Minnesota Human Rights Act
Governor Harold Levander (seated) signs the Minnesota State Act Against Discrimination into law in 1967. It was renamed the Minnesota Human Rights Act in 1973.
Bibliography
Chanen, David. “Some Legislators Say Time Is Right for A Gay-Rights Bill.” Minneapolis Star Tribune, February 12, 1993.
Chapter 363 (Department of Human Rights). Minnesota Statutes.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/363
“Gay-Rights Bill Cleared.” Minneapolis Tribune, May 7, 1975.
Grow, Doug. “A ‘Quiet Dissident’ Among IR Senators Is Quiet No More.” Minneapolis Star Tribune, March 19, 1993.
Halvorsen, Donna. “Gay Rights Bill Passes House; Senate Expected to Give Final Passage Today.” Minneapolis Star Tribune, April 1, 1993.
Higgins, Thom, and Vicki Oace. “Carlson Wasted No Time Going to Bat for Gay Rights.” Minneapolis Star Tribune, April 3, 1991.
Milton, John W. For the Good of the Order: Nick Coleman and the High Tide of Liberal Politics in Minnesota, 1971–1981. St. Paul: Ramsey County Historical Society, 2012.
Minnesota Department of Human Rights. History.
https://mn.gov/mdhr/about/history
“Chapter 22–H.F. No. 585.” Minnesota Session Laws: 1993, Regular Session. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, Minnesota Legislature.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/laws/1993/0/22
"Chapter 52–S.F. No. 2909." Minnesota Session Laws: 2023, Regular Session. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, Minnesota Legislature.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/laws/2023/0/52/laws.19.45.0#laws.19.45.0
Preston, Joshua. “Senator Allan Spear and the Minnesota Human Rights Act.” Minnesota History 65, no. 3 (Fall 2016): 76–87.
http://collections.mnhs.org/mnhistorymagazine/articles/65/v65i03p76-87.pdf
Governor’s Task Force on Lesbian and Gay Minnesotans. “Report of the Governor’s Task Force on Lesbian and Gay Minnesotans,” March 22, 1991. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library.
https://www.lrl.mn.gov/edocs/edocs?oclcnumber=23599717
Spear, Allan H. Crossing the Barriers. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2010.
Chronology
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Bibliography
Chanen, David. “Some Legislators Say Time Is Right for A Gay-Rights Bill.” Minneapolis Star Tribune, February 12, 1993.
Chapter 363 (Department of Human Rights). Minnesota Statutes.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/363
“Gay-Rights Bill Cleared.” Minneapolis Tribune, May 7, 1975.
Grow, Doug. “A ‘Quiet Dissident’ Among IR Senators Is Quiet No More.” Minneapolis Star Tribune, March 19, 1993.
Halvorsen, Donna. “Gay Rights Bill Passes House; Senate Expected to Give Final Passage Today.” Minneapolis Star Tribune, April 1, 1993.
Higgins, Thom, and Vicki Oace. “Carlson Wasted No Time Going to Bat for Gay Rights.” Minneapolis Star Tribune, April 3, 1991.
Milton, John W. For the Good of the Order: Nick Coleman and the High Tide of Liberal Politics in Minnesota, 1971–1981. St. Paul: Ramsey County Historical Society, 2012.
Minnesota Department of Human Rights. History.
https://mn.gov/mdhr/about/history
“Chapter 22–H.F. No. 585.” Minnesota Session Laws: 1993, Regular Session. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, Minnesota Legislature.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/laws/1993/0/22
"Chapter 52–S.F. No. 2909." Minnesota Session Laws: 2023, Regular Session. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, Minnesota Legislature.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/laws/2023/0/52/laws.19.45.0#laws.19.45.0
Preston, Joshua. “Senator Allan Spear and the Minnesota Human Rights Act.” Minnesota History 65, no. 3 (Fall 2016): 76–87.
http://collections.mnhs.org/mnhistorymagazine/articles/65/v65i03p76-87.pdf
Governor’s Task Force on Lesbian and Gay Minnesotans. “Report of the Governor’s Task Force on Lesbian and Gay Minnesotans,” March 22, 1991. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library.
https://www.lrl.mn.gov/edocs/edocs?oclcnumber=23599717
Spear, Allan H. Crossing the Barriers. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2010.