Posts by Sofia:

On this day in queerstory: Mexico lifts ban on gay blood donors

On this day in 2012, the Secretariat of Health in Mexico lifted the ban on men who have sex with men blood donation. This allowed them to donate to the same conditions as heterosexuals. Beyond this, December 27 sits in a liminal space on the calendar: the holidays are winding down, the year is almost […]

On this day in queerstory: survival and recovery

December 26 is the day after. The day after the gathering, the performance, the joy, the tension, the grief. Globally, it’s a moment when the noise drops and the emotional bill comes due. In queer history, December 26 has come to symbolize aftermaths—what happens once survival has been achieved, but healing has not yet begun. […]

On this day in queerstory: joy and loneliness on the queerest day of the year

December 25 arrives heavy with expectation. Across much of the world, it is framed as a day of unity, love, and family—an idealized vision that has never fully matched reality, especially for queer people. In queer history, December 25 is not simply Christmas. It is a global site of negotiation: between belonging and exclusion, tradition […]

On this day in queerstory: getting ready for a queer Christmas

December 24 carries enormous cultural weight across much of the world. It is a night saturated with tradition, family, religion, and expectations about how love is supposed to look. In queer history, this date has become less about celebration and more about navigation—how LGBTQ+ people across cultures have learned to survive, adapt, and quietly resist […]

On this day in queerstory: a waiting game

December 23 sits in a strange, suspended place on the calendar. It’s the day when the world slows down, institutions begin to close, and decisions are quietly pushed into the future. In queer history, this date has come to symbolize something deeply familiar across cultures and borders: waiting. Not the gentle kind, but the enforced, […]

On this day in queerstory: a day for quiet reflection

December 22 rarely arrives with fireworks in queer history. There is no single riot, ruling, or declaration that claims the date outright. Instead, December 22 has become something more telling: a recurring moment when global institutions—courts, borders, hospitals, and bureaucracies—are forced to confront the fact that queer lives do not fit neatly into the systems […]