first commercial-supported LGBT-themed television network, debuts on U.S. digital cable television in 10 million homes. It is owned and operated by MTV Networks.
- Legislation is introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives to ban discrimination based upon sexual orientation in hiring practices among the federal workforce.
June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ...
Wikinews has a related story: The Swiss vote yes to same-sex relationships and Schengen/Dublin On June 5th, 2005, the Swiss people approved by 58% in a referendum a government proposal to grant same-sex couples the same rights and protections as heterosexual couples, except: adoption of children fertility...
June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 188 days remaining. ...
Muncie is a city in Delaware County in east central Indiana, best known as the home of Ball State University. ...
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The House of Commons (French: Chambre des communes) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the Senate. ...
June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining. ...
The Spanish Senate (Spanish: Senado) is the upper house of the Cortes Generales, Spains legislative branch. ...
The Methodist Church of Great Britain or British Methodist Church is the largest Wesleyan / Methodist body in the United Kingdom, with congregations across Great Britain and the Isle of Man. ...
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LGBT (or GLBT) is an abbreviation used as a collective term to refer to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people. ...
Digital cable is a term for a type of cable digital television that delivers more channels than possible with analog cable by using digital video compression. ...
MTV Networks is the corporate division of media conglomerate Viacom that oversees the operation of the following TV network brands: Country Music Television (CMT) Comedy Central Logo MHD (MTVs high-definition channel, launching January 16th, 2005) MTV MTV Hits MTV Jams MTV2 mtvU Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite Nickelodeon GAS...
The House of Representatives is the larger of two houses that make up the U.S. Congress, the other being the United States Senate. ...
July - July 1
- United States:
- California State Attorney General Bill Lockyer asks the California Supreme Court to decide whether gay marriage is permitted under the state's constitution. (See Same-sex marriage in California)
- A group of gay veterans rallied in Austin, Texas to protest Gov. Rick Perry's comments that LGBT military veterans should leave Texas. An estimated 65,000 LGBT veterans live in Texas.
- July 2
- United Kingdom:
- 30,000 people attend London's gay pride parade, which was led by celebrity Bob Geldof.
- Police officers from Hampshire and Dyfed-Powys are told by local municipal governments not to wear their police uniforms if they march in the London gay pride parade.
- United States:
- The United Church of Christ opens its convention in Atlanta. Among the issuees to be decided is whether the church will accept and celebrate same-sex marriages among its congregation.
- July 3
- Spain:
- The national law legalizing same-sex marriage takes effect.
- July 19
- Canada:
- Iran:
- Two male teenagers, Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni, are executed by hanging in Mashhad. They were accused of having a consensual homosexual relationship. [5]
- July 20
- Canada:
- Canada's Bill C-38 receives Royal Assent effectively legalizing same-sex marriage in Canada. The first same-sex couple to receive a marriage licence is a gay couple from Alberta.
July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ...
Bill Lockyer is the current Attorney General for the U.S. state of California since 1999, currently serving his second four-year term. ...
The Supreme Court of California is the state supreme court in California. ...
Determining the status of same sex marriage in California has been an intense political battle for at least the last decade. ...
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James Richard Rick Perry (born March 4, 1950) is a Republican politician and the current Governor of Texas. ...
July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ...
Bob Geldof Robert Frederick Xenon Bob Geldof, KBE (born October 5, 1951) is an Irish singer, songwriter, actor and political activist. ...
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Emblem of the UCC The United Church of Christ (UCC) is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination in the United States, generally considered within the Reformed tradition, and formed in 1957 by the merger of two denominations, the Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian Churches. ...
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July 19 is the 200th day (201st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 165 days remaining. ...
The Senate (French: Sénat) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, which also includes the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the House of Commons. ...
Iranian youths Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni on the scaffold. ...
July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 164 days remaining. ...
The granting of Royal Assent is the formal method by which the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, or the Sovereigns representative in Commonwealth Realms, completes the process of the enactment of legislation by formally assenting to an Act of Parliament. ...
Same-sex marriage was legalized across Canada by the Civil Marriage Act enacted on July 20, 2005. ...
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September September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ...
The California State Legislature is the legislative branch of the state government of California. ...
September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years). ...
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Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian-American bodybuilder, Golden Globe award winning actor, and Republican politician, currently serving as the 38th Governor of California. ...
October - October 22
- United States:
- The Kansas Supreme Court struck down a state law that punished underage sex more severely if it involved homosexual acts. [8]
October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 70 days remaining. ...
November November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ...
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The Parti Québécois or PQ is a political party that advocates national sovereignty for Quebec from Canada, as well as social democratic policies and has traditionally had support from the labour movement though unlike other social democratic parties it has no formal ties with labour. ...
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December -
- December 5
- United Kingdom: The Civil Partnerships Act 2004 came into effect, with hundreds of gay couples registering for civil partnerships. Britain is now one of many nations to offer same-sex couples legal recognition.
- December 9
- United States:
- The First Department of the Appellate Division overrules an order from Judge Doris Ling-Cohan in February of 2005 to allow gay marriages in New York City. [9]
Same-sex marriage is marriage between two people who are of the same characteristic sex. ...
December 5 is the 339th day (340th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Civil Partnership Act 2004 is an Act of Parliament passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in 2004. ...
December 9 is the 343rd day (344th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Doris Ling-Cohan (Chinese: 凌德丽, pinyin LÃng Délì) is a judge on the New York State Supreme Court, to which she was elected in 2002. ...
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Deaths June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining. ...
Jean OLeary (March 4, 1948-June 4, 2005), was an American gay and lesbian rights activist, politician, and former nun. ...
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LGBT (or GLBT) is an abbreviation used as a collective term to refer to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people. ...
National Coming Out Day logo National Coming Out Day is observed on October 11 by members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities and their allies. ...
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