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((Globalize|date=August 2011))<!--American-centric with assumptions that unless otherwise mentioned the location is america and thats POV-->
((Year nav topic5|2011|LGBT rights))
((Commons category|LGBT history in 2011))

This is a list of events in 2011 that affected [[LGBT rights]].

==Events==

===January===
* 1 — The [[Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010]] comes into effect in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], allowing same-sex couples to enter [[Civil union|civil partnerships]].<ref>((cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0101/breaking25.html |last=Cullen |first=Paul |title=Partnership laws come into force |date=January 1, 2011 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=March 8, 2021 |archive-date=October 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022213340/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0101/breaking25.html |url-status=dead ))</ref>
* 3 — [[Uganda]]n High Court Justice V.F. Kibuuka Musoke rules that ''[[Rolling Stone (Uganda)|Rolling Stone]]'' violated the civil rights of homosexuals when it printed their pictures on the front page with the headline "Hang Them". The court orders the newspaper to pay each of the three lead plaintiffs [[Ugandan shilling|USh&nbsp;]]1.5 million.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/2011/01/04/court-affirms-rights-of-ugandan-gays/ |title=Court Affirms Rights of Ugandan Gays |date=January 4, 2011 |website=Human Rights First |access-date=March 8, 2021))</ref>
* 7 — The [[Texas Courts of Appeals|3rd Court of Appeals]] in [[Austin, Texas]], rules that the [[Texas Attorney General]] does not have standing to intervene in a same-sex divorce case. The ruling, which conflicts with a ruling issued in 2010 by the 5th Court of Appeals,<ref>((Cite news | last = Appleton | first = Roy | title = Dallas judge's ruling saying gay couple could divorce in Texas rejected on appeal | work = [[The Dallas Morning News]] | date = September 1, 2010 | url = http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/090110dnmetgaydivorce.aa8079fa.html | access-date = 2010-12-12| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101103034807/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/090110dnmetgaydivorce.aa8079fa.html| archive-date= 3 November 2010 | url-status= live))</ref> means that a Texas divorce granted to two women who married in Massachusetts is legal. However, the state's ban on same-sex marriage is unaffected.<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.statesman.com/article/20120901/NEWS/309017420 |last=Kreytak |first=Steven |title=Same-sex divorce stands under appellate ruling |date=September 1, 2012 |website=Statesman |access-date=March 8, 2021))</ref>
*10
** The [[Saskatchewan Court of Appeal]] in [[Canada]] rules that marriage commissioners in [[Saskatchewan]] cannot refuse to marry same-sex couples due to religious objections. The decision is in response to a proposed law which had two versions: One would allow any marriage commissioner to avoid performing a same-sex wedding because of his or her religion; the other version would allow commissioners to opt out of performing a same-sex ceremony only if they were commissioners before Canada enacted marriage equality in 2004.<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/marriage-officials-can-t-refuse-gays-sask-court-1.1011669 |title=Marriage officials can't refuse gays: Sask. court |date=January 10, 2011 |website=CBC |access-date=March 8, 2021))</ref>
** Newly sworn-in Ohio Governor [[John Kasich]] allows a previous executive order prohibiting discrimination in state employment on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity to expire.<ref>((cite web |last=Resnick |first=Eric  |url=http://www.gaypeopleschronicle.com/stories11/january/0114111.htm |title=Kasich lets LGBT job bias rule expire |website=Gay People's Chronicle |date=January 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110116051322/http://www.gaypeopleschronicle.com/stories11/january/0114111.htm |archive-date=January 16, 2011))</ref>
* 14 — A [[Virginia]] circuit court judge reverses his earlier ruling and allows one half of a lesbian couple to change her last name legally to that of her partner. The judge had initially denied the name change, stating that since same-sex marriage is illegal in Virginia and the couple "hold themselves out as a married couple" the name change was for "fraudulent purposes".<ref>((cite web |url=http://advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/01/13/Judge_Renege_on_Lesbian_Name_Change/ |last=Garcia |first=Michelle |title=Judge Reverses on Lesbian Name Change |date=January 13, 2011 |website=The Advocate |access-date=March 8, 2021))</ref>
* 18 — A [[Bristol County Court]] judge rules that the owners of a [[bed and breakfast]] in [[Cornwall]], [[United Kingdom]], violated the rights of a gay couple in a [[Civil partnership in the United Kingdom|civil partnership]] when they refused to rent them a double room because of the owners' Christian beliefs.<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-12214368 |title=Bristol gay couple win Cornwall B&B bed ban case |date=January 18, 2011 |website=BBC |access-date=March 8, 2021))</ref>
* 24 — The [[Wyoming House of Representatives]] passes a bill that would bar the state from recognising legal same-sex marriages performed in other legal jurisdictions, changing a law that though bars same-sex marriage within Wyoming recognises legal marriages performed elsewhere.<ref>((cite web |url=http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/article_4876d7cc-27f2-11e0-bc10-001cc4c002e0.html |title=House passes anti-gay marriage bill |last=Pelzer |first=Jeremy |date=January 24, 2011 |website=Casper Star Tribune |access-date=April 17, 2021))</ref>
* 27 — The [[Iowa Senate]] rejects a proposal for a voter initiative to amend the Iowa constitution to ban same-sex marriage.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2011/January/Iowa-Senate-Denies-Push-for-Gay-Marriage-Ban/ |title=Iowa Senate Denies Push for Gay Marriage Ban |date=January 28, 2011 |website=CBN News |access-date=April 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203050351/http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2011/January/Iowa-Senate-Denies-Push-for-Gay-Marriage-Ban/ |archive-date=February 3, 2011))</ref>
* 28
**The [[Constitutional Council of France]] rules that French laws which restrict marriage to unions between men and women do not violate the [[constitution of France|French Constitution]].<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-french-watchdog-says-no-to-gay-marriage-2011jan28-story.html |last=Keaten |first=Jamey |title=French watchdog says no to gay marriage |date=January 28, 2011 |website=The San Diego Union-Tribune |access-date=March 8, 2021))</ref>
** In [[Indiana]], the [[Gary Community School Corporation]], as part of the settlement of a lawsuit filed in 2007 by a transgender former student, announces a new anti-discrimination policy that includes specific protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.lambdalegal.org/news/pr/in_20110128_reaches-agreement.html |title=Lambda Legal Reaches Settlement Agreement with Indiana School District After Transgender Student Was Barred from Prom |date=January 28, 2011 |website=Lambda Legal |access-date=April 17, 2021))</ref>
* 31
** Following its passage in December 2010, [[Illinois]] Governor [[Pat Quinn (politician)|Pat Quinn]] signs the Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act. This act allows all couples, regardless of gender, to enter into [[Recognition of same-sex unions in Illinois|civil unions]] which provide all of the state benefits of marriage.<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/31/illinois-civil-unions-law_n_816243.html |title=Illinois Civil Unions Law: Governor Quinn Will Sign Historic Legislation Today |date=January 31, 2011 |website=Huffpost |access-date=April 17, 2021))</ref><ref>((cite web |url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/01/illinois-governor-legalizes-civil-unions-for-gays-lesbians/1 |title=Illinois governor legalizes civil unions for gays, lesbians |last=Winter |first=Michael |date=January 31, 2011 |website=USA Today |access-date=April 17, 2021))</ref> The law is scheduled to take effect June 1.
** As same-sex marriage is constitutionally prohibited in the state of [[Nebraska]], an [[Otoe County, Nebraska|Otoe County]] judge refuses to grant a divorce to two women legally married in Vermont in 2003. The judge does, however, rule on child support and visitation rights for the couple's four-year-old daughter (specifics not given).<ref>((cite web |url=http://nebraska.statepaper.com/vnews/display.v/ART/4d468c4f4de4b |title=Same Sex: Judge Says No Nebraska Marriage Means No Divorce Nebraska |date=January 31, 2011 |website=Nebraska State Paper |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714002237/http://nebraska.statepaper.com/vnews/display.v/ART/4d468c4f4de4b |archive-date=July 14, 2012 |access-date=March 8, 2021))</ref>
** Representatives at [[São Tomé and Príncipe]]'s United Nations Universal Periodic Review announce that upcoming revisions to its Criminal Code will decriminalize homosexual sex in the country. The new code would come into effect four months later.<ref>((cite news |title=São Tomé and Príncipe to legalise gay sex |publisher=PinkPaper |date=2011-02-14 |access-date=2011-02-25 |url=http://news.pinkpaper.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=4829 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715084050/http://news.pinkpaper.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=4829 |archive-date=2011-07-15))</ref>

