Discover what happened in LGBTQ+ history on any day of the year.
On this day, Marie-Thérèse Auffray was born. The French painter joined the Resistance during World War II alongside her life partner Noëlle Guillou. Together they saved Allied paratroopers, earning tribute from President Eisenhower.
On this day in 1986, Surgeon General C. Everett Koop released his first report on the AIDS epidemic, breaking years of silence from the Reagan administration and bringing critical public health information to the American people.
On this day in 1535, Pope Paul III scolded his son Duke Pier Luigi Farnese for bringing male lovers on an official mission. Even papal authority couldn't suppress queer desire in Renaissance Europe.