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On this day in queerstory: courtrooms move toward change, Loudon Wainwright Jr born

January 22 doesn’t belong to one lane. It shows up in galleries and courtrooms, in birth records and legal dockets. It’s a date where culture provokes, the law reacts, and people arrive who will later complicate everything. On January 22, 1561, Francis Bacon was born in London. While history has mostly remembered him as a […]

On this day in queerstory: Sylvia Rivera is born

January 21 is a date where institutions move and individuals arrive. Laws shift, cases land, and—quietly but significantly—people are born who will later give those systems hell. This is a day where structure meets flesh. On January 21, 1924, Bobby Griffith was born in the United States. While his name would not become widely known […]

On this day in queerstory: work starts in UK to level ages of consent

January 20 shows up in queer history where power is most visible. Inaugurations, court terms, parliamentary sessions, administrative resets. It’s a date built for decisions, which makes it useful if you want to force the issue rather than politely request attention. On January 20, 1961, as a new U.S. presidential administration took office, LGBTQ+ federal […]

On this day in queerstory: Europe and the UK fight back against discriminative laws

January 19 shows up in queer history as a day when things escalated. Not always loudly, not always publicly, but decisively. Court filings landed. Protests sharpened. Institutions were forced to respond instead of deflect. This is a date that rarely waits for permission. On January 19, 1978, the European Court of Human Rights formally registered […]

On this day in queerstory: seeds of change in the UK and Canada

On January 18, 1967, Canada’s House of Commons resumed debate on criminal law reform that would eventually decriminalise homosexual acts between consenting adults. While the famous phrase “the state has no place in the bedrooms of the nation” would come later, January 18 marked a crucial return to parliamentary discussion after delays and opposition attempts […]

On this day in queerstory: queer service members quietly accepted in the Netherlands

January 17 shows up in queer history as a day for paperwork with consequences. Not parades. Not riots. Forms, directives, filings, and policy tweaks—the kind of thing that doesn’t look sexy until you realise it decides who gets to keep their job, their home, or their partner’s pension. On January 17, 1974, the Netherlands quietly […]