A look back at previous Pride and Pancakes Celebrations

1. 2022
Pride and
Pancakes

2. Purpose Beyond Pancakes
To honor our queer and
ally members on
campus, and our Kidder
Award Recipients!
To learn about the
history of Pride and
Pancakes, and those
who helped make it
possible!

3. Remote Celebration During
COVID

4. 1974
Landmark court case between
members of the UNH Gay
Students Organization and a
lawyer for the university.
The GSO won its right to exist
as a student org on campus.
Watch a portion of the PBS interview with
one of the student organizers!

5. 1975
Meldrim Thomson Jr, then-governor of New
Hampshire, threatened to defund UNH
unless gay student groups were banned.
NHPTV hosted an auction to win a pancake
breakfast at the home of Thomson.
UNH’s GSO put in a final bid and appeared to
have won their audience with Governor
Thomson.
Post-auction, the GSO was outbid through
deceptive means.
Recent photo of Paul Tosi (left) & Wayne April (right)
who co-organized UNH GSO in 1974.

6. 1975-1991
1975 UNH got its first out tenured
professor. Prof. of English Jean Kennard!
1988 sexual orientation is included in
UNH’s nondiscrimination policy.
1989 the first faculty and staff group to
discuss queer issues is formed.
1991 the Office of Multicultural Student
Affairs, OMSA, is created!
OMSA has since been renamed The Aulbani J.
Beauregard Center for Equity, Justice and Freedom to
reiterate a focus on all identities!

7. 1991 •The first Pride and Pancakes breakfast is held!
Sexual orientation is added to the USNH non-
discriminatory clause.
Stan Levy is hired to report on campus climate
for gay and lesbian community members.
Recommendations are made to appoint a
special advisor and task force on GL issues.
The first Pancake Breakfast was not
photographed as many LGBTQIA+ community
members weren’t out on campus.

8. 1993 First queer month is celebrated
at UNH.
Dean Cari Moorhead brings the
first Safe Zones workshop to
UNH, and co-founds Seacoast
Outright, the first support group
for queer youth in NH!
Learn more about
Safe Zones!

9. 1999-2004
Request for same-sex domestic
benefits is approved by the full
Board of Trustees.
Queer Studies is established as
an emphasis within Women's’
Studies.
First gender-inclusive
restrooms on campus open.
Learn more about
the Queer Studies
Minor in WGS!

10. Keynote: Ray Buckley, 1999

11. Keynote: Rev. Dr. Eileen Monroe, 2009

12. Keynote: GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios, 2010

13. KEYNOTE: SERIUS RADIO PERSONALITY
ROMAINE PATTERSON, 2011

14. 2013
A major victory was celebrated when for
the first time, the governor of New
Hampshire attended our pancake
breakfast!
Our Campus Pride Index rates an
impressive 4.5/5!
Improvements continue to be made,
such as adding chosen names into
Banner and support for trans healthcare.
Check out our
Campus Pride
Index Report Card!

15. Keynote: NH Governor Maggie Hassan, 2013

16. MARA KEISLING, KEYNOTE
Director, National Center for Transgender Rights, 2015

17. Keynote: Robyn Ochs, 2016

18. Keynote: Pierre Berastain, Casa de Esperanza, 2018

19. A heartfelt thanks to
members of the UNH
community who shared
their knowledge and
experience to make this
presentation possible!