Portsmouth, Maine, remembers murder and legacy of Charlie Howard

Thirty-five years after three teenagers in Bangor, Maine, killed Portsmouth native Charlie Howard for being gay, the city of Portsmouth is planning to honor him with a remembrance bench. The permanent memorial comes after a recent exhibition on Howard’s murder and its effect on the LGBTQ community in Maine, and a Seacoast LGBT History Project-sponsored, nondenominational … Continue reading Portsmouth, Maine, remembers murder and legacy of Charlie Howard