This Day in Queer History

On this day, the German League for the Protection of Mothers and Sexual Reform condemned anti-gay Paragraph 175. The group also rejected attempts to extend the law to criminalize women who loved women.

On this day in 1916, Mansel Vardaman Boyle, the famous "Gay Deceiver" female impersonator, appeared in a burlesque show. He lived with gay silent film star J. Warren Kerrigan in Los Angeles.

On this day in 1946, Ellen Marie Barrett was born. She became the first openly lesbian priest ordained in the Episcopal Church in 1977, sparking controversy and championing queer inclusion in faith.

On this day, Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury introduced gay character Andy Lippincott. Five newspapers refused to carry the storyline. Lippincott's later AIDS diagnosis and death in the strip helped bring the crisis into popular culture.

On this day, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Idaho must provide gender confirmation surgery for inmate Adree Edmo, the first federal appeals court ruling requiring a state to do so.