Discover what happened in LGBTQ+ history on any day of the year.
On this day, writer Glenway Wescott was born. One of America's clearest lyrical voices, he kept journals about everything and was linked romantically to photographer George Platt Lynes.
On this day in 1891, Dr. Martha May Eliot was born. A pioneering pediatrician and public health architect, she shared her life with Dr. Ethel Collins Dunham in a long domestic partnership.
On this day in 1907, Violette Leduc was born. The French author explored queer desire and illegitimacy in groundbreaking works like Le Batarde and Therese and Isabelle, turning personal pain into fearless literary art.