Word: gays
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After 17 years of legislative struggle, the Gay Civil Rights Bill, being debated again today in the Senate as Bill H.5427, is closer to becoming law than ever before in its stormy history on Beacon Hill...
Similar obstacles did not deter Wisconsinlegislators from passing the only civil rightsstatutes against discrimination on the basis ofsexual orientation in the nation. Ten other statelegislatures are considering gay civil rightsbills, including Connecticut, Maine, New Jerseyand Vermont...
Attempts at halting housing discrimination inother states have already resulted ingroundbreaking decisions. This July, New York'shighest court was the first to give legalrecognition to gay partners by broadening thelegal defintion of "family" in a conflictinvolving rent control...
...ruling, the court allowed a gay manto remain in his deceased lover's New York Cityapartment despite city regulations that permitonly a surviving spouse and family members toinherit leases...
Later this summer, the San Francisco Board ofSupervisors passed the Domestic Partnership Law,making it the first major city in the country togive municipal recognition to any gay orheterosexual couple sharing a residence andwishing to declare their relationship. The law,however, is temporarily blocked by a petitioncontaining 27,000 signatures opposing...