Historical Events - Individual Events
| 20 Dec 1906 | Bertha Victor (a.k.a Bert Rotciv) is arrested in Sydney Info Alt Info NZ Truth headline: Boy Bertha, a Perplexing Puzzle |
| 6 May 1933 | Nazi's attack the Institute for the Science of Sexuality, Berlin, Germany Info |
| 11 May 1933 | Books from the Institute for the Science of Sexuality are burned in the Opernplatz, Germany Info The burning of books is featured in a number of well-known Nazi images |
| Jul 1967 | Lord Cobham declines an invitation to be patron of the Wolfenden Association Info Alt Info Lord Cobham replies: These people are mentally sick |
| 1968 | A petition signed by 75 prominent New Zealanders calling for homosexual law reform is presented to parliament |
| 28 Jun 1969 | Stonewall riots in New York, United States Info |
| 19 Sep 1971 | Ngahuia Te Awekotuku leads women's liberation in a Suffrage Day of Mourning Info Alt Info |
| Apr 1972 | The first national Women's Liberation Conference was held, Wellington Info |
| Jun 1972 | First Gay Pride week held in New Zealand |
| Aug 1972 | First National Gay and Lesbian Conference is held, Auckland They are held every year until 1989 (except 1983) |
| 1973 | Gay Pride Week is held in Wellington |
| Mar 1974 | First National Lesbian Conference, Auckland |
| Feb 1975 | Members of S.H.E. Christchurch help organise the first Women's Refuge conference |
| Feb 1975 | Second National Lesbian Conference is held |
| Jun 1975 | United Women's Convention is held, Wellington An estimated 200 women attended the lesbian feminist workshop |
| Jun 1976 | Activists from Wellington Gay Liberation picket the National Party conference, Rotorua |
| 1977 | Gay Pride Week activities are organised in Wanganui |
| 1977 | Lesbians demand and get the removal of male reporters from the United Women's Convention in Christchurch |
| Jan 1977 | Lesbian summer camp held at Glentui, North Canterbury |
| Feb 1977 | Gay Liberation pickets the Labour Party conference for failing to defend Colin Moyle Info |
| 1 Jul 1977 | Gay Pride Week activities are organised throughout New Zealand |
| Oct 1977 | National Gay Rights Coalition Conference |
| 31 Dec 1977 | First New Year's camp at Vinegar Hill takes place |
| 1979 | First Reclaim The Night march is held in Wellington |
| Dec 1979 | Puss-in-Boots bar is picketed for excluding lesbians and gays |
| 1980 | Lesbian Liberation Week is held in Wellington |
| 8 Feb 1980 | 600 people march to protest the raids on the Westside sauna and OUT! magazine |
| 22 Feb 1980 | Another protest march takes place against the police raids on the Westside sauna and OUT! magazine |
| Mar 1980 | Lesbian Liberation Army attacks the offices of Sunday News after it runs an anti-lesbian article |
| 7 Mar 1980 | Lesbians march to mark International Lesbian Day (8 March) |
| Apr 1980 | Wellington Lesbians attempt to augment an Anzac Day service by carrying a coffin and laying a wreath in memory of women raped and killed in wartime |
| 5 Apr 1980 | National Gay Rights Conference (8th) is held in Dunedin Info |
| May 1980 | Gay men organise National Offenders Day march to protest at anti-gay laws in a carnival atmosphere Lesbians dykecott the march saying it fails to challenge the status quo |
| Jun 1980 | A streetwalk for lesbian visibility is held in Wellington |
| Jun 1980 | Third Gay Pride Week is observed in Auckland, Gisborne, Wellington and Dunedin |
| Jun 1980 | Wellington lesbians and gay men picket the Russian embassy to protest at the treatment of homosexuals in the USSR |
| 7 Jul 1980 | Wellington lesbians and gays picket the Soviet embassy in protest at oppression in the USSR and in support of Enzo Francone, who chained himself to a Kremlin railing during the Moscow Olympics |
| Sep 1980 | Gays and lesbians are banned from the Cantabrian Hotel, Christchurch |
| Sep 1980 | One workshop on lesbianism is held at the first national hui for Black women |
| Sep 1980 | Wellington lesbians join protest against the US nuclear-powered warship Truxtun with a banner 'Lesbian Activity Today Stops Radioactivity Tomorrow' |
| 4 Oct 1980 | The first Lesbian Librarians' Week is held in Wellington and Christchurch |
