1983 in LGBT rights

	… 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979; ; 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; ; 1987; 1988; 1989; 1990; 1991; 1992; 1993 …;
	Art; Archaeology; Architecture; Literature; Music; Philosophy; Science; +...

This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1983.

Events

In the 1983 by-election for the Bermondsey constituency in South London, Labour candidate Peter Tatchell loses a previously safe seat after a campaign dominated by attacks on his left-wing politics and homosexuality.

3 – In the United States, the AFL–CIO labor union votes to support gay rights legislation.

18 – New York governor Mario Cuomo signs an executive order banning public sexual orientation discrimination.^[1]

30 – Ohio governor Richard Celeste issues Executive Order 83-64, which prohibits discrimination in state employment on the basis of sexual orientation.^[2]

^ http://www.buffalostate.edu/equity/documents/Orientation.doc Archived 2007-07-05 at the Wayback Machine (Microsoft Word document)
^ "Greenwood v. Taft, Stettinius & Hollister". Ohio Court of Appeals, First District. 13 September 1995. Archived from the original on 14 December 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2011.