===February===
* 1 —  The [[United States Department of State]] begins issuing passport applications that ask applicants for "Mother or parent one" and "Father or parent two" instead of for "Father" and "Mother".<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mother-father-changing-to-parent-one-parent-two-on-passport-applications |title='Mother', 'Father' Changing to 'Parent One', 'Parent Two' on Passport Applications |last=Starnes |first=Todd |date=January 7, 2011 |website=Fox News |access-date=April 17, 2021))</ref> The change, announced in December 2010, is "in recognition of different types of families".<ref>((cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/07/AR2011010706741.html |title=Parent One, Parent Two to replace references to mother, father on passport forms |last1=Sheridan |first1=Mary Beth |last2=O'Keefe |first2=Ed |date=January 7, 2011 |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=April 17, 2021))</ref>
* 7 — New York City adopts a new policy regarding [[transgender marriage]] license applicants specifying that once an applicant displays a proper photo identification the city clerk may not request further proof of sex.<ref>((cite web |url=https://outalliance.org/new-york-city-adopts-policy-ensuring-transgender-people-equal-access-to-marriage-licenses/ |title=New York City Adopts Policy Ensuring Transgender People Equal Access to Marriage Licenses |date=March 8, 2011 |website=Out Alliance |access-date=April 17, 2021))</ref>
* 17 — The [[Arkansas Supreme Court]] upholds a lower court ruling giving a woman visitation rights with the child of her former partner. The court rules that even though same-sex marriage is not legally recognised in Arkansas, the woman stood ''[[in loco parentis]]'' to the child.<ref>((cite web |url=http://arkansasnews.com/2011/02/17/court-woman-entitled-to-visitation-with-child-of-former-same-sex-partner/ |title=Court: Woman entitled to visitation with child of former same-sex partner |last=Lyon |first=John |date=February 17, 2011 |website=Arkansas News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221195630/http://arkansasnews.com/2011/02/17/court-woman-entitled-to-visitation-with-child-of-former-same-sex-partner/ |archive-date=February 21, 2011))</ref>
* 18
** Massachusetts governor [[Deval Patrick]] signs an executive order banning discrimination against state employees based on gender identity or expression.<ref>[https://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2011/02/patrick_bans_di.html Patrick bans discrimination against transgender state workers] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629002155/http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2011/02/patrick_bans_di.html |date=June 29, 2011 ))</ref>
** The Alaska Board of Regents votes to add sexual orientation to its anti-discrimination policy.<ref>[http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-alaska-regents-vote-to-ban-gay-discrimination-2011feb18-story.html Alaska regents vote to ban gay discrimination]</ref>
* 23
** In response to two lawsuits, ''[[Pedersen v. Office of Personnel Management]]'' and ''[[Windsor v. United States]]'', the US Justice Department announces that it will no longer defend the constitutionality of section 3 of the [[Defense of Marriage Act]] although the department will "remain parties (''[[sic]]'') to the cases and continue to represent the interests of the United States throughout the litigation."<ref>[https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2011/February/11-ag-222.html Statement of the Attorney General on Litigation Involving the Defense of Marriage Act]</ref> That section had been ruled unconstitutional in two district court cases, ''[[Massachusetts v. United States Department of Health and Human Services]]'' and ''[[Gill v. Office of Personnel Management]]''.<ref>((cite web|last=Keen|first=Lisa|title=DOMA decisions released|publisher=Bay Windows|date=2010-07-08|url=http://www.baywindows.com/doma-decisions-released-107807|access-date=2016-07-31<!--DASHBot-->))((cbignore|bot=medic))</ref><ref>((Cite news|last=Goodnough|first=Abby|author2=John Schwartz|title=Judge Topples U.S. Rejection of Gay Unions|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=2010-07-08|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/09/us/09marriage.html?_r=1&hp|access-date=2010-07-09| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120506192821/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/09/us/09marriage.html?_r=1&hp| archive-date=May 6, 2012| url-status= live))</ref>
** [[Hawaii]] governor [[Neil Abercrombie]] signs the state's civil unions bill. The law will take effect on 1 January 2012.<ref>[http://www.civilbeat.com/posts/2011/02/23/9233-hawaii-civil-unions-signed-into-law/ Hawaii Civil Unions Signed Into Law] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708161315/http://www.civilbeat.com/posts/2011/02/23/9233-hawaii-civil-unions-signed-into-law/ |date=July 8, 2011 ))</ref>
* 24 — A New York state appellate court rules that recognising a legal same-sex marriage performed in Canada for purposes of probate does not violate the public policy of the state of New York.<ref>[http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202483221392&Panel_Finds_Canadian_Gay_Marriage_Valid_in_Probate_Case&slreturn=1&hbxlogin=1 Panel Finds Canadian Gay Marriage Valid in Probate Case]</ref>

===March===
*1 — The [[United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit]] rules that [[Indian Prairie School District 204]] may not bar students from wearing shirts with anti-LGBT slogans finding that a "school that permits advocacy of the rights of homosexual students cannot be allowed to stifle criticism of homosexuality." The district had argued that it barred a shirt reading "Be Happy, Not Gay" on the grounds that it violated the rights of students toward whom the derogatory comment was directed.<ref>[http://www.suntimes.com/news/4084352-418/judge-anti-gay-shirts-worn-by-neuqua-valley-students-ok.html Judge: Anti-gay shirts worn by Neuqua Valley students OK] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110304235234/http://www.suntimes.com/news/4084352-418/judge-anti-gay-shirts-worn-by-neuqua-valley-students-ok.html |date=March 4, 2011 ))</ref>
*2 — The Wyoming Senate defeats a bill that would have prevented the state from recognising same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions.<ref>[http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/03/03/Wyoming_Senate_Kills_Antigay_Bill/ Wyoming Senate Kills Antigay Bill]</ref>
* 7 — Citing the 1971 [[Minnesota Supreme Court]] ruling in ''[[Baker v. Nelson]]'' and the local defense of marriage act,((Which|date=August 2011)) [[Hennepin County, Minnesota|Hennepin County]] District Judge Mary Dufresne dismisses a lawsuit brought by marriage equality advocacy group [[Marry Me Minnesota]] which contended that the ban on same-sex marriage violates the rights of same-sex couples to due process, equal protection, religious freedom and freedom of association.<ref>[http://www.marrymeminnesota.org/files/Benson_Order.pdf Benson v. Alverson] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320031607/http://www.marrymeminnesota.org/files/Benson_Order.pdf |date=March 20, 2012 ))</ref><ref>[http://www.startribune.com/local/117624298.html Judge dismisses challenge to gay marriage barriers]</ref>
* 9 — Along party lines, the [[Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group|United States House of Representatives Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group]] votes to defend the constitutionality of Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act after the Obama administration announced it would not support the bill. The Advisory Group vote sidesteps a full House vote on the question.<ref>[http://www.metroweekly.com/poliglot/2011/03/house-republicans-vote-to-defe.html House Republicans Vote to Defend DOMA in Court on Party Line 3-2 Vote] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313070535/http://www.metroweekly.com/poliglot/2011/03/house-republicans-vote-to-defe.html |date=March 13, 2011 ))</ref>
* 16 — Upon its second reading, the [[Landtag of Liechtenstein|Liechtenstein Parliament]] passes a bill legalising registered civil partnership. The law will take effect on 1 September 2011.<ref>((in lang|de)) [http://www.vaterland.li/index.cfm?source=lv&id=12784 Landtag einhellig für Partnerschaftsgesetz]</ref>
* 21 — The [[Cook County Jail]] in [[Chicago]] implements a new policy for housing [[transgender prisoners]], allowing for them to be housed based on their gender identity rather than birth sex.<ref>[http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=31243 Cook County Jail using gender identity to determine housing]</ref>
* 24
** [[Canada]] announces a pilot programme to provide $100,000 in living assistance funds to refugees facing persecution because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/immigration/article/959975--canada-to-assist-persecuted-gay-refugees Canada to assist persecuted gay refugees]</ref>
** [[Roman Catholic]]-operated [[Marquette University]] announces that it will offer domestic partnership benefits to employees beginning in 2012.((Clarify|date=August 2011))<!--initiate or extend same-sex--><ref>[http://www.jsonline.com/news/education/118626194.html Marquette University to offer domestic partner benefits]</ref>
* 28 — [[United States Citizenship and Immigration Services]] (USCIS) announces that it will no longer deny applications for [[Permanent residence (United States)|green cards]] on the part of bi-national same-sex married couples but will put those cases on hold pending resolution of the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act.<ref>''The Advocate'': [http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/03/27/Breakthrough_on_Immigration_Rights/ Andrew Harmon, "Immigration Breakthrough?." March 27, 2011] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110601011356/http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/03/27/Breakthrough_on_Immigration_Rights/ |date=June 1, 2011 )), accessed March 29, 2011</ref>
* 30
** USCIS later reverses its ruling and announces that it will continue to deny green cards to bi-national applicants in same-sex marriages.<ref>[http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/03/30/Official_No_Hold_on_Gay_Immigration_Cases/ Official: No Hold on Gay Immigration Cases] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110401185501/http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/03/30/Official_No_Hold_on_Gay_Immigration_Cases/ |date=April 1, 2011 ))</ref>
** The [[United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit]] dismisses the complaint of a [[Wal-Mart]] employee fired in 2005 for anti-gay harassment of another employee. The court rules that Wal-Mart did not violate the fired employee's religious freedom. Wal-Mart's anti-harassment policy includes "sexual orientation" as a category.<ref>[http://www.edgechicago.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=118142 Kilian Melloy, "Woman Loses Suit After Being Fired by Wal-Mart for Anti-Gay Diatribe," April 5, 2011]</ref>
* 31 — The [[Constitutional Court of Korea]] rules in a 5–4 decision that the Korean military ban on homosexual conduct is constitutional and does not discriminate against homosexual military personnel.<ref>[https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gAA9i_oy4s3CTZgGCv7y-Hxyi1KQ?docId=CNG.f440a185061a164b334adc7a3012adc9.191 S. Korea court upholds military ban on gay behaviour] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501181530/https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gAA9i_oy4s3CTZgGCv7y-Hxyi1KQ?docId=CNG.f440a185061a164b334adc7a3012adc9.191 |date=May 1, 2011 ))</ref>