| 10 Oct 1980 | 200 women take part in a lesbian march through Wellington It was followed by a Lesbian Liberation Dance attended by 300 |
| Nov 1980 | Wellington City Council buses are overnight covered in stickers promoting the Wellington Lesbian Centre |
| Dec 1980 | Lesbians post anti-Christmas posters in Wellington and Hastings |
| 1981 | Gay Welfare Conference is held in Christchurch Info |
| 1981 | National Gay Rights Conference (9th) is held in Wellington Info |
| Jan 1981 | Gays and lesbians picket the Human Rights Commission office in Wellington |
| Feb 1981 | Lesbians picket the Human Rights Commision office in Auckland |
| 6 Feb 1981 | Lesbians carry Lesbians Oppose Racism banner at protest against Waitangi celebrations in Wellington |
| Mar 1981 | Lesbians dykecott the census in protest at the Human Rights Commission's denial of human rights |
| Apr 1981 | National Lesbian Mothers' weekend is held in Auckland |
| 25 Apr 1981 | 'Lesbian Liberation' is painted on a war memorial in Wellington |
| Jun 1981 | Lesbians attend a Lesbian activist weekend |
| Jun 1981 | The Grey Lynn / Ponsonby Black Women's collective holds a Black Dykes' hui on Waiheke Island |
| 2 May 1983 | The first international AIDS Candlelight Memorial is held in San Francisco and New York Info (there is no memorial in 1984) |
| 12 Jan 1985 | Lesbian camp is held, Christchurch (12-19 January) |
| May 1985 | Street march supporting homosexual law reform, Wellington Info |
| 19 May 1985 | International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is held (held annually on the third Sunday in May) |
| 21 May 1985 | Bigot Busters rally is held at Wellington Town Hall Info Alt Info |
| 31 Aug 1985 | Lesbian and Gay conference is held at Victoria University, Wellington (31 August-1 September) Approximately 150 people attend |
| 11 Sep 1985 | Picket for homosexual law reform in Wellington It took place at the Queen Victoria statue, on Cambridge Terrace |
| 13 Sep 1985 | Street march for homosexual law reform on Lambton Quay, Wellington |
| 24 Sep 1985 | A petition against homosexual law reform is presented to Parliament Info |
| 18 May 1986 | International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is held (held annually on the third Sunday in May) |
| 23 Aug 1986 | Lesbians and Gays in Education conference is held |
| 30 Aug 1986 | Women's Studies conference is held in New Plymouth |
| 13 Nov 1986 | Celebrating Ourselves - a lesbian festival is held in Auckland |
| Mar 1987 | Gay rights activists demonstrate against visiting evangelist Leighton Ford, Wellington Info |
| 17 May 1987 | International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is held |
| Aug 1987 | Wellington City Council grants same-sex partners of bus-drivers the same free-passes as opposite-sex partners |
| 15 May 1988 | International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is held |
| Oct 1988 | National hui for Maori Lesbian's is held |
| 13 Mar 1989 | Lesbian and Gay visibility week begins, Wellington It ran from 13 - 19 March |
| 24 Mar 1989 | National Gay and Lesbian Conference held in Auckland Info Theme: Building Bridges, 24-26 March |
| 13 May 1989 | Young Lesbian and Gay Festival is held in Newtown School Hall, Wellington 13 and 14 May |
| 21 May 1989 | International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is held |
| 2 Jun 1989 | Judy Small (singer) performs at St Patricks Hall in Wellington |
| 5 Jun 1989 | South Island Lesbian conference is held at Christchurch Polytech 5-6 June |
| 3 Nov 1989 | National hui for Maori Lesbian's , Tapu Te Ranga Marae, Wellington Held over three days (3 - 5 November) |
| 20 May 1990 | International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is held |
| 20 May 1990 | Will making workshop for lesbians is held, Wellington |
| 21 May 1990 | AIDS [candle light] memorial is held in the foyer of the Beehive, Parliament The memorial features Sir Paul Reeves - the first patron of the AIDS Foundation and MP Fran Wilde; plus 5 blocks of the NZ AIDS Memorial Quilt |
| 2 Jun 1990 | Lesbian gathering/conference is held in Christchurch (2-4 June) |
| 19 May 1991 | International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is held |
