CEDAW adopted by the United Nations General Assembly

The APA’s board voted to remove homosexuality as a mental disorder after years of organizing by gay and lesbian activists and internal debate. Medical institutions became a site of struggle over who...

The act made sex discrimination unlawful in employment, education and public services and established the Equal Opportunities Commission. It offered a formal complaints route while leaving pay and...

The act extended protection to employment, housing and education, recognized indirect discrimination and established the Commission for Racial Equality. Activists and community groups had pressed...

Disabled activists occupied a federal building to demand enforceable regulations for Section 504. Cross-movement support helped sustain the protest, making disabled people’s leadership visible in...

Thousands of delegates debated a National Plan of Action on equality, childcare, employment and reproductive rights. It was a rare federally supported gathering shaped by grassroots women and...

The Charter entrenched equality rights, including protections related to race, sex, disability and other grounds. Indigenous peoples and equality-seeking groups continued to contest the gap between...

The revised Constitution placed an explicit prohibition on discrimination in Article 1. The clause created a major public standard, while later movements continued to press for enforcement and...

The monument commemorated LGBTQ people persecuted during the Second World War and became a public space for remembrance, community gatherings and political protest. Its placement in the city made...

Activists demanded civil-rights protections and responses to the AIDS crisis. The mobilization included the first public display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, connecting visibility, mourning and...

The act formalized federal multiculturalism policy and recognized cultural diversity as a public responsibility. Critics have asked whether recognition changes institutional power, material inequality...