Queers in History

Born this day Anais Nin   (1903 –  1977)  French Author W. H. Auden    (1907 –  1973) UK / US Poet Humphry Berkeley   (1926 –  1994...

Born this day William Lygon   ( 1872 –   1938)  UK Politician Baron Jacques D’Adelsward-Fersen     (1880 –  1923)  French Author / Po...

Events this day in Queer History 2009  – North Dakota Senate votes to include LGBT in the Human Rights Act 2010  – Football V Homophobia...

Born this day Tuulikki Pietila   (1917 –   2009)  Finnish Artist David March  (1925 – 1999)  UK Actor Ned Sherrin    (1931 –  2007)...

Born this day Arcangelo Corelli  (1653 – 1713) Italian Composer / Violinist Friedrich Alfred Krupp   (1854 - 1902) , German. German...

Born this day Havelock Ellis ( 1859-1939 ) English Sexologist. Xuan Dieu  (1916 –  1985)  Vietnamese Poet. A colossal figure in mo...

Events this day in Queer History 2004  – Cape Verde  legalises homosexuality; Marshall Islands legalise homosexuality 2004  – Same-sex ...

Events this day in queer history 1964   Randolphe Wicker  Appears on the Les Crane Show 1965 Washington Post Publishes “Those Others: ...

Born this day Howard Sturgis   (1920 - 1855)  UK Author Maud Hunt Squire   (1873 –  1955)  US Artist Jack Spicer   (1925 –  1965)  ...

Events this day in Queer History 2007  – Israeli couple (Avi & Binyamin Rose) become first gay couple to legally register in Jerusale...

Born this day General Charles George Gordon   (1833 - 1885)  British British General, also known as "Chinese Gordon", or as ...

Events this day in Queer History 2005 – First International Holocaust Remembrance Day Born this day Sarah Aldridge  (1911 – 2006)  Br...

Born this day Filippo de Pisis  (1896 – 1956)   Italian Painter Frank Thring   (1926 - 1994)  Australian Character actor. Val...

Events this day in Queer History 2008 –  California State Supreme Court strikes down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, making ...

Born this day Magnus Hirschfeld   (1868 –   1935)  German Physician and sexologist, who was an outspoken advocate for sexual minorities...

Events this day in Queer History 2009 –  Uruguay  legally accepts gays in the military Born this day Modest Tchaikovsky   (...

Events this day in Queer History 2009 –  New York  marriage bill passed the Assembly, but later defeated in the Senate before final pass...

Born this day Leon Bakst   (1866 – 1924)  Russian Painter / Costume Designer Max Lorenz   (1901 – 1975)   German Singer Frieda Bel...

Events this day in Queer History 2007 –  Oregon  bans discrimination based on sexual orientation (including gender identity) in the priva...