1986 In Gay Rights

In New Zealand the Homosexual Law Reform Act made the Age Of Consent for sexual acts between two men the same as that for between a man and a women, 16.

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August

August 9 - The second Gay Games , ''Triumph '86'', kicks off in San Francisco, California with 3,500 participants.

October

October 9 - E. Otis Charles , the 67-year-old retired Episcopal bishop of Utah comes out as a gay man.

October 22 - In the battle against AIDS U.S. Atorney General C. Everett Koop publishes first government publications for the public on gay Safe Sex practices.

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