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On this day in queerstory: First Black Lesbian Conference and queer rights at the UN
One of the earliest recorded queer-tinged events on October 17 dates back to 1535, when Pope Paul III wrote a letter chastising his son, Duke Pier Luigi Farnese, for traveling with male lovers on an official mission. While cloaked in the moral language and power dynamics of its era, this letter stands as a rare […]
On this day in queerstory: Spirit Day
Today – and the third Thursday of every October – social media feeds, city landmarks, and classrooms across the world are washed in purple. It’s not a fashion trend or a football team’s color – it’s Spirit Day, the annual stand against bullying and harassment of LGBTQ+ youth. What began in 2010 as one Canadian […]
On this day in queerstory: ONE Inc is born
Los Angeles, October 15, 1952 – In a modest living room somewhere in the sprawl of mid-century Los Angeles, a small group of gay men gathered with a radical idea: that queer people could, and should, have a voice. From that quiet conversation was born ONE, Inc., the first openly gay nonprofit organization in the […]
On this day in queerstory: The First National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights
On October 14, 1979, an estimated 75,000 to 125,000 people gathered in Washington, D.C., for the First National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights – the largest demonstration for queer rights the United States had ever seen. The event marked a turning point in LGBTQ+ political organization, shifting the movement from scattered local […]
On this day in queerstory: Johannesburg hold South Africa’s first pride parade
On October 13, 1990, a landmark event took place in Johannesburg, South Africa: the country’s first pride parade, organized by GLOW (the Gay and Lesbian Organisation of the Witwatersrand). This was not simply a party; it was deeply political, an act of resistance in a country still under apartheid. To understand why this day mattered […]
On this day in queerstory: Germany expands Life Partnership Law
Not every queer milestone arrives with parades, slogans, or rainbow flags. Some unfold quietly — in the sterile air of parliamentary chambers, where a line of legal text can shift the landscape of love. On October 12, 2004, the German Bundestag voted to expand the country’s Life Partnership Law — a modest-sounding amendment that carried […]