Significant Anniversaries
This page highlights significant anniversaries relating to Aotearoa New Zealand's Takatāpui LGBTI Rainbow communities.
2024:
- 60th anniversary of the brutal killing of Charles Aberhart in Hagley Park (23 January 1964)
- 40th anniversary of the formation of the AIDS Support Network (which would grow into the NZ AIDS Foundation/Burnett Foundation Aotearoa)
- 30th anniversary of LILAC - the Lesbian Information, Library and Archives Centre (7 September 1994)
- 25th anniversary of the first openly transgender Member of Parliament in the world (Georgina Beyer, 27 November 1999)
2023:
- 120th anniversary of the birth of writers James Courage (9 February 1923) and Frank Sargeson (23 March 1923)
- 100th anniversary of the death of writer Katherine Mansfield (d. 9 January 1923)
- 70th birthday of activist Mani Bruce Mitchell (b.10 March 1953)
- 60th anniversary of The Dorian Society forming a legal subcommittee to work towards homosexual law reform (1963)
- 40th anniversary of the first reported cases of AIDS in New Zealand (1983)
- 30th anniversary of the passing of the Human Rights Act (28 July 1993)
- 30th anniversary of the deaths of activists Eve van Grafhorst, Darren Horn and Tom O'Donoghue from AIDS-related conditions
- 30th anniversary of the first openly gay male Member of Parliament (Chris Carter, 6 November 1993)
- 30th anniversary of the MMP referendum to change how New Zealand votes in the General Election (6 November 1993)
- 25th anniversary of the murder of Matthew Shepard in Wyoming, USA (1998)
- 20th anniversary of the enactment of the Prostitution Reform Act (28 June 2003)
- 10th anniversary of the enactment of the Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Act (19 August 2013)
2022: