Historical Events in September
| Sep 1863 | Samuel Butler (explorer) begins a relationship with Charles Paine Pauli Info Alt Info |
| Sep 1976 | The Back Street Theatre tours the country The group is formed by the National Radical Feminist Caucus |
| Sep 1980 | Chief Human Rights Commissioner Pat Downey supports rejection of National Gay Rights Coalition submissions, saying in some circumstances discrimination is justified |
| 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' |
| Sep 1981 | Lesbians and Gays Against Racism is formed during the campaign against the Springbok rugby tour Info |
| Sep 1985 | New Zealand AIDS Foundation is formed Info Alt Info The Foundation grew out of the AIDS Support Network, after receiving a government grant in April 1985 |
| Sep 1989 | Gay motorbike club formed It soon became the Mercury Motorbike Club |
| Sep 1997 | Auckland City Council refuses to fund the Hero Parade |
| 4 Sep 1957 | The Wolfenden report is published, United Kingdom Info One of the recommendations: homosexual behaviour between consenting adults in private should no longer be a criminal offence |
| 8 Sep 1985 | Alison Laurie appears on television about homosexual law reform (930pm, TV1, responding to Barry Reid) |
| 11 Sep 1935 | Freda Du Faur (mountaineer) dies Info Alt Info |
| 11 Sep 1985 | Picket for homosexual law reform in Wellington It took place at the Queen Victoria statue, on Cambridge Terrace |
| 11 Sep 1986 | Lesbian and Gay Rights Resource Centre is damaged by arson in Wellington Info |
| 13 Sep 1985 | Street march for homosexual law reform on Lambton Quay, Wellington |
| 14 Sep 1868 | Alexander Turnbull (Alexander Turnbull Library) is born Info Alt Info |
| 15 Sep 1954 | A committee chaired by Lord Wolfenden begins looking into homosexual offences and prostitution in the United Kingdom Info The resulting report was published in 1957 |
| 16 Sep 1882 | Freda Du Faur (mountaineer) is born Info |
| 16 Sep 1980 | Arthur Ball is found not guilty of murdering Miles MacFarlane (on the grounds of insanity) |
| 19 Sep 1893 | New Zealand becomes the first country in the world to grant women the right to vote in parliamentary elections Info Alt Info |
| 19 Sep 1971 | Ngahuia Te Awekotuku leads women's liberation in a Suffrage Day of Mourning Info Alt Info |
| 23 Sep 2009 | Mates and Lovers play by Ronald Trifero Nelson premieres, Wellington Info |
| 24 Sep 1945 | Police interview two women about their recent marriage to each other Info Evening Post headline: Strange Masquerade, Woman as Man |
| 24 Sep 1985 | A petition against homosexual law reform is presented to Parliament Info |
| 25 Sep 1921 | Robert Muldoon (Prime Minister) is born Info As Prime Minister, Muldoon accuses MP Colin Moyle of having been picked up for homosexual practices. Moyle resigned from Parliament in 1977 |
| 28 Sep 1994 | Tom O'Donoghue, a long-term AIDS activist, dies |
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