1991 in LGBT rights

Events

• U.S. state of Connecticut bans sexual orientation discrimination in the private sector.
• U.S. state of Hawaii bans sexual orientation discrimination in the private sector.

  January

• 29 — Minnesota governor Arne Carlson issues an executive order banning sexual orientation discrimination in the public sector.

  April

• 16 — The United Kingdom Department of Health issued guidance banning social workers from allowing gay couples to become foster parents.

  May

• 1 — Three same-sex couples file suit in Hawaii alleging that the state constitution guarantees their right to marry.
• 19 — The Executive Council of Hong Kong votes to decriminalize homosexuality.

  August

• 16 — New Jersey governor James Florio issues an executive order prohibiting sexual orientation discrimination in the public sector.

  December

• 17 — The Minnesota Court of Appeals, overturning a lower court ruling in In re Guardianship of Kowalski, awards guardianship of Sharon Kowalski, brain-damaged in an accident eight years earlier, to her lesbian partner Karen Thompson.