1908
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On this day in 1908, Quentin Crisp was born. His fearless memoir The Naked Civil Servant made him a gay icon, and his unapologetic flamboyance challenged a homophobic society to see him fully.
25
December
This Day in Queer History
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1989
Event
On this day, bisexual composer Leonard Bernstein conducted Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in East Berlin, celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall with music that embodied freedom for all.
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