This Day in Queer History

On this day, Pedro Diaz and Muño Vandilaz were married by a priest at a chapel in Galicia, Spain, in what is the earliest recorded same-sex wedding in history.

On this day, Robert Stigwood was born. The Australian-born music entrepreneur managed Cream and the Bee Gees, produced Grease and Saturday Night Fever, and staged Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar across seven decades of entertainment.

On this day, Essex Hemphill was born. The openly gay Black poet and activist gave voice to the intersection of race and sexuality in 1980s Washington, D.C., before dying of AIDS complications at 38.

On this day in 1997, Sherry Barone sued Har Jehuda Cemetery for refusing to inscribe 'beloved life partner' on her late partner's headstone. Lambda Legal won the case, ensuring Cynthia Friedman's wishes were honored in stone.

On this day, Katie Ricks became the first openly lesbian pastor ordained by the Presbyterian Church, serving as Associate Pastor at the Church of Reconciliation in Chapel Hill.

On this day, civil rights activist Donna Red Wing died at 67. Once called "the most dangerous woman in America" by the Christian Coalition, she spent three decades fighting for LGBTQ equality alongside her wife Sumitra.