3 – In the United States, the AFL–CIO labor union votes to support gay rights legislation.
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New York governor Mario Cuomo issues an executive order banning public sexual orientation discrimination.[1]
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30 – Ohio governor Richard Celeste issues Executive Order 83-64, which prohibits discrimination in state employment on the basis of sexual orientation.[2]
^http://www.buffalostate.edu/equity/documents/Orientation.doc Archived 2007-07-05 at the Wayback Machine (Microsoft Word document)
^Ohio Court of Appeals, First District. Greenwood v. Taft, Stettinius & Hollister Archived 2010-12-14 at the Wayback Machine. Danpinello.com. 1995-09-13. Accessed: 2011-01-23.