Montana governor Marc Racicot issues an executive order banning sexual orientation discrimination in the public sector.
•
15 – Equality Mississippi is formed in response to a hate-crime murder and attempts in the U.S. state to ban adoption by same-sex couples.
•
Tom Vilsack, governor of the U.S. state of Iowa, rescinds an executive order he issued in 1999 banning discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in the public sector.
2000 | 2000 Summer Olympics | 2000 in music | LGBT | European Court of Human Rights | United States presidential election, 2000 | Human Rights Watch | Windows 2000 | European Convention on Human Rights | 2000 ATP Tour | 2000 in film | Death Race 2000 | Canadian federal election, 2000 | Equal Rights Amendment | Digital rights management | Center for Constitutional Rights | women's rights | 2000 European Canoe Slalom Championships | United States House of Representatives elections, 2000 | Convention on the Rights of the Child | Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics | Universal Declaration of Human Rights | Human Rights Campaign | Civil Rights Act of 1964 | United States Senate elections, 2000 | Magdeburg rights | Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union | 2000 Rugby League World Cup | 2000 in television | 2000 in baseball |