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Time Line 2020
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January

  • 1 - A law allowing third gender option on driver licenses takes effect in New Hampshire. [1]
  • 13 - Same-sex marriage legislation goes fully into effect in Northern Ireland.

February

  • 5 - Kirk Douglas, American actor, director and producer (b. 1916)
  • 7 - Croatia's top court has ruled blocking gay couples from fostering children is unconstitutional, making fostering legal for gay couples in Croatia effective immediately, by overruling part of a law regarding the foster system introduced in 2018 that barred gay couples from fostering.
  • 9 - Switzerland has banned discrimination on the basis of sexuality based on a referendum, putting into effect a law previous introduced in 2018, that was subsequently blocked by the government that requested a referendum to be held on the matter first.
  • 11 - In Northern Ireland the first same-sex couple married, after legislation to allow this took affect in January to allow such to happen. Same-sex couples will be able to file for marriage from this day onwards in Northern Ireland.
  • 25 - In Israel a change of gender on a passport no longer requires surgery to have occurred and the age for which this change is possible has been lowered from 18 to 16 year old.
  • 27 - The Supreme Court of Israel rules that the country's current surrogacy law, which denies access to surrogacy for same-sex couples is discriminatory and unconstitutional, and instructs the government to amend it within one year.

March

  • 4 - In Hong Kong the High Court has struck down discriminatory public housing policies quoting the authority "has not been able to point to any difference between [the applicant’s] marriage and other foreign opposite-sex marriages." and "There is no reason to believe that low-income families constituted by same-sex couples have any lesser need for housing than low-income families constituted by opposite-sex couples without children." This ruling effectively means public housing for families will now be available to Same Sex Couples in Hong Kong, and so long otherwise eligible foreigners who reside in Hong Kong with a valid marriage license above who are in a same-sex relationship.
  • In Virginia the governor has signed a bill into law that bans conversion therapy for minors after it passed in both the Senate and the House.
  • 5 - In Washington the governor has signed a bill into law after both the house and senate passed it, to remove the "gay panic defence" as a defence for committing a crime (usually a homicide), making the discovery of someone's sex, gender or sexuality no longer a legally valid defence for committing a crime in the state. Before the passing of this bill, one could claim "reduced capacity" to judge the severity of their actions based on a discovery of sex, gender or sexuality.
  • 15 - COVID-19 quarantine / shelter in p-lace orders are first ordered the SF Bay Area

April

  • 2 - In the United States of America, the Food and Drug Administration, in urgent need of blood due to the COVID-19 pandemic, relaxed blood donation restrictions of men who have sex with men, reducing the deferral period from one year to 3 months.
  • 23 - Same-sex marriage becomes legal in Sark.

May

  • 4 - In Ireland (female) same sex couples who chose to have a child via a DAHR procedure (Artificial Insemination with a traceable donor) can now both be co-registered as parents of the child, as is also done with this procedure when it's for opposite sex couple.
  • 7 - German parliament Bundestag banned nationwide conversion therapy for minors until 18 years and forbids advertising of conversion therapy. It also forbids conversion therapy for adults, if they decided by force, fraud or pressure.
  • 9 - In Brazil the supreme court have struck down a law that banned LGBT people from donating blood for 1 year after having sex as unconstitutional.
  • 16 - Albania becomes third European country to ban conversion therapy.
  • 21 - Hungary ends recognition of changes of sex for legal purposes including on documents for those who are Transgender and Intersex
  • 22 - The president of Zambia has pardoned nearly 3000 inmates that were convicted for Homosexuality in the past decade(s). Homosexuality does remain illegal in Zambia.
  • 26 - In Costa Rica same-sex marriages became legal.
  • 27 - In Malaysia which has a dual-track legal system, with Islamic criminal and family laws applicable to Muslims running alongside civil laws. Federal Court of Malaysia has given the go-ahead for a man to challenge an Islamic ban on sex "against the order of nature".
  • 29 - Spanish porn star Nacho Vidal is under investigation for manslaughter, after a man died during a ceremony involving toad venom.[2]

June

  • 12 - In the United States of America, the Department of Health and Human Services has rolled back an Obama-era executive order which made it so transgender individuals were protected from discrimination in healthcare. This executive order made it so discrimination of the basis of sex also included discrimination of sex-stereotypes in relation to HHS guidelines, effectively making it illegal for healthcare providers and insurance to discriminate against transgender individuals for being transgender. The rolling back of this executive order means transgender people in the US can legally be discriminated against in access and price of healthcare and healthcare insurance on the basis of being transgender.
  • 15 - In the United States of America, The Supreme Court extended federal job protections provided to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender workers in 6-3 ruling. In the case R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled that discrimination of employees due to gender identity is prohibited under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In the case Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia ruled that discrimination of employees due to sexual orientation is prohibited under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
  • 29 - Carll Reiner (comedian and director) dies of natural causes, age 98

