Queers in History

Events this day 2009 – Delaware, USA ban sexual orientation discrimination under the Delaware Code, but not gender identity  2010 – He...

b. December 2, 1946 d. July 15, 1997 “In the past, people were born royal. Nowadays, royalty comes from what you do.” ...

Born this day Edward Hyde , 3rd Earl of Clarendon ( 1661 - 1723) US Governor of   New York and New Jersey between 1701 and 1708, and...

Born this day Andre Gide   (1869 – 1951) , French. Author French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1947. Gide...

Events this day in Queer History 1974 - The New Yorker published "Minor Heroism" by Allan Gurganis, its first gay-themed sho...

Events this day in Queer History 1999 - Methodist minister Jimmy Creech was stripped of his clerical status for presiding over a same-...

Events in LGBT history: 2001, Egypt . 21 of those arrested on “The Queen Boat” in Cairo, convicted of “habitual practice of debauchery,”...

Events in LGBT History, 1st November:  1971 – The Body Politic magazine first published (Canada) 1995 – Kings Cross Steelers, the world...

Events in LGBT History:  2011 – First Out Cafe Bar, London, UK closes after 25 years trading . Born this day Natalie Clifford Barney  ...

Events in LGBT History:  Born this day Caroline Spurgeon  ( 1869 -1942) UK Literary Critic / Lecturer / Author Moss Hart   (1904 ...