Historical Events in November
| Nov 1957 | Georgina Beyer is born Info Beyer would later become the world's first transsexual mayor and member of parliament |
| Nov 1966 | Raewyn Petley is found dead in her bed with a deep wound in her neck Info Doreen Ellen Davis is charged with her murder |
| Nov 1973 | Rotorua Gay Liberation Front is formed Info |
| Nov 1975 | Robin Duff stands in the General Election as an openly gay candidate for the Values party |
| Nov 1978 | Robin Duff and Sandy Gauntlett stand in the General Election They are both openly gay candidates for the Values Party |
| Nov 1980 | Wellington City Council buses are overnight covered in stickers promoting the Wellington Lesbian Centre |
| Nov 1980 | World's first Lesbian Centre opens at 6 Boulcott Street, Wellington It was officially opened in March 1980 |
| Nov 1993 | Devotion: a lesbian and gay celebration is published Published by Sprung! Productions and Caspers |
| Nov 2005 | UP magazine begins Info |
| 1 Nov 1867 | New Zealand's buggery law is revised, reducing the maximum sentence to 10 years imprisonment Info (Offences Against the Person Act 1867 / Unnatural Offences) |
| 2 Nov 1915 | Douglas Lilburn (composer) is born Info |
| 3 Nov 1802 | William Yate (missionary) is born Info |
| 3 Nov 1989 | National hui for Maori Lesbian's , Tapu Te Ranga Marae, Wellington Held over three days (3 - 5 November) |
| 4 Nov 1996 | Bryan James Gardner kills David Shore in a hotel room in Christchurch Convicted of murder, Gardener is sentenced to life imprisonment in May 1997 |
| 5 Nov 1995 | Martin Dickson is licensed as a Presbyterian minister Dickson is the first openly gay man to be licensed in New Zealand |
| 5 Nov 2010 | Phillip Sanders and David Galloway are found guilty of the manslaughter of Diksy Jones Info Galloway was [finally] sentenced to nine years imprisonment, and Sanders nine years and six months |
| 7 Nov 1976 | Prime Minister Robert Muldoon accuses Colin Moyle of having been picked up for homosexual practices Info Alt Info |
| 8 Nov 2000 | Patricia Bartlett (morals campaigner) dies Info |
| 9 Nov 1991 | Heather McPherson launches Other World Relations at Unity Books, Wellington |
| 11 Nov 1950 | The first meeting of the Mattachine Society is held in Los Angeles, USA Info Alt Info The Mattachine Society is one of the earliest homophile organizations in the USA |
| 12 Nov 1997 | Openly gay Rev. David Bromell is ordained in the Methodist Church |
| 13 Nov 1986 | Celebrating Ourselves - a lesbian festival is held in Auckland |
| 14 Nov 1996 | A complaint against the Sexual Healing? documentary is upheld by the Broadcasting Standards Authority Info Alt Info The documentary was about former homosexual Noel Mosen, and broadcast on TV One |
| 19 Nov 1987 | Norman Jones (National MP) dies of a brain tumour Jones had been a vehement opponent of law reform |
| 19 Nov 2011 | Piri Norris and Justin Elder have the first civil union at Parliament Info |
| 26 Nov 2009 | Provocation defence is abolished by Parliament Section 169 of the Crimes Act 1961 |
| 27 Nov 1978 | Harvey Milk is shot in San Francisco, United States |
| 27 Nov 1994 | Arthur Tauhore (artist) dies Tauhore dies from AIDS related illnesses |
| 27 Nov 1998 | Auckland City Council under new Mayor Christine Fletcher grants $15,000 for Hero Parade cleanup |
| 29 Nov 1906 | Alister McIntosh (diplomat) is born Info |
| 30 Nov 1900 | Oscar Wilde (writer) dies Info |
| 30 Nov 1978 | Alister McIntosh (diplomat) dies Info |
| 30 Nov 2009 | Glenn Mills is found dead in a remand cell in Auckland Mills was accused of purposely infecting a number of sex partners with HIV. He was awaiting trial at the time of his death |
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