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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 15h

“If the door won't open, build one that opens for you.” 2014: First Transgender Bodybuilding Competition, October 2 📬 Get queer history in your inbox every week thisweekinqueerhistory.com/subscribe #QueerHistory #LGBTHistory

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

On July 1, 1972, about 2,000 people walked from Trafalgar Square to Hyde Park in Britain's first Pride march. They had no guarantee of safety. They went anyway. Watch the full episode: youtu.be/8zWT6a5nOzI #QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #TWiQH

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor." September 30, 1924: Truman Capote is born. Openly gay, wildly brilliant, and one of America's sharpest literary minds. 102 years ago today. #TrumanCapote #LGBTQ #QueerHistory #ThisDayInQueerHistory

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Folsom Street Fair is held in which San Francisco neighborhood? A. Castro B. Mission C. SoMa (South of Market) D. Haight-Ashbury Drop your answer below. #QueerHistory #FolsomStreetFair #SanFrancisco #LGBTQHistory #Trivia

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Marc Bolan dabbed glitter on his cheekbones for Top of the Pops in 1971 and handed a generation of British kids permission to shine.

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“The world is before you. Don't leave it the way it was handed to you.” 2019: Gender-Neutral Dolls by Mattel, September 25 📬 Get queer history in your inbox every week thisweekinqueerhistory.com/subscribe #QueerHistory #LGBTHistory

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Marsden Hartley lost his lover in 1914 and was not allowed to mourn him out loud. So he hid the entire eulogy inside an abstract painting. #QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #TWiQH

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

What year did San Francisco's first Folsom Street Fair take place? A. 1978 B. 1984 C. 1991 D. 1969 Drop your answer below. #QueerHistory #FolsomStreetFair #LGBTQHistory #ThisWeekInQueerHistory #Trivia

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Bonnie Bleskachek became the first openly lesbian fire chief of a major US city in 2004. Two years later she was demoted. She put the uniform back on anyway. #QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #TWiQH

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"No longer will our country be denied the service of thousands of Americans who want to serve their country, but were prevented from doing so because they were gay." 15 years ago today, DADT ended. Queer Americans could finally serve openly. #LGBTQ #QueerHistory #Military

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Born September 17, 1986, Sophie Xeon invented hyperpop, produced some of the biggest pop records of the 2010s, came out publicly as trans through her music, and changed what pop could be. She was a visionary.

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Pop quiz on queer history. When did Don't Ask Don't Tell officially end, allowing LGBTQ Americans to serve openly in the military? A. 2009 B. 2010 C. 2011 D. 2013 Drop your answer below

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Dorothy Arzner was the only woman directing steadily in Hollywood for two decades. She wore suits, loved one woman for 40 years, and invented the boom mic. #QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #TWiQH

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be let alone! There is all the difference." Today would have been Greta Garbo's 121st birthday. Born September 18, 1905, the Swedish-American screen legend was fiercely private about her personal life, which historians document include...

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

From DOMA to Obergefell: how marriage equality was won. Full episode: youtu.be/YG9-jFjcOIM #QueerHistory #MarriageEquality #LGBTQ

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Pop quiz on queer history. In what year was the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) signed into law? A. 1993 B. 1996 C. 2001 D. 2004 Drop your answer below. Full story: youtu.be/YG9-jFjcOIM

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Edie Windsor and Thea Spyer: 44 years of love that changed America. Watch the full episode now: youtu.be/YG9-jFjcOIM #QueerHistory #MarriageEquality #LGBTQ

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"I am so proud to be an American." Edie Windsor and Thea Spyer fell in love in 1963. Tomorrow on TWiQH: the story of how their 44-year love affair changed American law. youtu.be/YG9-jFjcOIM #QueerHistory #LoveIsLove #MarriageEquality

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

"That I, Lili, am vital and have a right to life I have proved by living for 14 months." Lili Elbe, one of the first people to receive gender-affirming surgery, died September 13, 1931. Her memoir outlived every doubt. #QueerHistory #Transgender #LGBTQ