===April===
* 5 — The [[Nashville, Tennessee]] Metro Council passes a measure requiring businesses with contracts with the city to promise not to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.advocate.com/news/daily-news/2011/04/06/nashville-council-approves-antidiscrimination-measure |title=Nashville Approves Fair Business Bill |date=April 6, 2011 |website=Advocate |access-date=April 17, 2021))</ref>
* 7 — The [[Arkansas Supreme Court]] upholds a 2010 lower court ruling that a [[Arkansas Proposed Initiative Act No. 1|2008 voter-approved ban]] on adoption by unmarried cohabiting couples is unconstitutional.<ref>''ArkansasMatters.com'': [https://web.archive.org/web/20110809123551/http://arkansasmatters.com/news-fulltext/?nxd_id=411726 Chris Geidner, "Ark. Supreme Court Agrees Adoption Law is Unconstitutional," April 7, 2011], accessed April 7, 2011</ref>
* 11 — The Maine Human Rights Commission finds that a rental agency that repeatedly delayed an application from a transgender applicant illegally discriminated against her based on her gender identity.<ref>''Kennebec Journal'': [http://www.kjonline.com/news/panel-backs-claim-of-discrimination-by-transgender-renter_2011-04-11.html Betty Adams, "Panel backs claim of discrimination by transgender renter," April 12, 2011], accessed April 13, 2011</ref>
* 12 — The [[United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit]] rules that a [[Louisiana]] registrar's refusal to list the names of both same-sex adoptive parents on a birth certificate does not violate their child's right to [[Equal Protection clause|equal protection]] nor does the [[Full Faith and Credit Clause]], which requires each state to recognize the legal proceedings of the other states, require Louisiana to "confer particular benefits on unmarried adoptive parents contrary to its law."<ref>NOLA: [http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2011/04/gay_dads_lose_louisiana_birth.html "Gay dads lose appeal in Louisiana birth certificate case," April 12, 2011], accessed April 13, 2011</ref>
* 13 — Rear Admiral [[Mark L. Tidd]], [[Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy]], issues a two-page "guidance" memo stating that following final repeal of the [[don't ask, don't tell]] policy, same-sex couples would be allowed to marry in Naval facilities with Naval chaplains officiating in those states in which [[Same-sex marriage in the United States|same-sex marriage is legal]].<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dont-navy-oks-bases-chaplains-sex-marriages-repeal/story?id=13570191 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell': Navy OKs Bases, Chaplains for Same-Sex Marriages After Repeal]</ref>
* 18
** The [[National Assembly of Hungary]] adopts a new [[Constitution of Hungary|constitution]] that among other things explicitly restricts same-sex marriage. However, same-sex couples may obtain the same legal protections through registering as domestic partners.<ref>((cite web |title=A New Constitution for Hungary |website=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127091910/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704004004576270911634291304 |archive-date=2022-01-27 |url-status=live |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704004004576270911634291304))</ref> If signed as expected by President [[Pál Schmitt]] it will go into effect on January 1, 2012.
** [[Arizona]] Governor [[Jan Brewer]] signs into law a bill that requires adoption agencies in the state to "give primary consideration to adoptive placement with a married man and woman." Agencies may place a child with a legally single person if it is in the child's best interest or if there is no married couple applying for adoption.<ref>[https://www.azcentral.com/news/election/azelections/articles/2011/04/18/20110418arizona-adoption-preference-bill.html#ixzz1JvBhj7te Brewer signs Arizona bill on adoption preference]</ref> Same-sex marriage is not legally recognized in Arizona.
* 20 — The Virginia Board of Social Services votes to strike language from new proposed adoption regulations which would have barred discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Single people and married mixed-sex couples may adopt children.<ref>''Richmond Times-Dispatch'': [https://archive.today/20130204230028/http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2011/apr/21/tdmain01-gay-rights-protection-stripped-from-propo-ar-986480/ Olympia Meola, "Anti-gay bias ban stripped from proposed adoption rules," April 21, 2011], accessed April 21, 2011; ''Washington Post'': [https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post_now/post/same-sex-adoptions-lose-ground-after-va-board-vote/2011/04/20/AF5T8xDE_blog.html Anita Kumar, "Same-sex adoptions lose ground after Va. board vote," April 20, 2011], accessed April 20, 2011</ref>
* 21 — [[Montana]] District Judge Jeffrey Sherlock rules against same-sex couples seeking to force the state to extend the benefits of marriage to them, finding that the state's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage and the separation of powers between the courts and the legislature prevents it.<ref>[http://www.nbcnews.com/id/42711475 Montana judge rules against rights-seeking gay couples]</ref>
* 23 — It is reported that pursuant to a 2008 order by then-Governor [[David Paterson]] that [[New York (state)|New York]] state agencies recognize same-sex unions performed in other jurisdictions, the [[New York State Department of Correctional Services]] has updated its regulations to allow prisoners in same-sex marriages and civil unions to have conjugal visits and seek furloughs if a spouse or partner is terminally ill.<ref>((Cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/04/23/2011-04-23_paint_the_clinks_pink_conjugal_visits_allowed_for_gay_inmates_and_partners.html |title=Conjugal visits allowed for inmates and partners in same-sex marriages, civil unions |website=[[New York Daily News]] |access-date=2011-04-24 |archive-date=2011-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426121603/http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/04/23/2011-04-23_paint_the_clinks_pink_conjugal_visits_allowed_for_gay_inmates_and_partners.html |url-status=dead ))</ref>
* 26
** In the UK, the [[First-tier Tribunal|Charity Tribunal]] upholds an earlier ruling from the [[Charity Commission for England and Wales|Charity Commission]] that denies an exemption from the [[Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations|2007 Sexual Orientation Regulations]] to the Leeds-based Catholic Care adoption agency. The charity must consider same-sex couples as prospective adoptive parents and may not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation.<ref>((cite web |title=Catholic adoption agency loses gay adoption fight |date=2011-04-26 |website=[[The Guardian]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604225045/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2011/apr/26/catholic-adoption-agency-gay-lesbian |archive-date=2023-06-04 |url-status=live |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2011/apr/26/catholic-adoption-agency-gay-lesbian))</ref>
<!--:* The [[Clovis, New Mexico]] school board votes to ban all extra-curricular clubs from meeting during school hours within hours of a club application's being filed for a [[gay-straight alliance]]. The federal [[Equal Access Act]] requires schools receiving federal finds to allow equal access to all extra-curricular clubs. The board claims that the timing of the ban is coincidental.<ref>((cite web |title=New Mexico school bans club meetings after gay club formed |website=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gays-newmexico-idUSTRE73R01F20110428))</ref>-->
* 29 — The [[United States Department of Labor]] updates its internal equal employment opportunity policy to bar discrimination on the basis of gender identity.<ref>((Cite web |url=http://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/crc/crc-internal/eeo.htm |title=U.S. Department of Labor Policy on Equal Employment Opportunity |access-date=2011-04-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504022729/http://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/crc/crc-internal/eeo.htm |archive-date=2011-05-04 |url-status=dead ))</ref>

