This Day in Queer History

On this day, The Captive opened on Broadway. A melodrama about a woman seduced by another woman's 'shadow,' its lesbian undertones created a sensation and sparked public debate.

On this day, GLAD won a lawsuit allowing Rhode Island same-sex couples to marry in Massachusetts, the only state where same-sex marriage was then legal.

On this day, California became the first state to ban gay conversion therapy on minors, declaring once and for all that queer kids don't need to be 'cured.'