July

  • 1 - Montenegro voted to legalise same-sex civil partnerships.
  • In Russia a referendum on more than 200 constitutional amendments resulted in a constitutional ban on same-sex marriages.
  • 1 - Hugh Downs (news broadcaster from 1962 to 1999) died at age 99
  • 6 - Charlie Daniels ("Devil went down to Georgia" singer) died at age 83 from hemorrhagic stroke
  • 6 - Ennio Morricone (composer of "Spaghetti Western" theme songs) died at age 91 after being hospitalized for a faull that broke his leg
  • 7 - The President of Gabon signed a law decriminalizing same-sex sexual activity in the country.
  • 17 - Sudan has lifted the death penalty for Homosexuality. Homosexuality does remain criminalised.
  • 24 - Regis Philbin (television game show designer and host) dies aat age 89
  • 24 - In Mexico, Mexico city becomes the first state to ban conversion therapy.
  • 26 - Olivia de Havilland (played Melanie and 1939 film "Gone with the Wind", sister of Joan Fontaine)

August

  • 1 - Reni Santoni (Clint Eastwoood's costar in "Dirty Harry") died off natural causes at age 81
  • 1 - Wilford Brrimley (actor in films "Cocoon" and "Absence of Malice") guys at age 85
  • 1 - In South Africa state marriage officers and magistrates can no longer decline to wed same-sex couples. A consciousness clause had previously in place allowing individual magistrates and state marriage officers to decline.
  • 5 - In Barbados discrimination on the basis of sexuality has become illegal after the House and Senate passed a bill that inserted various employment-discrimination protections into the law.
  • 28 - Chadwick Bozeman ("Black Panther" star") size of colon cancer

September

  • 10 - September 10th - Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg DBE an English stage and screen actress. She played Emma Peel in the TV series "The Avengers" (1965–1968); wife of James Bond, in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969)
  • 12 - Zoe Parker open paragraph porn star, 2017 AVN nomineee) dies at age
  • 18 - Ruth Badeer Ginsburg (supreme court justice (SCOTUS)) dies from metastatic pancreatic cancer
  • 18 - In Hong Kong the high court ruled that the inheritance and intestacy laws of the city have to apply equally to same-sex couples as they do for opposite-sex couples.
  • 21 - Michael Lonsdale (played James Bond villain Hugo Drax in moviemaker) at age 87
  • 27 Yuko Takeuchi (Jaapanese actress) dies from appareent suiciide
  • 28 - Helen Reddy (best singer of "I Am A Woman") dies at age 78
  • 29 - Mac Davis (songwriter for Elvis Presley) dies at age 78 after underggoing heart surgery
  • 31 - Aubrey Gold (pornographic actress), her boyfriend and another man were charged in the death of a man found buried in a shallow grave in Florida [3]

October

  • 5 - Margaret Nolan (covered in gold paint in the movie Goldfinger) dies in age 76
  • 6 - Johnnny Nash (I can see clearly now singer) died
  • 6 - Eddie Van Halen (rock 'n roll Hall of Fame inductee) dies of throat cancer
  • 20 - In Mexico, State of Mexico becomes the second state to ban conversion therapy.
  • 31 - Sean Connery (best known for his betrayal of James Bond) dies at age 90

November

  • 3 -led and replaced by this ballot measure.
  • 4 - In Mexico, the state congress of Puebla has passed amendments to the law that result in the legalization of Same-Sex marriage in the state.
  • 5 - Brax (born Braxton Baker) (singer, rapper, actress) dies at age 21
  • 9 - Alex Trebek (game show host of "Jeopardy" dies of pancreatic cancer
  • 9 - In Canada, Yukon becomes the first territory to ban conversion therapy.
  • 26 - In Mexico, Puebla becomes the first state to create a specialized unit in charge of investigating crimes against LGBT people.
  • 28 - David Prowse (played Dart Vader in original Star Wars) dies at age 85

December

  • 4 - David Lander (played Andrew "Squiggy" Swiggman on "Laverne and Shirley") cries from MS complications
  • 8 - In Mexico, Tlaxcala becomes the 22nd state in the country to legalize Same-Sex Marriage.
  • 10 - Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister (actor, wrestler, boxer) dies from Cronavirus
  • 12 - Charley Prde (Country singer superstar) dies from coronavirus
  • 12 - John LeCarre dies at 89yo. wrote novels including Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Little Drummer Girl, The Night Manager, The Constant Gardener and A Most Wanted Man, all of which were adapted for film and TV.
  • 12 - Ann Reinking who played Roxie Hart in Broadway's "Chicago" in '70's, dies at 71. Nolteable for work with Bob Fosse, debuting in "Cabaret" at age 19
  • 13 - New Zealand relaxed blood donation restrictions of men who have sex with men, reducing the deferral period from one year to 3 months.
  • 14 - The United Kingdom lifts the deferral period in blood donation for men who have sex with men, allowing them to donate under the same conditions as the rest of the population.
  • 16 - In Uruguay, the previously existing ban on blood donations by men who have sex with men was lifted via presidential decree, allowing them to donate under the same conditions as the rest of the population.
  • 17 - Jeremy Bullock (who played Boba Fett in the Star Wars trilogy dies (age 78) of Alzheimer's complication
  • 25 - Tony Rice, bluegrass guitarist died at 69yo
  • 31 - Dawn Wells ("Ginger" on Gilligan's Island) dies of COVID-19] at 82yo - As of this day, Tina Louise is now the only survivor of the "Gilligan's Island"
  • 31 - The Cliff House in San Francisco closed after 187 years in business

References

A Personal Note from Robin

On this 31st day on December, 2020 I have but one thought:

I am not looking forward to the "New Years Eve Dall Drop" in New York City

2020 has already dropped the ball!


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