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In Massachusetts, Democrat Maura Healey defeats Republican Geoff Diehl in the gubernational election, making her the first elected female Governor of Massachusetts. Healey is also the first ever lesbian governor in US history.
2022-11-8

The Kenya Film Classification Board bans the lesbian romance film "Rafiki" saying it intends to "promote lesbianism".
2018-04-27

Academy Award-nominated actress Ellen Page comes out as lesbian at a Human Rights Campaign conference.
2014-02-15

The Church of Scotland's General Assembly votes to allow openly gay men and women to become ministers.
2013-05-20

The murder of a South African lesbian activist who was stoned and stabbed to death is condemned as part of an "epidemic" of hate crimes against gays in South Africa.
2011-05-3

US District Court Judge Virginia A. Phillips rules that the United States military's don't ask, don't tell policy violates the First Amendment rights of gay men and lesbians.
2010-09-9

Lesbian student Constance McMillen, banned by a high school in the United States from bringing her girlfriend to her leavers' dinner, is to receive a $35,000 settlement in response to a discrimination lawsuit.
2010-07-20

A nearly 25-year study published today in "Paediatrics" concludes that children raised in lesbian households are "psychologically well-adjusted" and have "fewer behavioral problems than their peers".
2010-06-7

Two children are prevented by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Denver from enrolling in a Catholic school in Boulder, Colorado, United States because their parents are lesbians.
2010-03-11

A girls' boarding school dormitory in KwaZulu-Natal is shut down due to widespread lesbian activity.
2010-02-26