===May===
* [[Nepal]] takes a national census and officially recognises a [[third gender]] in addition to male and female.<ref>[http://articles.cnn.com/2011-05-31/world/nepal.census.gender_1_gender-identity-citizenship-first-openly-gay-lawmaker?_s=PM:WORLD Nepal census recognizes 'third gender']  ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603033451/http://articles.cnn.com/2011-05-31/world/nepal.census.gender_1_gender-identity-citizenship-first-openly-gay-lawmaker?_s=PM%3AWORLD |date=June 3, 2011 ))</ref>
* 5
** The [[Supreme Federal Court]] of [[Brazil]] rules in a unanimous 10-0 decision, with one abstention, to legalise [[Same-sex marriage in Brazil|same-sex stable unions]].<ref>((cite news|url = https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-gayrights-idUSTRE74503V20110506|title = Brazil's supreme court recognizes gay partnerships|work = Reuters|date = May 5, 2011))</ref>
** The ACLU announces a settlement in the case of ''[[Witt v. Department of the Air Force]]''. The Air Force agrees to drop its appeal and remove Witt's discharge from her military record and she will retire with full benefits.<ref>[http://www.aclu-wa.org/news/final-settlement-landmark-lawsuit-major-witt-retire-full-benefits Final Settlement to Landmark Lawsuit: Major Witt to Retire with Full Benefits]</ref>
** The [[Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)]] approves a constitutional amendment allowing for the ordination of clergy in same-sex relationships.<ref>((cite news |title=Presbyterians Approve Ordination of Gay People (Published 2011) |work=The New York Times |date=10 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621181430/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/11/us/11presbyterian.html?_r=3 |archive-date=2023-06-21 |url-status=live |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/11/us/11presbyterian.html?_r=3 |last1=Goodstein |first1=Laurie ))</ref>
** In the face of political opposition from [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] members of [[United States Congress|Congress]] who claimed that allowing the use of federal facilities or personnel to perform same-sex marriages would violate the [[Defense of Marriage Act]], Rear Admiral Mark L. Tidd suspends his April 13 "guidance" memo pending further Naval review.<ref>((cite web |title=Navy Scraps Rules on Gay Marriages After GOP Protest |website=[[ABC News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206044020/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dont-navy-scraps-rules-gay-marriages-republicans-protest/story?id=13578162 |archive-date=2023-02-06 |url-status=live |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dont-navy-scraps-rules-gay-marriages-republicans-protest/story?id=13578162))</ref>
* 11
** [[Delaware]] Governor [[Jack Markell]] signs the state's [[LGBT rights in Delaware|civil unions bill]] into law, granting same-sex couples in the state all of the rights of marriage. The law will take effect January 1, 2012.<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.glaad.org/2011/05/12/delaware-gov-jack-markell-signs-civil-union-bill-into-law |title=Delaware Gov. Jack Markell Signs Civil Union Bill into Law |last=Ward |first=Justin |date=May 12, 2011 |website=GLAAD |access-date=April 17, 2021))</ref>
** The [[Minnesota Senate]] approves a proposed constitutional amendment to bar same-sex marriage in the state.<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703864204576317523672020078?mod=googlenews_wsj Minn. Senate OKs Vote on Gay-Marriage Ban] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517010434/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703864204576317523672020078.html?mod=googlenews_wsj |date=May 17, 2011 ))</ref>
* 13 — After delaying a vote originally scheduled two day ago, the [[Parliament of Uganda]] adjourns without taking action on the country's proposed [[Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill|anti-homosexuality bill]].<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/05/13/uganda.gay/ Uganda's parliament takes no action on anti-gay bill]</ref>
* 17
** The [[Nevada Legislature]] passes a bill to bar employment discrimination in the state on the basis of gender identity or expression.<ref>[http://www.lvrj.com/news/bill-outlawing-transgender-discrimination-goes-to-sandoval-122061898.html?ref=898 Bill outlawing transgender discrimination goes to Sandoval]</ref>
** Moscow mayor [[Sergei Sobyanin]] bans a gay pride march scheduled for 28 May, despite an October 2010 ruling by the [[European Court of Human Rights]] that similar bans in 2006, 2007 and 2008 violated the [[European Convention on Human Rights]]. Activists plan to defy the ban as they had in past years.<ref>[http://www.rferl.org/content/activists_vow_to_defy_moscow_gay_parade_ban/24178839.html Activists Vow To Defy Moscow Gay-Parade Ban]</ref>
* 20
** The [[Tennessee Legislature]] gives final passage to the "[[Equal Access to Intrastate Commerce Act]]". The bill would repeal an ordinance passed earlier this year in [[Nashville]] that requires companies doing business with the city to adopt anti-discrimination policies that include sexual orientation and gender identity. The bill would also prevent any unit of local government from requiring companies to bar discrimination on any basis that is not illegal under state law.<ref>((cite web |url=https://legiscan.com/TN/bill/HB0600/2011 |title=TN HB0600 2011-2012 107th General Assembly |date=May 31, 2011 |website=LegiScan |access-date=April 17, 2021))</ref> The [[Tennessee Senate]] also passes Senate Bill 49, colloquially known as the "Don't Say Gay bill", which would bar schools from presenting any prepared material or lessons about homosexuality to students before high school.<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna43115864 |title='Don't Say Gay' bill passes in TN Senate |date=May 20, 2011 |website=NBC News |access-date=April 17, 2021))</ref>
** United States District Judge [[Frank Montalvo]] rules that a voter initiative in [[El Paso, Texas]] that stripped health benefits from the unmarried partners of city employees is constitutional. Although supporters of the initiative stated that they only intended to remove benefits from the partners of gay employees, Montalvo finds that the language of the ordinance also strips benefits from city officials and others who are not technically employees of the city.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130122101304/http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_18141339?source=pkg Domestic partner benefits law sends El Paso backward, some say]</ref>
* 23
** [[Tennessee]] governor [[Bill Haslam]] signs the "[[Equal Access to Intrastate Commerce Act]]" into law, reversing Nashville's LGBT-inclusive anti-discrimination ordinance and barring any local unit of government from requiring that companies bar discrimination on any basis not already covered by state law.<ref>((cite web |url=https://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/2011/05/24/tn-governor-signs-bill-on-state-and-local-antidiscrimination-standards/ |title=TN Governor Signs Bill on State and Local Antidiscrimination Standards |date=May 24, 2011 |website=HR Daily Advisor |access-date=April 17, 2021))</ref>
** The [[Church of Scotland]] votes to allow openly gay ministers, who can live in civil unions.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/may/23/scottish-church-gay-ministers Guardian:Church of Scotland votes to allow gay ministers]</ref>
* 24 — A judge in [[Wharton, Texas]], ruled that a transgender woman is still legally male and invalidates her marriage to a biological male.<ref>((Cite web |url=http://www.dallasvoice.com/wharton-judge-rules-nikki-araguz-1077682.html |title=Wharton judge rules against Nikki Araguz |access-date=2011-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126211815/http://www.dallasvoice.com/wharton-judge-rules-nikki-araguz-1077682.html |archive-date=2011-11-26 |url-status=dead ))</ref>
* 25
** [[Nevada]] Governor [[Brian Sandoval]] signs Assembly Bill 211, which prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression. The law will take effect October 1.<ref>[http://www.lvrj.com/news/sandoval-signs-transgender-job-discrimination-bill-122529078.html Sandoval signs transgender job discrimination bill]</ref>
** A spokesperson for [[Brazil]]ian President [[Dilma Rousseff]] announces that she has suspended an upcoming distribution of [[sex education]] videos through the ministries of health and education, saying that the "anti-homophobia kits", as they are known, are inappropriate for children and do not offer an "objective" view of homosexuality.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-13554077 Brazil sex education material suspended by President]</ref>
<!--* 26 — The [[United States House of Representatives]] passes a military spending bill with amendments designed to delay final repeal of [[don't ask, don't tell]]. The bill would also specify that the [[Defense of Marriage Act]] applies to all [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] policies and prohibit the use of military facilities or personnel for performing same-sex marriages.<ref>((cite web|title=$690 billion defense budget passes House despite veto threat|url=http://leoshane.visibli.com/share/6yF5on|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819233902/http://leoshane.visibli.com/share/6yF5on|archive-date=2011-08-19|url-status=live|access-date=2012-02-24))</ref>-->

