This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1993.

• Sodomy laws in theRepublic of Ireland are repealed.
• Minnesota bans private-sector discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, becoming the firstU.S. state to enact a law addressing transgender civil rights.^[1]

• 15 – In U.S. state ofColorado, district court judge Jeffrey Bayless issues a temporary injunction inRomer v. Evans, preventing Amendment 2 from becoming part of the state constitution.

• 25 – Thirdgay rights march onWashington, D.C., theMarch on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation draws an estimated 1,000,000 participants.^[2][3]

• 29 -Russia decriminalized homosexual relationships.^[4][5]

• 5 – InBaehr v. Lewin, theHawaii Supreme Court rules that denying marriage licenses to same-sex couples constitutes discrimination based on sex under theHawaii Constitution. The court remands the case to the trial court to determine whether the state had a "compelling" state interest in barring such marriages.^[6][7]

• 19 – Colorado's Supreme Court upholds an injunction issued by a district court in January against Amendment 2 and sends it back to the district court to be scrutinized.

• 10 - New Zealand passes their Human Rights Act.^[8][9]

• 19 – TheHamilton Square Baptist Church protests break out in San Francisco.^[10]

• 1 – A court orders the federal government ofCanada to grant a gay federal worker spousal and bereavement benefits equal to those heterosexual employees receive.
• 7 – In the United States, theAFL–CIO labor union passes a resolution to oppose the repeal of gay rights laws.

• 2 – Voters inCincinnati, Ohio, andLewiston, Maine, repeal bans on discrimination based on homosexual orientation.^[11][12]
• 30 –Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Pursue, Don't Harass policy goes into effect in theUnited States armed forces.^[13]

• 3 – The state senate ofMassachusetts passes a bill that protects the civil rights of lesbian and gay students in public schools.
• 14 – InColorado, district court judge Jeffrey Bayless rulesAmendment 2 unconstitutional.^[14]

• Timeline of LGBT history – timeline of events from 12,000 BCE to present
• LGBT rights by country or territory – current legal status around the world
• LGBT social movements

• Eskridge, Jr., William N. (1996).The Case for Same-Sex Marriage: From Sexual Liberty to Civilized Commitment. New York City, The Free Press, a Division of Simon & Schuster.ISBN 0-684-82404-3.

• LGBTQ rights by year
• 1993 in LGBTQ history

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