This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1994.
Events
In Germany, a new Article 182 introduces a common age of consent of 14. Previously, the age of consent was 18 in the former West Germany (for sex between men), and 14 in the former East Germany for all.
In the United Kingdom, the age of consent for gay men is reduced to 18, still two years more than that for heterosexuals.
January
12 — In Texas v. Morales, the Texas Supreme Court finds that an appellate court erred in considering a challenge to the state's sodomy law since none of the plaintiffs in the case had lost employment because of the law.[1]
February
21 — The House of Commons of the United Kingdom rejects a motion to equalize the age of consent at 16, but supports an amendment to reduce the age for gay men to 18.
11 — Rather than comply with a court order that it allow an LGBTQ contingent to march, the South Boston Allied War Veterans Council cancels the Boston, MassachusettsSt. Patrick's Day parade, the first time in 92 years that the city will not have a parade.[3]
25 — The Washington School Board adopts a policy prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation in the state's public schools.[4]
26 — The United States Coast Guard makes public a memo issued by Commandant Thomas Fisher barring anti-gay discrimination against the service's civilian employees. Uniformed personnel are still subject to discharge under "don't ask, don't tell".[6]
7 — The Parliament of Sweden approves registered partnerships for same-sex couples, effective January 1, 1995. Same-sex couples will not receive the right to a church wedding, the right to adopt children or the right to artificial insemination.[9]
26 - The first Pride March in Asia was held in the Philippines. It was organized by the Progressive Organization of Gays in the Philippines and was supported by the Metropolitan Community Church.[10]