CNM-MOVES: Consensual Non-Monogamies and Social Movements
Having multiple romantic partners - consensually
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This project has received funding
from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 845889.
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CNM activism chronology in Portugal
Please note this is still an ongoing compilation of information and is subjected to updates. Latest version is dated 25/01/2022. All the dates and data presented below are shown in good faith as being accurate from the materials collected during the CNM-MOVES research project. If you wish to add more events and details to this list please contact me.
Year Month Day Event / Element of Note 2003 September 9 Presumed date for opening the “poliamor.pt.to” website 2004 September 27 First post on the PolyPortugal mailing list December 17 Official meeting from the “Poliamor.pt.to” website; the original event planner group no longer exists 2005 January 29 First post on Polyamory on Our Laundry List 2006 September 14 First known piece on polyamory in mainstream media, “Grazia” women’s magazine 2007 February 3 First generalist press coverage of polyamory known, “Tabu” magazine from weekly “Sol” July 7 Second LGBT Pride March in Oporto, “PoliAmor” as a co-organizer for the first time N/A First known appearance of polyamory in mainstream radio; “Proval Oral” on Antena 3 2008 November 10 PolyPortugal creates leaflets to be distributed during Pride Marches 2009 Maio 24 First known appearance of polyamory in open-signal TV; “Sete Palmos de Testa” on RTP2 June 28 PolyPortugal blog starts July 2 “Espalha-amores” blog started Unknown N/A “poliamor.pt.to” changed to “poliamor.pt” 2010 Maio 1 Amnesty International’s LGBT group organizes a roundtable on polyamory and invites PolyPortugal activists as guest speakers June 19 11th LGBT Pride March in Lisbon, PolyPortugal as a co-organizer for the first time, its manifesto is read at the end of the event July 17 PolyPortugal Facebook Page and Group created September N/A First known academic document on polyamory in Portugal; “Amando vári@s” 2012 June 20 Flyers to be distributed in Pride Marches are redone 2013 Agosto 14 Last post to date on Espalha-Amores 2014 Unknown N/A “Poliamor” recognized as a Portuguese word March 1 First known EU-funded research project hosted in Portugal which (also) looks at CNMs - INTIMATE (CES - Coimbra) April Various Biggest known media exposure to date, joint work by the “SIC” TV channel and the “Expresso” weekly newspaper June 14 PolyPortugal representative reads PolyPortugal manifesto during the 2nd Pride March of Braga 2015 January 1 Last post to date on “Our Laundry List” February 28 The Socialist Party’s Youth group from the Amadora region holds a roundtable on CNMs, invites PolyPortugal activist as part of the panel September 25-27 1st Non-Monogamies and Contemporary Intimacies Conference takes place in Lisbon, an international event still ongoing October 22 Last snapshot of poliamor.pt, website currently offline 2017 February 21 Project NeufHaus is launched; currently not online 2018 February N/A Last post on PolyPortugal mailing list, service no longer exists March 9 “Amores Plurais” Facebook page is created 2019 March 17 Last post to date on PolyPortugal’s blog 2020 July 5 “Rambóia Com Moderação” podcast and Instagram Page are launched -
CNM activism chronology in the UK
Please note this is still an ongoing compilation of information and is subjected to updates. Latest version is dated 25/01/2022. All the dates and data presented below are shown in good faith as being accurate from the materials collected during the CNM-MOVES research project. If you wish to add more events and details to this list please contact me.
Year Month Day Event / Element of Note 2003 February 28 Polyamory-UK Livejournal created 2004 August 20 UKPoly Livejournal created, PolyDay announced September 14 First London Polyamory meetup confirmed October 30 1st UK PolyDay takes place in Leicester 2006 July 14 Ethical Non-Monogamy workshop at BiCon 2006 October 14 2nd UK PolyDay takes place in London November 14 “Polyamory” shows up on a written newspiece title for the first known time in The Scotsman 2007 September 22 3rd UK PolyDay takes place in London 26 Creation of “UK Polyamory” Facebook group 2008 September 13 to 14 4th UK PolyDay takes place in London 2009 September 26 5th UK PolyDay takes place in London 2010 February 2 OpenCon UK Livejournal is created 20 Earliest available snapshot of “Opencon.eu” September 13 Last post to date on UKPoly Livejournal, announcing the next PolyDay October 8 to 10 1st OpenCon UK event takes place near London November 15 Website “Polytical.org” launched 20 6th UK PolyDay takes place in Bristol 2011 August 27 7th UK PolyDay takes place in London October 14 to 16 2nd OpenCon UK takes place in Gillingham, Dorset 31 The London Poly Women’s Group founded December 9 Blog “opencon.wordpress.com” is launched, announcing OpenCon UK 2012: “Opencon.eu” is offline 2012 January 15 Nottingham Polyamory Meetup group created February 2 First event of Yorkshire O.P.E.N. June 16 8th UK PolyDay takes place in London October 5 to 7 3rd OpenCon UK takes place in Gillingham, Dorset November 12 Last available snapshot of “Nottingham Polyamory Meetup” group 2013 March 29 “UK Poly Dating Classifieds” Facebook group created August 19 Last post pertaining to CNM issues on Polyamory-UK Livejournal October 11 to 13 4th OpenCon UK takes place December 28 Last post to date on “Polytical.org”, website is currently offline 2014 July 20 Current “Polyamory and Relationship Anarchy UK” Facebook group created October 10 to 12 5th OpenCon UK takes place in Gillingham, Dorset; website moves to “opencon.org.uk” November 30 Black & Poly London founded; regional extension of the American organization 2015 February 1 First post on the “Polyamory UK” website 7 Black Poly London first event October 17 9th UK PolyDay takes place in London November 18 First meeting of the London Poly Women’s group 2016 February 21 Academic/activist event “Polyamory, Consensual Non-Monogamy and Relationship Anarchy in the 21st Century” at the MMU 2016 June 15 Last known listed even on The London Poly Women’s Group; group is no longer available October 8 10th UK PolyDay takes place in London November 22 Last post to date on the “Polyamory UK” website; website is currently offline 2017 October 6 Last post to date on Polyamory-UK Livejournal 7 11th UK PolyDay takes place in London November 2 Last available snapshot of “Black & Poly London”. at the time listed 6 events in total; the group is no longer available 2018 January 17 “Polyamory UK D/s and Kink” Facebook group created August 9 Poly Camp 2019 campaign launched; the event scheduled for Aug. 2019 never took place; the “polycamp.co.uk” website is now offline October 13 12th UK PolyDay takes place in London 2019 October 12 13th UK PolyDay takes place in London 2020 March 15 Fiction mini-series “Trigonometry” premiers on BBC 2 2021 September 24 to 26 e-NonMonogamies and Contemporary Intimacies Conference (online but hosted by MMU)