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This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBTQ rights that took place in the year 2005.

• 1
  • California lawAB 205, which extends many rights and responsibilities of marriage to registereddomestic partners, goes into effect. The new law expands domestic partnership statutes to include most marriage rights available under state law. California domestic partnerships are available to opposite-sex couples age 62 and older who meet certainSocial Security qualifications and to all same-sex couples age 18 and older without further qualification.
  • In Germany, stepchild adoption and some additional rights for same-sex civil unions go into effect.
• 21 – US state ofIllinois bans discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in the private sector.^[1]
• 25 – TheAlameda County, California, Board of Supervisors votes 4–0 to prohibit discrimination in public-sector employment, services and facilities based ongender identity.

• 1 – Canadian federal government introduces Bill C-38, theCivil Marriage Act, which would legalize same-sex marriage in all provinces and territories.
• 4 – In the U.S. state of New York, state Supreme Court judgeDoris Ling-Cohan rules in favor of a lawsuit by five same-sex couples, stating that a ban on same-sex marriage violates the state's constitution.

• 14 –San Francisco County Superior Court judgeRichard Kramer rules that the state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.
• 15 – TheCincinnati, Ohio city council passes a gay rights ordinance after voters repealed the anti-gay Issue 3 in 2005.^[2]
• 31 – In the U.S. state ofMaine, the state's Human Rights Act is amended to ban discrimination based onsexual orientation (which is defined to include gender identity) in the private sector. The act would be the subject of a referendum November 8, in which it would be endorsed by voters.^[3]

• 5 – In the U.S. state ofKansas, voters approve an amendment to the state constitution banning same-sex marriages and civil unions.
• 20 – In the U.S. state ofConnecticut, the state legislature approves a law to allow same-sex civil unions effective October 1.
• 21
  • In Spain, theCongress of Deputies passes legislation to legalizesame-sex marriage.
  • In its home state ofWashington, theMicrosoft corporation withdraws support for H.B. 1515, after pressure from local clergymanKen Hutcherson. The bill would have made it illegal to fire an employee based on sexual orientation. Hutcherson threatened the company with a nationwide boycott.
• 22 – H.B. 1515 is defeated in the Washington state senate by a single vote. TwoDemocratic-party lawmakers join all 23Republican state senators to defeat the bill.^[4]
• 25 – Four same-sex couples in the Canadian province ofNew Brunswick ask their Court of Appeal to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples.
• 26 –Civil unions begin in New Zealand.

• 20 – In Canada, a same-sex couple from theNorthwest Territories sue the government over the right to be married.
• 23 – In the United States, theAmerican Psychiatric Association votes at its annual convention to support government-recognized marriages between same-sex partners.

• 5 – Fifty-eight percent of voters in Switzerland vote in favor of extending rights for registeredcivil unions for same-sex couples. This is the first time that the topic has been put to a national referendum. Same-sex couples will be treated in the same way as opposite-sex married couples in terms of pension and taxes. However, they will not be able to marry, to adopt children or undergo fertility treatment.^[5]
• 21
  • Jerrold Nadler, U.S. congressman from New York, reintroduces H.R. 3006 in theU.S. House of Representatives.^[6]
  • Patrick Leahy, U.S. senator fromVermont, reintroduces the Permanent Partners Immigration Act/Uniting American Families Act (S. 1278) in theU.S. Senate.^[7]
• 28 – TheHouse of Commons of Canada passes Bill C-38, a proposed law to legalize same-sex marriage on a national basis, by a vote of 158–133.
• 30
  • In Spain, the Congress of Deputies passes legislation to legalize same-sex marriage.
  • Legislation is introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives to ban discrimination based upon sexual orientation in hiring practices among the federal workforce.

• July 1
  • Bill Lockyer, attorney general of the state of California, asks theCalifornia Supreme Court to decide whethersame-sex marriage is permitted under the state's constitution.
  • A group of gay veterans rally inAustin, Texas, to protest state governorRick Perry's comments that gay military veterans should leave Texas.^[8] An estimated 65,000 lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender veterans live in Texas.^[9]
• 3 –Same-sex marriage (with step-child and joint adoption) begins in Spain^[10]
• 5 –Uganda amends its constitution to prohibit same-sex marriage.^[11]
• 19 – TheSenate of Canada passes Bill C-38 by a vote of 47–21.
• 20 – Bill C-38 receivesRoyal Assent, legalizingsame-sex marriage in Canada nationwide. The first same-sex couple to receive a marriage license under the new law is a couple fromAlberta.

• 26 – InThomas McCosker v The State theHigh Court of Fiji invalidates the country'ssodomy law as a violation of constitutional guarantees prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.^[12]
• 31 – InU.S. v. BlaylocktheUnited States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied an appeal based on the exclusion of a potential juror which the defendant alleged was based on the juror's sexual orientation. The appeal had sought to extend to sexual orientation the protections ofBatson v. Kentucky, which forbids excluding potential jurors based on race.^[13]

• 6 – TheCalifornia Legislature passes a bill (by 21 to 15 in the Senate, 41 to 35 in the Assembly) to legalizesame-sex marriage, becoming the first state legislature in the U.S. to do so without judicial prompting.^[14][15]
• 22 –American Medical Association (AMA) president Edward Hill, MD, gives a keynote address to the delegates of theGay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA) at the organization's annual conference being held inMontreal. In his speech, he acknowledged past unfair treatment of GLMA members andLGBTQ physicians by the AMA.^[16]
• 29 –Arnold Schwarzenegger, governor of California, vetoes the bill passed on September 6 legalizing same-sex marriage.^[17]

• 9 –Kansas Equality Coalition is founded, uniting groups in five regions that fought against the passage of the state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.
• 21 – InState v. Limon, theKansas Supreme Court strikes down a clause of the state's "Romeo and Juliet" law that punishedunderage sex more severely if it involved homosexual acts.^[18]

• 8 – In a referendum, Maine voters reject a measure to repeal a bill enacted in March banning discrimination based on sexual orientation (including gender identity) in the private sector.^[19]
• 15 –André Boisclair is chosen leader of theParti Québécois, becoming the first openly gay man elected leader of a major political party in North America.

• Latvia amends its constitution to prohibitsame-sex marriage.
• 1 – TheConstitutional Court of South Africa hands down its judgment in the case ofMinister of Home Affairs v Fourie, declaring that it is unconstitutional for the government to allow marriage for opposite-sex couples but not for same-sex couples. The judgment is suspended for one year to allow Parliament to rectify the discrimination.^[20]
• 5 –Civil partnerships begin in the United Kingdom.
• 9 – The First Department of the Appellate Division overrules an order from Judge Doris Ling-Cohan in February 2005 to allow gay marriages in New York City.^[21]
• 10 – InHouston, Texas, businesswoman Sue Lovell wins an at-large vacancy on the city council, joining city controllerAnnise Parker as the first two openly gay persons to be elected to office in the city of Houston.
• 16 –Mark Warner, governor of the U.S. state ofVirginia, issues an executive order banning sexual orientation discrimination in the public sector.^[22]

• June 4 –Jean O'Leary, 57, U.S. gay rights activist
• October 14 –Jody Dobrowski, 24, British murder victim targeted for being gay
• November 25 –Pierre Seel, 82, Nazi concentration camp survivor

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