Timeline of Gender Ideology
Timeline
2022
Don’t Say Gay Law is passed in Florida
Don’t Say Gay Law is passed in Florida. It mirrors the 2013 Russia “anti-gay propaganda law.” Meanwhile Russia passes a sweeping law that forbids any public display of lgbtq existence.
2018
Viktor Orban shuts down gender studies in Hungary
Viktor Orban, known for his war against gender ideology as well as his anti-immigrant stance, shuts down gender studies in Hungary
2016
Pro-abortion protests break out in Poland
Pro-abortion protests break out in Poland with hundreds of thousands of activists taking to the streets in the Black Protests to demand that the extremely strict abortion laws, in place for decades, be overturned.
Donald Trump is elected President of the United States
Donald Trump is elected President of the United States. He continues to speak out against “gender ideology.”
North Carolina passes the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Ac
North Carolina passes the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, aka the “bathroom bill” that prevented people from using bathrooms other than those that matched the sex assigned at birth. It also barred cities, counties and municipalities from enacting any anti-discrimination policies not already covered by North Carolina state law...Read More
2015
Law and Justice Party comes to power in Poland
Law and Justice Party comes to power in Poland with consistent attacks on “gender ideology,” abortion rights and LGBTQ rights.
2013
Anti-gay propaganda law passed in Russia
Anti-gay Propaganda law is passed in Russia making it illegal to discuss LGBTQ existence with minors. This follows right on the heels of massive protests against Vladimir Putin in 2011 demanding he not resume the Presidency and criticizing corrupt elections.
2011
Istanbul Convention
Experts drafting the negotiations on the Istanbul Convention had no direct political pressure and opted for the social constructionist approach to define “gender.” This was the first such definition in an international treaty. The definition was as follows: “gender” shall mean the socially constructed roles, behaviours, activities and attributes that..Read More
2001
Pope John Paul II makes statement on gender
Pope John Paul II, influenced by O’Leary’s book, declared that “misleading concepts concerning sexuality and the dignity and mission of the woman” are driven by “specific ideologies on ‘gender.’”
1998
Rome Statute
Gender was defined within the Rome Statute as the following: “For the purposes of this Statute, it is understood that the term ‘gender’ refers to the two sexes, male and female, within the context of society. The term ‘gender’ does not indicate any meaning different from the above”. This definition..Read More