This Day in Queer History

On this day in 1994, Richard A. Heyman died of AIDS at 59. As openly gay mayor of Key West, he made it illegal for employers to fire staff with HIV/AIDS. A facility was named in his honor.

On this day, Israeli couple Yuval Topper-Erez, a trans man, and his husband Matan became the first to be jointly recognized as biological fathers. Family, redefined.

On this day in 2019, A Little Late with Lilly Singh premiered, making her the first late-night host to publicly identify as bisexual. Queer representation reached a new primetime stage.