Posts by Sofia:

On this day in queerstory: Alan Turing is born

January 28 shows up in queer history as a date when things are formally acknowledged—by courts, governments, and cultural institutions that would often prefer plausible deniability. It’s when realities get logged instead of ignored. On January 28, 1915, Alan Turing was born in London. His work would later shape modern computing, cryptography, and artificial intelligence, […]

On this day in queerstory: honoring queer victims of Auschwitz

January 27 is a date already heavy with documentation. It appears in records of liberation, testimony, and legal reckoning—and queer history runs straight through it, even when it was never meant to be preserved. On January 27, 1945, Soviet troops liberated Auschwitz-Birkenau. Among those imprisoned and murdered by the Nazi regime were thousands of people […]

On this day in queerstory: Fighting for equality in Australia

January 26 shows up in queer history as a day of collision—between visibility and repression, recognition and refusal. It’s a date that repeatedly lands in moments where states, courts, and institutions are forced to react to queer lives already in motion. On January 26, 1973, the American Psychiatric Association formally adopted its decision to remove […]

On this day in queerstory: US customs scans imports for queer literature

January 25 has a habit of turning queer existence into something official. Not symbolic. Not theoretical. Filed, recorded, logged, argued over. It’s a date that shows up in registries, court calendars, and cultural archives—places where denial becomes harder to maintain. On January 25, 1755, Alexander von Humboldt was born in Berlin. A pioneering naturalist and […]

On this day in queerstory: challenges to Pride bans in Poland

January 24 is a date where queer life leaks out of the spaces it was supposed to stay confined to. Bedrooms become court cases. Art becomes evidence. People are born who will later turn private survival into public confrontation. On January 24, 1911, Marguerite Yourcenar was born in Brussels. She would go on to become […]

On this day in queerstory: Virginia Woolf is born

January 23 tends to be the day when queer life spills fully into view. Art refuses subtlety, courts are forced to clarify, and people are born who will later make privacy impossible. This is a date where queerness stops negotiating quietly and starts insisting on space. On January 23, 1897, Virginia Woolf was born in […]