Posts by Sofia:

On this day in queerstory: First ever Trans Day of Remembrance

November 20 is a date marked by both solemn remembrance and enduring resolve. Every year it prompts us to pause and reflect on the lives lost, the rights still denied, and the courage still required. On this date, the global LGBTQ+ community honours the dead, renews its promise to live and insists that invisibility is […]

On this day in queerstory: Calvin Klein is born, Canada permits same-sex relationship immigration

On November 19, queer history records shifts both modest and meaningful—instances where visibility crept into institutions, culture whispered its truths and representation quietly reworked the public domain. From early immigration recognition, to literary review, to personal identity in design, this date reveals how queer lives changed by existing, by being seen. One of the earliest […]

On this day in queerstory: Same-sex marriage and homosexuality increasingly accepted

On November 18, queer history records powerful moments where the law, the culture and the self converged. Visibility broke through silence—from scientific proof dispelling pathology, to courts granting critical rights—and each step carried weight far beyond its originating place. One landmark came in Massachusetts on November 18, 2003. The state’s Supreme Judicial Court issued its […]

On this day in queerstory: Rock Hudson is born

On November 17 in queer history, identities once forced into the shadows found themselves unexpectedly in the headlines, on court dockets and even in front of cinema cameras. This day carries markers of both prejudice and prominence, reminding us that progress often arrives coated in contradiction. In 1925, November 17 brought the birth of Rock […]

On this day in queerstory: queer visibility thanks to Randy Wicker

In 1964, on this date, American activist Randy Wicker became the first openly gay person to appear on U.S. national television when he was a guest on The Les Crane Show. Wicker’s presence wasn’t just symbolic — it triggered hundreds of letters from isolated gay men and lesbians across the country, reaching into communities starved […]

On this day in queerstory: advancements for trans rights

November 15 has proven, across different decades and continents, to be one of those days where queer history moves forward in unexpected ways. It’s a date marked by laws that quietly changed status, by cultural shifts that slowly became visible, and by moments of both recognition and repudiation. On this day we see that queer […]