===June===
* 2 — Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval signs the Nevada Senate Bills 331 and 368, which outlawed discrimination in housing and public accommodation on the basis of gender identity.<ref>[http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/jun/02/bill-targeting-strip-arena-among-27-signed-governo/ Bill targeting Strip arena among 27 signed by governor, 4 vetoed]</ref>
* 6 — The [[Wyoming Supreme Court]] reverses a lower court ruling and allows an LGBT couple married in Canada to divorce. The ruling recognised same-sex marriage in Wyoming only in the context of divorce.<ref>[http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/article_56d136c9-ea3c-54c6-b5db-39bf9fb28a48.html Wyoming Supreme Court reverses same-sex divorce ruling]</ref>
* 8
** The Virginia Board of Juvenile Justice, which oversees the state's juvenile correctional facilities, votes unanimously to ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/juvenile-justice-board-backs-gay-discrimination-ban/2011/06/08/AGnwFZMH_story.html Va. juvenile justice board backs ban on sexual orientation discrimination]</ref>
** The [[Government of Portland, Oregon|Portland, Oregon City Council]] votes unanimously to expand health coverage for city workers to cover the cost of sex re-assignment surgery up to $50,000.<ref>[http://healthland.time.com/2011/06/09/health-equality-portland-embraces-transgender-rights/ Health Equality: Portland Embraces Transgender Rights]</ref>
**[[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], announces plans to reimburse city employees in legal same-sex marriages for the federal tax burden they incur for the value of health benefits received by their spouses. Under federal law, employers are required to include the value of such benefits as taxable income, while mixed-sex married couples are not taxed. Reimbursement in the form of quarterly stipends are expected to begin in July.<ref>[http://articles.boston.com/2011-06-08/yourtown/29634901_1_federal-tax-health-benefits-stipend Cambridge to offset federal gay marriage tax for city employees] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110618203730/http://articles.boston.com/2011-06-08/yourtown/29634901_1_federal-tax-health-benefits-stipend |date=June 18, 2011 ))</ref>
* 10 — The Obama administration issues a "guidance" memo stating that under existing law, states may choose to offer the same level of asset protection to same-sex couples under [[Medicaid]] asset recovery plans as it offers to straight married couples.<ref>[http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/06/10/exclusive-obama-extends-protections-to-gay-couples-under-medicaid/ EXCLUSIVE: Obama extends protections to gay couples under Medicaid]</ref>
* 14
** [[United States Department of Education]] Secretary [[Arne Duncan]] affirms in a letter to educators that [[gay-straight alliance]]s should be afforded the same rights and protections as any other student-initiated organisation under the [[Equal Access Act]].<ref>[http://www2.ed.gov/policy/elsec/guid/secletter/110607.html Key Policy Letters from the Education Secretary and Deputy Secretary]</ref>
** The [[National Assembly of France]] rejects a bill presented by the opposition [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]] seeking to legalise same-sex marriage by 293 votes to 222.<ref>[https://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2011/06/15/french_parliament_rejects_gay_marriage_bill/ France rejects same-sex marriage bill]</ref>
** The [[El Paso, Texas]] city council votes to restore health benefits to the non-married partners of city employees. The benefits had been stripped by a voter initiative in November 2010.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130122033750/http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_18270403?source=most_viewed City restores domestic partner benefits]</ref>
* 15 — The [[United States Department of Health and Human Services]] announces its first-ever grant in the amount of $250,000 to create a resource center for LGBT political refugees.<ref>[http://www.heartlandalliance.org/news-and-publications/inthenews/featured-stories/heartland-alliance-to-help.html Heartland Alliance to Help Create First Ever Resource Center to Support LGBT Refugees] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419130840/http://www.heartlandalliance.org/news-and-publications/inthenews/featured-stories/heartland-alliance-to-help.html |date=April 19, 2012 ))</ref>
* 16 — The [[United Nations Human Rights Council]] passes a declaration which for the first time condemns discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The declaration also commissions a study of anti-gay discrimination around the world.<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jun/17/un-body-votes-protection-gay-rights/ |last=Jordans |first=Frank |title=UN body votes for protection of gay rights |date=June 17, 2011 |website=The Washington Times |access-date=March 8, 2021))</ref>
* 19 — Voters in Liechtenstein [[Liechtenstein registered partnership referendum, 2011|approve a binding resolution]] by a margin of 68%–32% that recognises [[Recognition of same-sex unions in Liechtenstein|registered partnerships]]. Same-sex couples will have the same tax, inheritance and welfare rights as married couples but will remain barred from adopting children.<ref>((Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/liechtenstein-voters-overwhelmingly-back-gay-partnership-law-challenged-by-religious-groups/2011/06/19/AGA6yfbH_story.html |title=Liechtenstein voters overwhelmingly back gay partnership law challenged by religious groups |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=2017-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103110637/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/liechtenstein-voters-overwhelmingly-back-gay-partnership-law-challenged-by-religious-groups/2011/06/19/AGA6yfbH_story.html |archive-date=2019-01-03 |url-status=dead ))</ref>
* 20 — Dane County Judge Dan Moeser rules that Wisconsin's domestic partnership registry, which offers limited benefits to registered partners, does not violate the state's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. He finds that the state "does not recognise domestic partnership in a way that even remotely resembles how the state recognises marriage."<ref>((cite web |title=Judge rules Wisconsin same sex registry is constitutional |website=[[Reuters]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405051637/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-wisconsin-gays-idUSTRE75K00A20110621 |archive-date=2023-04-05 |url-status=live |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-wisconsin-gays-idUSTRE75K00A20110621))</ref>
* 23 — A [[Washington County, Maryland]] judge rules that one member of a same-sex couple legally married in [[Washington, D.C.]], may invoke [[Spousal testimonial privilege|spousal privilege]] and refuse to testify against her spouse in a criminal case.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130125084742/http://www.herald-mail.com/news/local/hm-judge-rules-that-samesex-spouse-can-invoke-spousal-privilege-20110623,0,3777097.story Judge: Woman doesn't have to testify against same-sex spouse]</ref>
* 24
** Following a 36-26 vote passing exemptions for religious organisations,<ref>[http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/169430/20110624/gay-marriage-new-york-senate-vote.htm New York Senate Passes Chapter Amendment]</ref> the [[New York Senate]] approves the same-sex marriage law;<ref>((cite news |title=New York Allows Same-Sex Marriage, Becoming Largest State to Pass Law (Published 2011) |work=The New York Times |date=25 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230723143037/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/25/nyregion/gay-marriage-approved-by-new-york-senate.html |archive-date=2023-07-23 |url-status=live |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/25/nyregion/gay-marriage-approved-by-new-york-senate.html |last1=Confessore |first1=Nicholas |last2=Barbaro |first2=Michael ))</ref> the [[New York State Assembly]] also approved the bill to legalise same-sex marriage in the state by a vote of 80-63.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/16/nyregion/gop-senators-stalled-in-talks-on-gay-marriage-bill.html G.O.P. Senators Are Stalled in Talks on Marriage Bill]</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20120910092638/http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/141611/state-senate-approves-religious-amendments--undertakes-vote-on-same-sex-marriage-bill State Senate Approves Religious Amendments, Undertakes Vote On Same-Sex Marriage Bill]</ref> Governor [[Andrew Cuomo]] signed the bill into law shortly before midnight.<ref>[http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/NY-Gov-Cuomo-signs-gay-marriage-law-1439604.php NY Gov. Cuomo signs gay marriage law] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628141248/http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/NY-Gov-Cuomo-signs-gay-marriage-law-1439604.php |date=June 28, 2011 ))</ref> The law would make New York the largest state in the United States to recognise same-sex marriage.<ref>((cite news |last1=Confessore |first1=Nicholas |last2=Barbaro |first2=Michael |title=New York Allows Same-Sex Marriage, Becoming Largest State to Pass Law |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/25/nyregion/gay-marriage-approved-by-new-york-senate.html |access-date=28 January 2019 |work=New York Times |date=June 24, 2011))</ref>
** Police in [[St. Petersburg]], Russia, detain 14 gay rights activists holding an unsanctioned gay pride event.<ref>((Cite web |url=http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_6402/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=2qjFO4iF |title=NY marriage vote emboldens Paris gay pride march |website=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=2011-06-29 |archive-date=2011-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701183608/http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_6402/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=2qjFO4iF |url-status=dead ))</ref>
* 27 — [[Sao Paulo]], Brazil state Judge Fernando Henrique Pinto rules that two men in a civil union may convert their union into a full legal marriage, believed((Vague|date=August 2011)) to be the first legal same-sex marriage in the country.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160911044643/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/americas/brazil-judge-approves-what-appears-to-be-countrys-first-gay-marriage-between-2-men/2011/06/27/AGYN2znH_story.html Brazilian judge gives male couple approval for what court says is country’s first gay marriage]</ref>

