Editing HistoryFirsts

This page lists history-making events (with a Halifax focus) and when they happened. Each item should be linked to the encyclopedia page for that event. ; 1752-12-09 & 1753-04-28 : arrest of soldiers for "Sodomical Practices" -- Halifax Gazette{{QueerLookingQueerActing p 22}} ; 1873-04-01 : The wreck of the SS Atlantic, with the discovery that one of the sailors - had a vagina. The story is told in the beautiful graphic novel, CallMeBill. ; 1882 : OscarWilde visits Halifax (we'll figure out what this is a first of, later) ; 1970-12-31 : [[Club777]], the first of the GayBars, opens. ; 1972 : GayLine Formed ; 1972-06-04 : Newsletter says that [[GAE|Gay Alliance for Equality]] was established ; 1972-10-24 : The UniversalistUnitarianChurch welcomes the [[GaeGala|Gay Alliance for Equality]] to use their space for meetings. ; 1973-03-03 : ''A Brief Regarding The Human Rights Act'' presented to the legislature{{''BeforeTheParade p 44}} ; 1973-05-24 : GaeGala's first newsletter{{''BeforeTheParade p 46}} ; 1973-08-19 : Picnic near Peggy's Cove, see PrideCelebrations ; 1973-11-19 : [[GaeGala|GAE incorporated]] ; 1976-01 : First dance at [[The Turret]]{{''BeforeTheParade p 99}} ; 1977-02-17 : first public protest - about [[CBC]] Radio's refusal to run notices.{{QueerLookingQueerActing p. 43}} ; 1977-04 : Halifax's own mini version of Stonewall, at the JuryRoom ; 1977-06 : [[The Turret]]'s first Women's Night{{''BeforeTheParade p 115}} ; 1977-09-02 : Signed the lease on [[The Turret]]{{''BeforeTheParade p 101}} ; 1977-10 8-10 : first AtlanticConference, "Atlantic Gay Conference For Lesbians and Gay Men" ; 1977-10-10 : First march{{BeforeTheParade p 68}} ; 1978 : First Pride March, see PrideCelebrations. : First gay play mounted: ''TheNightTheyRaidedTruxx'' by PaulLedoux at [[The Turret]], 1978-06-28 - 1978-07-06 : First art exhibition during the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Rights Coalition conference{{QueerLookingQueerActing p 25}} ; 1979-07-01 : PinkTriangleDay resolution proposed by RobinMetcalfe ; 1982 : Beginning of the ChristianGayMovement ; 1984 : MattHughes launches a challenge against AcadiaUniversity to secure same-sex spousal benefits from a Canadian university. They succeeded in late 1986 or early 1987{{1987-02-12 DalGazette, [https://findingaids.library.dal.ca/uploads/r/dalhousie-university-archives/f/d/7/fd73eb3336b6ff9969c9d6b17bf56e4c2ef4e016d424d7fd0072055a863e26d3/dalhousiegazette_volume119_issue19_february_12_1987.pdf archives link here]}} ; 1984-09-02 : GraemeEllis dies, the first known to die of AIDS in the city ; 1988-05-05 : first AidsVigil ; 1990 : GaeGala hires fulltime activist ; 1990 : First feature-length movie with gay theme made in Nova Scotia, ThomFitzgerald's ''Movie Of The Week'' ; 1990 : Act Up chapter for Halifax formed. First demonstration 1990-12-01 - marching with pickets and a donkey through the streets of Halifax to Province House. ; 1995 : WilsonHodder & GrantMacNeil file same sex spouse human rights complaints. [http://bonmot.ca/~daniel/pics/1998_ca_Norval_Joe_Dan.jpg Daily News article about the hearings, ca. 1998] Article mentions that JimBigney is also in the middle of a lengthy legal challenge against federal agencies, and mentions DanielMacKay and NorvalCollins. ; 1997 : BobStead elected as the first openly gay mayor in Atlantic Canada ; 1997 : History book / Art catalog, QueerLookingQueerActing published ; 2000-05-11 : based on a complaint by a local, and three others, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council rebukes homophobic bible thumping talk radio shock jock Dr Laura Schlessinger. See IanCrowe's page for details. ; 2004-09-24 : First same-sex marriages in Nova Scotia: RossBoutilier and BrianMombourquette, BryanGarnettDoucette and RonGarnettDoucette, KimVance and SamMeehan ; 2007 : Halifax Chamber of Commerce publishes DougMelanson a Gay Businesses section in the directory ; 2007-05-20 : WayvesMagazine mentioned in the Halifax Daily News for the first time, in connection with the [[2007-05 Murders]]. Wayves was contacted by The Chronicle-Herald, The Daily News,The Globe & Mail, CBC, CTV, Global, and Xtra. ; 2010-10-07 : "Ginny and Julia James" Worlds First MTF Transgender Couple and Openly Married Transgender Couple ; 2011-07-22 : Halifax's first DykeAndTransMarch ; 2013-10-08 : JoanneBernard becomes first "openly gay" member of the Nova Scotia Legislature ; 2020-02 : History book BeforeTheParade published ; 2020-10-15 : Official launch of the RainbowSeniorsArchive (it had been collecting for several months.) ---- This page is part of the HistoryProject. Thanks to JohnYogis for the idea and the initial research on legal firsts.

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