Historical Events in March
| Mar 1967 | Doreen Ellen Davis is found not guilty of murdering Raewyn Petley Info Davis' defence argued that she had been befriended by a woman outwardly kind and sympathetic but inwardly a hunting lesbian |
| Mar 1972 | Ngahuia Te Awekotuku is refused a United States visa because she is a known 'sexual deviant' Info |
| Mar 1973 | Gay-Aid - a phone counselling service is formed, Wellington Info |
| Mar 1974 | First National Lesbian Conference, Auckland |
| Mar 1974 | Gay activists talk to a Lincoln High School liberal studies class |
| Mar 1974 | Gay Feminist Collective is formed |
| Mar 1974 | Gay Liberation Nelson is formed Info |
| Mar 1974 | Lesbian Club is formed, Wellington |
| Mar 1977 | Christchurch Women's Liberation Collective is formed |
| Mar 1978 | Laetus Social Club is formed in Auckland Info |
| Mar 1980 | Lesbian Liberation Army attacks the offices of Sunday News after it runs an anti-lesbian article |
| Mar 1980 | World's first Lesbian Centre officially opens at 6 Boulcott Street, Wellington Info |
| Mar 1981 | Lesbians dykecott the census in protest at the Human Rights Commission's denial of human rights |
| Mar 1985 | AIDS Support Network becomes a chartiable trust Info |
| Mar 1987 | Gay rights activists demonstrate against visiting evangelist Leighton Ford, Wellington Info |
| Mar 1996 | Tai Tahi Marsters is acquitted of attempted murder and causing Jim Curtis grievous bodily harm |
| Mar 1997 | Gay and Lesbian Labour Party branches are formed in Auckland and Christchurch |
| 1 Mar 1893 | Mary Taylor (feminist, businesswoman) dies Info |
| 1 Mar 1982 | Frank Sargeson (writer) dies Info Alt Info |
| 3 Mar 2012 | Sea of Love float honouring Carmen Rupe is part of the Sydney Mardi Gras, Australia |
| 5 Mar 1996 | Cenus forms have the option of specifing same-sex partners |
| 7 Mar 1980 | Lesbians march to mark International Lesbian Day (8 March) |
| 7 Mar 2011 | Jason Meads is released from prison after serving a sentence for murdering Jeff Whittington in 1999 |
| 8 Mar 1985 | Labour MP Fran Wilde introduces the Homosexual Law Reform Bill Info Alt Info |
| 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 |
| 13 Mar 1989 | Lesbian and Gay visibility week begins, Wellington It ran from 13 - 19 March |
| 16 Mar 2011 | 2nd AsiaPacific Outgames Human Rights Conference is held in Wellington Info |
| 17 Mar 1928 | Patricia Bartlett (morals campaigner) is born Info Alt Info Bartlett would later form the Society for the Promotion of Community Standards |
| 18 Mar 1995 | 10th Gay and Lesbian Fair is held, Wellington |
| 19 Mar 1999 | Freda Stark (dancer) dies Info |
| 20 Mar 1980 | Lesbian Mothers Defence Fund presents a submission to the select committee considering the Guardianship Amendment Bill Info |
| 23 Mar 1903 | Norris Frank Davey is born Info Alt Info Davey later changed his name to Frank Sargeson (writer) |
| 24 Mar 1989 | National Gay and Lesbian Conference held in Auckland Info Theme: Building Bridges, 24-26 March |
| 24 Mar 1989 | Tom McLean, author of If I Should Die dies, Wellington Info McLean dies from AIDS related illnesses |
| 25 Mar 1942 | Richard O'Brien (actor, writer) is born Info |
| 25 Mar 1995 | Eric McCormick (writer) dies Info McCormick wrote, among other works, biographies on Alexander Turnbull and Frances Hodgkins |
| 26 Mar 1997 | Awhina Centre is badly damaged by fire (suspected arson), Wellington |
| 27 Mar 1910 | Freda Stark (dancer) is born Info |
| 30 Mar 1980 | Metropolitan Community Church of the Resurrection is formed Info |
| 30 Mar 1981 | Lesbian/Gay Media Collective is formed, Wellington Info The group later merged with the Pink Triangle Publishing Collective in 1982 |
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