===July===
*2 — [[Rhode Island]] Governor [[Lincoln Chafee]] signs a civil unions bill into law. The law, which is effective immediately, grants same-sex couples the same rights as married couples but withholds the word "marriage" from their certificates.<ref>[http://www.wpri.com/dpp/news/local_news/providence/chafee-signs-civil-unions-legislation WPRI - Chafee Signs Civil-Unions Legislation | WPRI.com<!-- Bot generated title -->] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704184822/http://www.wpri.com/dpp/news/local_news/providence/chafee-signs-civil-unions-legislation |date=July 4, 2011 ))</ref> Some LGBT rights activists had urged Chafee to veto the bill, saying that exemptions for religious organisations were overly broad and might allow some such groups to discriminate against civil unions.<ref>[http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/06/28/RI_Likely_to_Pass_Civil_Unions_Almost_No_One_Pleased/ RI Likely to Pass Civil Unions Almost No One Pleased | Advocate.com<!-- Bot generated title -->] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701153339/http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/06/28/RI_Likely_to_Pass_Civil_Unions_Almost_No_One_Pleased/ |date=July 1, 2011 ))</ref> However, some rights, such as tax exemptions based on marital status, remain unavailable because the state uses federal tax law to determine them, which does not recognise any form of same-sex union.<ref>[http://www.projo.com/news/content/CIVIL_UNIONS_ISSUES_10-10-11_U9QQ4RJ_v57.60a62.html] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111012091555/http://www.projo.com/news/content/CIVIL_UNIONS_ISSUES_10-10-11_U9QQ4RJ_v57.60a62.html|date=October 12, 2011))</ref>
*5 — Governor [[Dan Malloy]] of Connecticut signs bill HB-6599, which bars discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, credit and other laws based on gender identity or expression. The law, which will take effect 1 October, makes Connecticut the 15th state (along with Washington, D.C.) to outlaw some form((Vague|date=August 2011)) of gender identity discrimination.<ref>[http://www.baywindows.com/conn-governor-signs-transgender-protections-into-law-121897 Conn. governor signs transgender protections into law] ((Retrieved|access-date=2016-07-31))</ref><ref>[http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/07/07/connecticut-adds-gender-identity-to-non-discrimination-laws/ Connecticut adds gender identity to non-discrimination laws]</ref>
*6 — In ''[[Log Cabin Republicans v. United States]]'',<ref>((cite web |url=https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca9/10-56634/10-56634-2011-09-29.html |title=Log Cabin Republicans v. United States, et al. |website=Justia US Law |access-date=April 17, 2021))</ref> the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit]] lifts its stay of a lower court's order and orders an immediate halt to the enforcement of "don't ask, don't tell". The court cites progress implementing the 2010 repeal of the policy and the Obama administration's 1 July brief in a DOMA case that cites the history of government and private discrimination based on sexual orientation.<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sdut-court-orders-immediate-halt-to-gay-military-ban-2011jul06-story.html |title=Court orders immediate halt to gay military ban |last1=Leff |first1=Lisa |last2=Baldor |first2=Lolita C |date=July 6, 2011 |website=Daily News |access-date=April 17, 2021))</ref>
*7 — The United States Department of Justice seeks to withdraw its appeal of a California same-sex couple's joint bankruptcy petition and announces that it will no longer raise objections to "bankruptcy petitions filed jointly by same-sex couples who are married under state law."<ref>''MetroWeekly'': [http://metroweekly.com/poliglot/2011/07/us-trustee-withdraws-appeal-of.html Chris Geidner, "U.S. Trustee Withdraws Appeal of Gay Couple's Bankruptcy Court DOMA Victory," July 7, 2011] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710021212/http://metroweekly.com/poliglot/2011/07/us-trustee-withdraws-appeal-of.html |date=July 10, 2011 )), accessed July 7, 2011</ref>
*14 — California governor [[Jerry Brown]] signs the [[FAIR Education Act|Fair, Accurate, Inclusive and Respectful Education Act]]. The new law mandates that educational material in California schools includes information on the contributions of LGBT people to California and United States history, prohibits discriminatory material and lessons and adds "sexual orientation" to existing laws that prohibit discrimination in education.<ref>[http://ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=5869 BREAKING: Governor signs Leno's FAIR Act]</ref>
*15 — The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals grants the government's emergency request to reinstate "don't ask, don't tell" but bars the government from investigating, penalizing or discharging anyone under the policy.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/16/us/16brfs-DONTASKDONTT_BRF.html?_r=2&ref=todayspaper California: ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Is Back, Temporarily]</ref><ref>[http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/07/16/Court_Continues_to_Block_DADT_Discharges/ Court Continues to Block DADT Discharges] ((webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20120717160130/http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/07/16/Court_Continues_to_Block_DADT_Discharges/ |date=July 17, 2012 ))</ref>
* 20 — The [[United States Department of Justice]] confirms that it, along with the [[United States Department of Education|Department of Education's]] Office of Civil Rights, is investigating [[Anoka-Hennepin School District 11]] in Minnesota for "allegations of harassment and discrimination in the [district] based on sex, including peer-on-peer harassment based on not conforming to gender stereotypes." Several students, including four who, according to friends and family, were homosexual or perceived as such and committed suicide within the last two years. The school district has a policy barring any discussion of homosexuality and requires staff to remain neutral on matters of sexual orientation.<ref>[http://articles.cnn.com/2011-07-20/us/minnesota.school.civil.rights.probe_1_sexual-orientation-civil-rights-federal-investigation?_s=PM:US Minnesota school district investigated after civil rights complaint]  ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110730123356/http://articles.cnn.com/2011-07-20/us/minnesota.school.civil.rights.probe_1_sexual-orientation-civil-rights-federal-investigation?_s=PM%3AUS |date=July 30, 2011 ))</ref>
* 22 — The [[Michigan Supreme Court]] rejects an appeal from a lesbian seeking shared custody of the children of her former partner.<ref>[http://advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/07/26/Michigans_Top_Court_Rejects_Lesbian_Custody_Suit/ Michigan's Top Court Rejects Lesbian Custody Suit]</ref>
* 24 — The first legal same-sex marriages are performed in the state of New York. New York City records 659 marriages, a one-day record for the city.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/gaymarriage-newyork-idUSN1E76N00E20110725 New York state celebrates first same-sex marriages]</ref>
* 26
** The [[Constitutional Court of Colombia]] ruled that same-sex couples in ''de facto'' unions constitute a family. The Court further ruled that the [[Congress of Colombia]] has two years to address marriage equality through the legislative process. If the deadline passes without legislation, same-sex couples would be able to formalise their unions through [[notaries public]].<ref>((cite web |title=Colombian court says Congress must decide on gay marriage |website=[[CNN]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220155455/https://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/07/27/colombia.gay.marriage/ |archive-date=2022-12-20 |url-status=live |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/07/27/colombia.gay.marriage/))</ref>
** The United Nations Economic and Social Council reports that the [[International Gay and Lesbian Association]] has been granted consultative status. This gives ILGA the right to attend U.N. meetings, speak, and provide information to U.N. bodies on treatment of gays.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120923174051/http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFLDE76P1H720110726 UN council votes to recognise global gay grouping]</ref>
** The [[Italian Chamber of Deputies]] rejects a bill that would have outlawed discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.<ref>[http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/07/27/italy-rejects-anti-homophobia-bill/ Italy rejects anti-homophobia bill]</ref>
** The [[United States Department of Labor]] releases a report on employee benefits in the United States which for the first time includes information on the availability of same-sex domestic partnership benefits.<ref>[http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ebs2.nr0.htm Employee Benefits in the United States news release text]</ref>
* July — The [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada]] allowed same-sex marriages in their churches.<ref>[https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/faith/evangelical-lutherans-back-same-sex-marriage-126053333.html Winnipegfreepress.com: Evangelical Lutherans back same-sex marriage]</ref>

===August===
* 1 — Members of the [[Suquamish tribe]] in the U.S. state of Washington vote unanimously to legalise same-sex marriage. The tribal court may issue a marriage license to two unmarried adults regardless of sex as long as at least one of them is a registered tribal member.<ref>[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2015800174_samesex03m.html Kitsap's Suquamish Tribe makes same-sex marriage legal] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820065558/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2015800174_samesex03m.html |date=August 20, 2011 ))</ref>
* 4 — US President Barack Obama signs a proclamation ordering the State Department to bar from entry into the United States anyone who has engaged in oppression against various groups, including those defined by "sexual orientation or gender identity".<ref>WhiteHouse.gov: [https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2011/08/04/presidential-proclamation-suspension-entry-immigrants-and-nonimmigrants- Presidential Proclamation--Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Persons Who Participate in Serious Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Violations and Other Abuses, August 4, 2011], accessed August 7, 2011</ref>
* 5 — The [[United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit]] upholds a lower court ruling in ''Fields v. Smith'', striking down Wisconsin's "Inmate Sex Change Prevention Act". The law barred doctors in Wisconsin prisons from prescribing hormone treatment or sex reassignment surgery to transgender inmates. The court found that denial of treatment without a medically necessary reason constitutes [[cruel and unusual punishment]].<ref>[https://www.aclu.org/lgbt-rights/federal-court-upholds-transgender-peoples-right-access-medical-treatment-prison Federal Court Upholds Transgender People’s Right to Access Medical Treatment in Prison]</ref>

