Legal Opinion
Gay Students Organization v. Bonner
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 30, 1974No. Nos. 74-1075, 74-1076PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
The Gay Students Organization (GSO) was officially recognized as a student organization at the University of New Hampshire in May, 1973,1 and on November 9, 1973 the group sponsored a dance on campus. The dance itself was held without incident, but media coverage of the event and criticism by Governor Meldrim Thomson, Jr., led the University’s Board of Trustees to reconsider its treatment of the organization. The next day, November 10, 1973, the Board issued a “Position Statement” which indicated that the University would attempt to have determined the “legality and…
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