This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1981.

List of years in LGBT rights (table)
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Events

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February

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  • 5 – Toronto police raid city bathhouses, arresting 286 people and charging 20 for operating a brothel (see Operation Soap). No sex work was uncovered.[1][2]
  • 6 – About 3,000 protestors stage the largest-ever sit in protests in Toronto streets to decry city police raids on bath houses. This became seen as Toronto's version of the Stonewall Riots.[1][2]
  • 10 – In the United States, Christian advocacy group Moral Majority announces a $3 million fund to fight against homosexuality in San Francisco, California.[3]
  • 20 – Protest crowds in Toronto swell to 4,000 in the fight to stop police crackdown on bathhouses.

March

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April

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June

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July

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October

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December

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  • 1 – The legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario defeats an amendment which would have added "sexual orientation" to the human rights code.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Bradburn, Jamie (February 3, 2013). "Toronto Bathhouse Raids (1981)". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Primeau Alan (February 5, 2021). "Operation Soap - 40th Anniversary". Pride Toronto. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  3. ^ "Majority rule". Chicago Tribune. 16 February 1981. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  4. ^ "About The Billy DeFrank LGBTQ Community Center". Billy DeFrank LGBTQ Community Center. Archived from the original on April 28, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  5. ^ a b B. Ruby Rich (26 March 2013). New Queer Cinema: The Director's Cut. Duke University Press. pp. 219–220. ISBN 978-0-8223-5428-4.
  6. ^ "MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report" (PDF). U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. June 1, 2001. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  7. ^ "Dudgeon v the United Kingdom (1981)". International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy. Retrieved March 5, 2021.