Gays & immigration.

1980: Persecuted and imprisoned under the Castro regime, Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas flees to the United States as part of the Port of Mariel exodus.

1987: The Department of Health and Human Services Noun 1. Department of Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979
Health and Human Services, HHS adds HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. to the list of communicable diseases considered grounds for barring foreigners from visiting or immigrating to America.

1990: The United States lifts its "sexual deviancy" entry ban on gays and lesbians.

1994: Atty. Ben. Janet Reno declares persecution due to one's sexual orientation grounds for political asylum.

1996: The Defense of Marriage Act is passed, prohibiting federal recognition of same-sex couples and effectively negating partnership as grounds for residency of foreign gays.

2000: The Permanent Partners Immigration Act (now called the Uniting American Families Act This article documents a proposed statute that is being considered.
Information may change rapidly as the bill progresses. ), which would allow U.S. citizens and legal residents to sponsor same-sex partners for residency, is introduced in Congress.

2000: The San Francisco board of supervisors The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is the legislature of San Francisco, California.

Government and politics
As the official name implies, the City and County of San Francisco is a consolidated city-county, being simultaneously a charter city and charter county passes a resolution declaring the city a refuge for same-sex binational bi·na·tion·al
adj.
Of, relating to, or involving two nations. couples.

2004: Maria Belen Correa becomes the first transsexual to be granted political asylum in the United States after being persecuted in her native Argentina.

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Title Annotation:	TIME LINE
Author:	Avery, Dan
Publication:	The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
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Date:	Jun 6, 2006
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