| 5 Oct 1991 | First public unveiling of the New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilt, Auckland Info |
| 7 Dec 1991 | First Devotion party, Wellington |
| 14 Dec 1991 | Bring and Buy lesbian fair is held in Wellington |
| 21 Dec 1991 | Dominion Dance is held in the Dominion Hotel, Wellington Organized by DOODS (Dykes Out Of Debt) |
| 1992 | First Hero Parade is held in Auckland Info |
| 18 Apr 1992 | National Gay Rights Coalition Hui Aranga Info Held over Easter weekend |
| 24 Apr 1992 | Sheilas Arms (women only) nights begin in New Plymouth |
| 17 May 1992 | International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is held |
| Oct 1992 | Lesbian, Gay and Christian national conference is held Info Theme: Sexism and heterosexism |
| 1 Feb 1993 | The Hero Festival: a celebration of diversity begins Info It runs 1 - 20 February |
| 16 May 1993 | International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is held |
| May 1994 | First National Lesbian Studies conference |
| 15 May 1994 | International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is held |
| Jul 1994 | First annual Stonewall Ball in Taranaki |
| 1995 | Birthdaze dance parties are held Info |
| 18 Mar 1995 | 10th Gay and Lesbian Fair is held, Wellington |
| May 1995 | Second National Lesbian Studies Conference is run by Lesbians On The Land |
| 21 May 1995 | International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is held |
| 24 Jun 1995 | Man to Man Gay and Lesbian Writers festival is held in Auckland |
| 19 May 1996 | International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is held |
| 18 May 1997 | International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is held |
| 1998 | Wellington Lesbian and Gay Fair (13th) is held Info |
| 17 May 1998 | International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is held |
| 16 May 1999 | International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is held |
| 21 May 2000 | International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is held |
| 2001 | Last Hero Parade is held in Auckland Info |
| 20 May 2001 | International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is held |
| 19 May 2002 | International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is held |
| 18 May 2003 | International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is held |
| 16 May 2004 | International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is held |
| 15 May 2005 | International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is held |
| 21 May 2006 | International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is held |
| 20 May 2007 | International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is held |
| 18 May 2008 | 25th International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is held |
| 18 May 2008 | International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is held |
| 17 May 2009 | International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is held |
| 16 May 2010 | International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is held |
| 12 Mar 2011 | 2nd AsiaPacific Outgames is held in Wellington Info The games ran for a week and included sports and cultural events plus a human rights conference |
| 16 Mar 2011 | 2nd AsiaPacific Outgames Human Rights Conference is held in Wellington Info |
| 15 May 2011 | International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is held |
| 20 Oct 2011 | Around 200 people march on parliament campaigning for gay marriage and adoption Info Alt Info The march was part of the LegaliseLove campaign |
| 19 Nov 2011 | Piri Norris and Justin Elder have the first civil union at Parliament Info |
| 21 Jan 2012 | Out in the Square is held in Civic Square, Wellington Info It is the 27th annual gay and lesbian fair to be held in Wellington |
| 12 Feb 2012 | Big Gay Out is held at Coyle Park in Pt Chevalier, Auckland Info It is estimated 14,000 people attended |
| 14 Feb 2012 | A lesbian couple saboutage the win a divource promotion on the The Rock radio station |
| 3 Mar 2012 | Sea of Love float honouring Carmen Rupe is part of the Sydney Mardi Gras, Australia |
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