1984 in LGBT rights
# 1984 in LGBT rights

This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1984.

## Events

* Laguna Beach, California, prohibits employment discrimination based on sexual orientation in the private sector.
* Oakland, California, prohibits employment discrimination based on sexual orientation in the private sector.
* In Australia, homosexual acts between consenting adults are decriminalized in New South Wales and the Northern Territory.

### March

* 14 — The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in National Gay Task Force v. Board of Education of the City of Oklahoma City rules that a statute allowing teachers to be fired for "advocating, soliciting, imposing, encouraging or promoting public or private homosexual activity in a manner that creates a substantial risk that such conduct will come to the attention of school children or school employees" is facially overbroad and infringes on First Amendment rights.

### November

* 10 — In the United Kingdom, Chris Smith comes out as gay, becoming the first openly gay member of the House of Commons.
* 29 — West Hollywood, California, approves a gay rights ordinance.

### December

* 5 — Berkeley, California, extends domestic partnership benefits to the same-sex partners of city employees.
