Question: Whose 1984 murder spawned the founding of the LGBT organization EqualityMaine?

Context articles: KAOS GL
USNA Out
EqualityMaine
Charlie Howard (murder victim)
Lesbian and Gay Inter-University Organization
Denise Morelle
Acceptance Sydney
Q-Notes
Equality California
Lambda Istanbul

KAOS GL, short for Kaos Gay and Lesbian Cultural Research and Solidarity Association (Turkish: "Kaos Gey ve Lezbiyen Kültürel Araştırmalar ve Dayanışma Derneği" ), founded in 1994, is one of the oldest and largest LGBT rights organisations in Turkey.
 In 2005, the Ankara-based organisation became the first Turkish LGBT organization to be legally registered as an association, after their application was initially appealed by deputy governor of Ankara.
 The organisation has been publishing the journal "KAOS GL" (now a quarterly publication) since its founding.
 The group operates the KAOS Cultural Center, which hosts cultural activities, meetings, and showings of films.
 The center also houses a LGBT history library.
USNA Out is an American non-profit organization of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Alumni of the U. S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
 USNA Out is an independent 501(c)(3) organization that does not represent the Naval Academy Alumni Association nor the U. S. Naval Academy.
 USNA Out is the first LGBT organization representing alumni from a federal service academy.
EqualityMaine (formerly the Maine Lesbian/Gay Political Alliance) is a political advocacy organization in Maine, United States.
 Founded in 1984 after the murder of Charlie Howard, it is the oldest and largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) organization in the state.
 In 2008, they were a primary opponent of an attempt to revoke an anti-discrimination law in Maine.
 In 2009, EqualityMaine was one of the main supporters of a push to recognize same-sex marriage in Maine.
Charles O. Howard (January 31, 1961 – July 7, 1984) was an American murder victim in Bangor, Maine in 1984.
 As Howard and a male companion, Roy Ogden, were walking down the street, three teenagers, Shawn I. Mabry, age 16, James Francis Baines, age 15, and Daniel Ness, age 17, harassed and assaulted Howard for being gay.
 The youths chased the pair, yelling homophobic epithets, until they caught Howard and threw him over the State Street Bridge into the Kenduskeag Stream, despite his pleas that he could not swim.
 He drowned, but his friend escaped and pulled a fire alarm.
 Charlie Howard's body was found by rescue workers several hours later.
The Lesbian and Gay Inter-University Organization (Turkish: "Üniversitelerarası Lezbiyen ve Gey Topluluğu - LEGATO" ) is an LGBT organization in Turkey aimed at university students.
 It is Turkey's largest LGBT organization.
Denise Morelle (3 December 1926 in Montreal – 17 July 1984 in Montreal) was a Quebec actress whose 1984 murder was a significant media event in Quebec.
Acceptance Sydney is a Catholic LGBT organization based out of Sydney, Australia.
 Acceptance is now the second oldest Catholic LGBT organization in the world.
Q-Notes is a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) newspaper serving North Carolina and South Carolina and is proudly celebrating its 30th year.
 It is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
 Published every other week, it has a circulation of 11,000 print copies and is the largest print publication serving the LGBT community in the American Southeast.
 The paper was originally started in 1983 as the monthly newsletter of Queen City Quordinators, a Charlotte LGBT organization.
 In 1986, it began publishing as a monthly tabloid and merged with the Raleigh, N.C. LGBT newspaper "The Front Page" in 2006.
Equality California or EQCA is a non-profit civil rights organization that advocates for the rights of LGBT people in California.
 It is the largest statewide LGBT organization in the United States and the largest member of the Equality Federation.
 The organization is currently based in Los Angeles.
Lambdaistanbul is a Turkish LGBT organization.
 It was founded in 1993 as a cultural space for the LGBT community, and became an official organization in 2006.
 Clandestine Pride events were held in Turkey starting in 1993, and with Lambda Istanbul participation, they became public marches.