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...

b. February 11, 1962 “There will not be a magic day when we wake up and it’s now O.K. to express ourselves publicly.We make that day by ...

b. February 5, 1914  d. August 2, 1997 Novelist, born as William Seward Burroughs in St. Louis, Missouri. Heir to the Burroughs Addin...

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 ...

b. 28 January 1833 d. 26 January 1885 Major-General Charles George Gordon, CB (28 January 1833 – 26 January 1885), known as Chinese G...

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

b. January 24, 1932 d. September 21, 1996 Over the years, I have come to realize that the greatest trap in our life is not success, pop...

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   (...