Draft:LGBT history in New Hampshire
LGBT history in New Hampshire
20th century
1950s
Portsmouth community[1]
1957 - The Seacoast Club, first gay bar in Portsmouth[1]
1957 - Sagamore Social Club, open until 1978[2][3]
1970s
Gay Student Organization at the University of New Hampshire,[1][4] recognized in 1973[5]
1974 - court decision in favor of the GSO[1]
1977 - Opening of the Seaport Club, open until 1995[6]
1979 - founding of Seacoast Gay Men, a social group[5]
1980s
1981 - NH Gay Symposium[3]
1984 - killing of Charlie Howard[7]
AIDS Response Seacoast[1]
Iris, "women's bar" in Portsmouth[2]
1990s
early 1990s - Gay Pride event at Pat’s Peak Ski Area ski in Henniker [6]
1993 - Proposed anti-discrimination ordinance[1]
1994 - first Gay History Walk[6]
Hate crime bill[1]
1996 - Hampton protests[8]
1999 - Struck down ban on gay and lesbian adults being able to foster or adopt[9]
21st century
2000s
2007 - first civil unions bill in the country to be passed through legislation rather than courts[1]
2010s
2010 - same sex marriages[1]
2014 - first Portsmouth Pride[6]
2015 - Seacoast New Hampshire LGBT History [10]
2018 - Chris Pappas[1], Gerri Cannon, Lisa Bunker[11]
2020s
[1]
2022 - James Rosener, first openly trans male state legislator[12]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Hernandez, Monica (2022-06-11). "In New Hampshire, fight for LGBTQ acceptance has spanned decades". WMUR. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ^ a b Hall, Beth LaMontagne (2015-12-23). "Hidden history". PortsmouthNH.com. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ^ a b "50 years of Rainbow Reflections". Foster's Daily Democrat. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ^ "A Breakfast With A History". UNH Today. 2015-04-16. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ^ a b Sarris, Aliya (2021-03-01). "LGBTQ+ Oral History: The Power of Community and Individual Stories". Inquiry Journal. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ^ a b c d Wood, Sherry (2019-05-02). "LGBT Project Exhibit". Portsmouth Athenaeum. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ^ Wood, Sherry. "Standing Together exhibit shines light on NH LGBTQ+ activism". Portsmouth Herald. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ^ "NH Seacoast LGBT History Project Video Archive · Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives". portsmouthexhibits.org. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ^ "In a National First, NH Lawmakers Repeal Ban on Gay and Lesbian Foster Care and Adoption". American Civil Liberties Union. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ^ Harris, Jackie (2023-10-24). "Archive features oral histories from LGBTQ+ elders on the NH Seacoast". New Hampshire Public Radio. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ^ Doyle, John. "Transgender state reps will make history". Foster's Daily Democrat. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
- ^ Spirit, Boston (2022-11-14). "Voters in New Hampshire elect first trans man to their state's legislature | Boston Spirit Magazine". Retrieved 2023-12-28.