===September===
* 2 — The [[California State Senate]] passes AB 9, known as "Seth's Law", after 13-year-old Seth Walsh, who died by suicide in 2010 after constant homophobic harassment at his school. The bill would require every school in California to implement anti-harassment and anti-discrimination policies and programmes that include actual or perceived sexual orientation and gender identity and expression. The state assembly had passed the bill in June.<ref>[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/02/seths-law-measure-designe_n_947304.html Seth's Law, Measure Designed To Curb Anti-Gay Bullying, Passes California State Senate]</ref>
* 6 — California governor [[Jerry Brown]] signs SB 117 into law. SB 117, also known as the Equal Benefits Act, bars the state from entering into contracts worth more than $100,000 with vendors that do not offer equal benefits to the spouses of same-sex employees.<ref>[http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=33620 Governor Brown signs bill strengthening equal benefits law for LGBT workers]</ref>
* 7 — The [[United States Department of Health and Human Services]] issues a finalised guidance memorandum that creates an enforcement mechanism for the policy announced last year by the [[Obama administration]] mandating hospitals that receive [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]] and [[Medicaid]] funding allow patients to designate their choice of visitors during inpatient stays, including same-sex partners.<ref>[http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/09/07/hhs-advances-hospital-visitation-rights-for-gay-couples/ HHS expands hospital visitation rights for gay couples]</ref>((dubious|date=September 2011))<!--generic not LGBT-specific rights-->
* 15 — The government of [[Australia]] announces new passport guidelines that will allow [[intersex]] people to select "X" as their gender identifier. Only intersex people may select X, transgender people must still select either "male" or "female".<ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/15/travel/main20106611.shtml 'X' now a gender option in Australian passports] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110915194405/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/15/travel/main20106611.shtml |date=September 15, 2011 ))</ref>
* 17 — [[Alaska]] Supreme Court Judge Frank Pfiffner rules that denying same-sex couples the senior citizen and property tax exemptions given to mixed-sex married couples violates the state's constitutional guarantee of equal protection.<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.deseret.com/2011/9/19/20217173/judge-backs-exemption-for-alaska-same-sex-couples |title=Judge back tax exemption for Alaska same-sex couples |date=September 19, 2011 |website=Deseret News |access-date=April 17, 2021))</ref>
* 20 — [[Don't ask, don't tell]], the law which since 1993 has excluded LGB people from serving openly in the United States military, expires nine months after it was legislatively repealed. The [[United States Army]] is the first branch of the military to announce officially that the exclusionary policy is over.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/its-official-dont-ask-dont-tell-is-history/2011/03/03/gIQAq93yfK_blog.html It's official: `Don’t ask don’t tell’ is history]</ref>
* 28 — The [[European Parliament]] in [[Straßburg]] passed a resolution against discrimination on the basis of [[sexual orientation]].<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.lgbt-ep.eu/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/RES-20110928-Human-rights-sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity-at-the-United-Nations-As-adopted-Provisional.pdf|title=The European Parliament|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125005616/http://www.lgbt-ep.eu/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/RES-20110928-Human-rights-sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity-at-the-United-Nations-As-adopted-Provisional.pdf|archive-date=2011-11-25|access-date=2019-11-05))</ref>

===October===
* 3 — The U.K.'s [[Identity and Passport Service]] announces plans to change passport application forms to include options for same-sex parents to identify as "parent one" and "parent two" rather than as "mother" and "father". It would also allow transgender applicants to opt out of selecting a gender for passport purposes.<ref>((cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15150526 | work=BBC News | title=British passport forms to get same-sex parents option | date=3 October 2011))</ref>
* 5 — California Governor [[Jerry Brown]] signs [[Seth's Law]], requiring school districts across the state have a uniform process for dealing with complaints about bullying and mandating that school personnel intervene, when safe to do so, to stop bullying.<ref>((cite news| url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/10/10/BAHB1LFRO3.DTL#ixzz1aQa9oHmM | work=The San Francisco Chronicle | first=Wyatt | last=Buchanan | title=Jerry Brown signs antibullying, open-carry bills | date=11 October 2011))</ref>
* 8 — [[Andrew Mitchell]], the British [[Secretary of State for International Development]], announced that African countries which persecute homosexuals will face cuts in financial aid from the British government. This followed a cut of £19 million in aid to [[Malawi]] after two men were sentenced in 2010 to 14 years' hard labour for attempting to marry (the men were later released after intercession by the [[United Nations]]).((cn|date=May 2020))
* 9 — California Governor Jerry Brown announces the signing of the Gender Nondiscrimination Act (AB 887) and the Vital Statistics Modernization Act (AB 443). AB 887 makes illegal discrimination based on gender identity or expression in employment, education, housing, and other public settings and AB 443 allows transgender people to obtain a court order to protect their gender.<ref>((Cite web |url=http://lgbtweekly.com/2011/10/10/15847/ |title=Governor Brown signs notable transgender bills into law ((!)) LGBT Weekly<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2011-11-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113090507/http://lgbtweekly.com/2011/10/10/15847/ |archive-date=2011-11-13 |url-status=dead ))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=http://www.eqca.org/atf/cf/%7B34f258b3-8482-4943-91cb-08c4b0246a88%7D/AB%20887%20GENDER%20NONDISCRIMINATION%20ACT%20FACT%20SHEET.PDF |title=Gender Nondiscrimination Act AB 887 (Atkins) |publisher=Transgender Law Center |access-date=November 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130327131817/http://www.eqca.org/atf/cf/%7B34f258b3-8482-4943-91cb-08c4b0246a88%7D/AB%20887%20GENDER%20NONDISCRIMINATION%20ACT%20FACT%20SHEET.PDF |archive-date=March 27, 2013))</ref>
* 25 — The [[Supreme Federal Court]] of [[Brazil]] ruled in favour of two women seeking a legal civil marriage. It found that "sexual orientation should not serve as a pretext for excluding families from the legal protection that marriage represents."<ref>[http://www.news24.com/World/News/Brazil-high-court-allows-gay-marriage-20111026 Brazil high court allows gay marriage | News24<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

===November===
* 2
** The U.K. [[Equalities Commission]] announced that same-sex couples may use houses of worship in England and Wales for civil partnership ceremonies, although no religious organisation can be forced to perform them.<ref>((cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15554683 | work=BBC News | title=Gay couples allowed to host civil ceremonies in church | date=2 November 2011))</ref>
** The United States [[Internal Revenue Service]] announces that it intends to issue a formal agreement, known as a "notice of acquiescence", with the 2010 [[United States Tax Court]] decision in ''[[O'Donnabhain v. Commissioner]]'', allowing people to deduct the costs for treating [[gender identity disorder]] from their federal income taxes.<ref>[http://www.hrc.org/blog/entry/irs-formally-agrees-with-historic-court-ruling-for-transgender-taxpayers IRS Formally Agrees with Historic Court Ruling for Transgender Taxpayers | Human Rights Campaign<!-- Bot generated title -->] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111106205451/http://www.hrc.org/blog/entry/irs-formally-agrees-with-historic-court-ruling-for-transgender-taxpayers |date=November 6, 2011 ))</ref>
* 15 — The [[Oklahoma City]] Council votes to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation in city employment.<ref>[http://newsok.com/oklahoma-city-council-passes-sexual-orientation-discrimination-protection-measure/article/3623463 Oklahoma City Council passes controversial sexual orientation measure]</ref>
* 22 — An independent arbiter rules that [[Baltimore County, Maryland]], must extend spousal benefits to the same-sex spouses of two police officers who legally married in other states.<ref>[http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-county/bs-md-co-samesex-police-20111122,0,3037596.story Baltimore Co. police officers win same-sex benefits claim]</ref>

===December===
[[File:Elio di Rupo-15-12-2007.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Elio Di Rupo]], the first full-time openly gay male national leader, in 2007]]
* 1 — [[Australia]]n state [[Queensland]] passes in parliament ''Civil Partnership Bill''.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-01/queensland-parliament-passes-same-sex-bill/3705444?section=qld ABC:Queensland parliament passes same-sex bill]</ref>
* 6 — [[Elio Di Rupo]] of [[Belgium]] becomes the first openly gay male leader of a European Union country.<ref>[http://www.advocate.com/news/daily-news/2011/12/06/worlds-first-full-time-gay-male-leader-belgiums-elio-di-rupo Worlds First Full Time Gay Male Leader Belgiums Elio Di Rupo | Advocate.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

