This Day in Queer History

Today in queer history, Kim Coco Iwamoto was born. She became the highest-ranking openly transgender elected official in the U.S. when she won a seat on Hawaii's Board of Education.

On this day, the first national HIV education campaign launched as Surgeon General C. Everett Koop mailed Understanding AIDS to every American household, bringing lifesaving information directly to the public.

On this day in 2019, Daniel Atwood became the first openly gay Orthodox person ordained as a rabbi, ordained by Rabbi Daniel Landes in Jerusalem. Faith and identity, finally united.