2007 in LGBT rights

January

 * January 1
 * Registered partnerships came into effect in Switzerland.
 * Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations came into effect in Northern Ireland
 * January 12 — The Mexican state of Coahuila becomes the first state to approve same-sex civil unions in Mexico after a similar measure in Mexico City past November.

Deaths

 * February 18: Barbara Gittings, 75, American gay rights campaigner, breast cancer.