==Deaths==
* 7 January — [[Carlos Castro (journalist)|Carlos Castro]], Portuguese journalist and LGBT rights activist, bludgeoned.<ref>((cite news |title=Man Is Beaten and Killed in Upscale Hotel (Published 2011) |work=The New York Times |date=8 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617090041/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/08/nyregion/08murder.html |archive-date=2022-06-17 |url-status=live |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/08/nyregion/08murder.html |last1=O'Connor |first1=Anahad |last2=Doty |first2=Cate ))</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/nyregion/09murder.html?_r=1&global-home Man Held in Times Sq. Hotel Killing]</ref>
* 15 January — Lance Lundsten, American student, suicide.<ref>[http://ksax.com/article/stories/S2005847.shtml?cat=10230 Lance Lundsten's Death Ruled Suicide Due to Mixed Drug Ingestion] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110310135414/http://ksax.com/article/stories/S2005847.shtml?cat=10230 |date=March 10, 2011 ))</ref> following alleged school bullying.<ref>[http://ksax.com/article/stories/S1928689.shtml?cat=10230 Teenager Commits Suicide; Friends Say Bullying to Blame] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110121005106/http://ksax.com/article/stories/S1928689.shtml?cat=10230 |date=January 21, 2011 ))</ref>
* 19 January — Kameron Jacobsen, American student, suicide following alleged bullying on [[Facebook]].<ref>[http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/new_york_state/sources-teenager-kills-himself-after-facebook-taunts-20110119 Sources: Teenager Kills Himself After Facebook Taunts] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110124213027/http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/new_york_state/sources-teenager-kills-himself-after-facebook-taunts-20110119 |date=January 24, 2011 ))</ref>
* 26 January — [[David Kato]], Ugandan, LGBT rights activist, bludgeoned.<ref>((cite web |title=Ugandan gay rights activist David Kato found murdered |date=2011-01-27 |website=[[The Guardian]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725060856/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/27/ugandan-gay-rights-activist-murdered |archive-date=2023-07-25 |url-status=live |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/27/ugandan-gay-rights-activist-murdered))</ref>
* 27 February — [[James Gruber]], American LGBT activist, last surviving member of the [[Mattachine Society]], following an illness.<ref>[http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=5543 James Gruber, last original Mattachine member, dies]</ref>
* 28  February — [[Peter J. Gomes]], American theologian and same-sex marriage advocate, complications following a stroke.<ref>[http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/03/01/Influential_Gay_Rev_Dies_at_68/ Influential Gay Rev. Dies at 68] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303140535/http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/03/01/Influential_Gay_Rev_Dies_at_68/ |date=March 3, 2011 ))</ref>
* 17 April — [[Alfred Freedman]], American psychiatrist who led the campaign to declassify homosexuality as a mental illness in 1973, complications following surgery.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/21/health/21freedman.html Alfred Freedman, a Leader in Psychiatry, Dies at 94]</ref>
* 23 April — [[Noxolo Nogwaza]], South African LGBT activist, possible victim of [[corrective rape]], murdered.<ref>((Cite web |url=http://www.queerlife.co.za/test/news/april2011/6440-another-sa-lesbian-murdered.html |title=Another SA Lesbian Murdered |access-date=2011-04-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110503014850/http://www.queerlife.co.za/test/news/april2011/6440-another-sa-lesbian-murdered.html |archive-date=2011-05-03 |url-status=dead ))</ref>
* 7 May — [[Doric Wilson]], American playwright and LGBT activist.<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/150628-Doric-Wilson-Playwright-and-Gay-Activist-Dies-at-72- Doric Wilson, Playwright and Gay Activist, Dies at 72] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510115620/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/150628-Doric-Wilson-Playwright-and-Gay-Activist-Dies-at-72- |date=May 10, 2011 ))</ref>
* 25 June — [[Jean Harris (activist)|Jean Harris]], American LGBT rights activist.((Clarify|date=August 2011))<!--how dead?--><ref>[https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-jean-harris-20110702,0,1560285.story Jean Harris dies at 66; forceful gay-rights organizer]</ref>
* 22 July — [[Ifti Nasim]], Pakistani poet and LGBT rights activist, heart attack.<ref>[http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-wellknown-gay-pakistani-muslim-poet-dies-at-64-20110724,0,1756014.story Well-known gay Pakistani Muslim poet dies at 64]  ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726112817/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-wellknown-gay-pakistani-muslim-poet-dies-at-64-20110724%2C0%2C1756014.story |date=July 26, 2011 ))</ref>
* 3 August — [[Rudolf Brazda]], German survivor of [[Buchenwald concentration camp]] and the last known homosexual internee.((Clarify|date=August 2011))<!--how dead?--><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110805101724/http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/rudolf-brazda-believed-last-surviving-gay-concentration-camp-prisoner-dies-at-98/2011/08/04/gIQAKc0qtI_story.html Rudolf Brazda, believed last surviving gay concentration camp prisoner, dies at 98]</ref>
* 11 September — [[Arthur Evans (author)|Arthur Evans]], author and LGBT rights activist, co-founder of [[Gay Activists Alliance]], heart attack.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/15/us/arthur-evans-68-leader-in-gay-rights-fight-is-dead.html Arthur Evans, Leader in Gay Rights Fight, Dies at 68]</ref>
* 18 September — Jamey Rodemeyer, United States high school student, suicide following bullying.<ref>((cite news| url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/20/jamey-rodemeyer-suicide-gay-bullying_n_972023.html | work=Huffington Post | first=Dean | last=Praetorius | title=Jamey Rodemeyer, 14-Year-Old Boy, Commits Suicide After Gay Bullying, Parents Carry On Message (VIDEO) | date=20 September 2011))</ref>
* 7 October — [[Paula Ettelbrick]], United States lawyer and LGBT rights activist, cancer.<ref>((cite news| url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/07/longtime-lgbt-rights-icon_n_1000863.html | work=Huffington Post | first=Noah | last=Michelson | title=Longtime LGBT Rights Icon Paula Ettelbrick Has Died | date=7 October 2011))</ref>
* 11 October — [[Frank Kameny]], United States LGBT right activist, heart disease.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/frank-kameny-dies-wasleading-gay-rights-leader/2011/10/11/gIQAIsUwdL_story.html Frank Kameny, leading gay rights activist, dies at 86]</ref>
* 14 October — [[Jamie Hubley]], Canadian student, suicide following depression and bullying.<ref>((cite news| url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/17/jamie-hubley-commits-suicide_n_1015646.html | work=Huffington Post | first=Noah | last=Michelson | title=Jamie Hubley, Gay 15-Year-Old Ottawa, Canada Teen Commits Suicide, Cites Depression, School Troubles | date=17 October 2011))</ref>
* 26 October
** [[Axel Axgil]], Danish LGBT rights activist, complications from a fall.<ref>((cite news| url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/danish-gay-rights-hero-axel-axgil-dead-age-96-activist-fought-gay-marriage-wed-article-1.969270 | location=New York | work=Daily News | title=Danish gay rights hero, Axel Axgil, is dead at age 96; activist fought for gay marriage, among first to wed | date=30 October 2011))</ref>
** [[Aristide Laurent]], United States LGBT right activist and co-founder of ''[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]'' magazine, cancer.<ref>[http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/10/31/Advocate_Co-Founder_Aristide_Laurent_Dead_at_70/ Advocate Co-Founder Aristide Laurent Dead at 70 | Advocate.com<!-- Bot generated title -->] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103105704/http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/10/31/Advocate_Co-Founder_Aristide_Laurent_Dead_at_70/ |date=November 3, 2011 ))</ref>
* 29 October — [[Rose Robertson]], British, LGBT rights activist, natural causes.((Vague|date=December 2012))<ref>((cite web|url=http://news.pinkpaper.com/NewsStory/6307/29/10/2011/gay-helpline-pioneer-rose-robertson-dies-aged-94-.aspx|title=Gay helpline pioneer Rose Robertson dies aged 94|first=Jonny|last=Payne|date=29 October 2011|publisher=PinkPaper))</ref>
* 7 November — [[Peter Burton (journalist)|Peter Burton]], British journalist and LGBT rights advocate, heart attack.<ref>((cite web |title=Peter Burton obituary |date=2011-11-08 |website=[[The Guardian]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622043340/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/nov/08/peter-burton |archive-date=2023-06-22 |url-status=live |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/nov/08/peter-burton))</ref>
* 10 November — [[Barbara Grier]], American lesbian rights activist and co-founder of [[Naiaid Press]], cancer.<ref>((cite web |url=https://outalliance.org/lesbian-publisher-barbara-grier-dies-at-78/ |title=Lesbian publisher Barbara Grier dies at 78 |date=November 22, 2011 |website=Out Alliance |access-date=April 17, 2021))</ref>

==See also==
((Portal|LGBT))
*[[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]]

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