2002 in gay rights

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See also: 2001 in gay rights, other events of 2002, 2003 in gay rights and the list of 'years in gay rights'

Contents

1 Events 1.1 May 1.2 August 1.3 November 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 External links

Events

May

• May 7 - Canadian gay teenager Marc Hall wins an injunction permitting him to bring his boyfriend to his prom.

August

• Austria's Article 209 of the Penal Code was removed equalising the age of consent at 14.

November

• November 2 - The sixth Gay Games, Under New Skies, kicks off in Sydney, Australia with 12,100 participants.

Births

Deaths

• October 24 - Harry Hay, 90, co-founder of the Mattachine Society.

External links

• Web site for Advocate news magazine (http://www.advocate.com)
• 365gay.com (http://www.365gay.com)
• Google search for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender news (http://news.google.com/news?as_q=&svnum=10&as_scoring=r&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=gay+lesbian+bisexual+transgender+homosexual&as_eq=&as_nsrc=&as_nloc=&as_occt=any&as_drrb=q&as_qdr=&as_minm=1&as_mind=20&as_maxm=2&as_maxd=19)

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