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EVENTS

France prohibits discrimination based on lifestyle ("moeurs") , including homosexuality, in employment and services, public and private.

March

March 26 - The United States Supreme Court overturns Oklahoma law that banned homosexuals from teaching in state public schools.

April

April 1 - New York City 's Harvey Milk School hold first classes.

May

May 12 - The first memorial to the Nazi's gay victims, a pink granite stone monument at Neuengamme Concentration Camp , inscribed "Dedicated to the Homosexual victims of National Socialism, 1985", is unveiled.

May 21 - The U.S. Circuit Court Of Appeals strikes down Georgia 's Sodomy Law s as unconstitutional. The ruling is overturned the following year by the Supreme Court in the case of Bowers V. Hardwick .

July

July 25 - Rock Hudson reveals that he has AIDS

October

October 2 - Rock Hudson 's death from AIDS spurs global attention to the epidemic

October 4 - First openly homosexual member of parliament elected in West Germany

October 8 - Latino/a Lesbian And Gay Organization is formed in Austin, Texas .

October 9 - New York City mayor Ed Koch asks the American Legion Veteran's Day parade to allow gay veterans to march. He is ignored.

October 21 - Harvey Milk assassin Dan White commits suicide.

November

November 5 - San Francisco, California extends anti-discrimination protection to people with AIDS .

November 13 - Elected mayor of Manchester , Margaret Roff becomes the first openly gay mayor in the UK

BIRTHS

DEATHS

October 2 - Rock Hudson , 59, American actor

October 21 - Dan White , assassin of Harvey Milk

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