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

One widow's tax bill brought down DOMA. Swipe for the story of Edie Windsor, who died on this day in 2017. #QueerHistory #LGBTQ #EdieWindsor #MarriageEquality

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The first American TV documentary about homosexuality aired September 11, 1961 on San Francisco's KQED. What was it called? A. The Rejected B. The Outsiders C. The Quiet Ones D. Behind Closed Doors Drop your answer below #QueerHistory #Trivia

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

“Your hiding will not save you.” 1882: Harry Allen: Notorious Figure in Northwest, September 11 📬 Get queer history in your inbox every week thisweekinqueerhistory.com/subscribe #QueerHistory #LGBTHistory

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"At least I have the flowers of myself, and my thoughts, no god can take that" Born September 10, 1886, the bisexual poet H.D. cut poetry down to its sharpest edge and loved exactly who she loved. #QueerHistory #LGBTQ #Poetry

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

On September 9, 1992, the Lesbian Avengers staged their first public action outside a Queens elementary school. What did they hand out? A. Lavender balloons B. Comic books C. Cassette tapes D. School supplies Drop your answer below #QueerHistory #Trivia

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Born September 6, 1860, Jane Addams opened Hull House in 1889 with Ellen Gates Starr, won the Nobel Peace Prize, and spent 40 years with Mary Rozet Smith. #QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #TWiQH youtube.com/shorts/07ocM...

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

"They gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one." September 8, 1975: Air Force Sgt Leonard Matlovich came out on the cover of TIME. New episode: youtu.be/HixUphGlahU #QueerHistory #LGBTQ #LeonardMatlovich #Veterans

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

"That's how I want to be defined: as one of the men who fought the war." GMHC. ACT UP. The Normal Heart. Larry Kramer turned rage into a to-do list, and it saved millions. #QueerHistory #LGBTQ #ACTUP #LarryKramer

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

"Your closet is not freedom." Sept 6, 2018. India's Supreme Court struck down Section 377, a colonial-era law criminalizing consensual gay sex. 1.3 billion people. One ruling. The arc is long. #QueerHistory #LGBTQ #India #Section377 #ThisDayInQueerHistory

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Sept 5, 1991. ACT UP draped a giant condom over Senator Jesse Helms' house. This is what happens when petitions don't work. #QueerHistory #LGBTQ #ACTUP #AIDSActivism #ThisDayInQueerHistory

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Sylvia Rivera helped launch the modern gay rights movement, then got booed off its stage. She built a home for homeless trans kids anyway. Watch the full episode: youtu.be/IChMN7dBsDo #QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #TWiQH

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

"When no one will save them, it's up to you to build the railroad. Who knows, the next train could save you." In 2017, Canada granted asylum to 31 gay men from Chechnya through Rainbow Railroad. Communities fill the gap when governments won't. #QueerHistory #LGBTQ #RainbowRailroad #ThisDayInQue...

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

New Orleans hosts Southern Decadence every Labor Day weekend, one of the largest LGBTQ celebrations in America. What year was the first one held? A. 1965 B. 1969 C. 1972 D. 1978 Drop your answer below #QueerHistory #LGBTQ #Trivia #SouthernDecadence #NewOrleans

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

In April 1973, about forty young gay men and trans women called Las Locas del 73 filled Santiago's Plaza de Armas to demand the police stop hunting them. #QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #TWiQH

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

"Your closet will not outlive you." Sept 2, 1967. Before Stonewall. Before the National March on Washington. The first issue of The Advocate hit LA newsstands. Queer journalism has not stopped since. #QueerHistory #LGBTQ #TheAdvocate #ThisDayInQueerHistory

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

"Say the word, even when the world refuses to hear you." In 1961, Victim was the first English-language film to say the word "homosexual" onscreen. Denied a US release code. Dirk Bogarde risked his career to make it. #QueerHistory #LGBTQ #Film #ThisDayInQueerHistory

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

"You're neither unnatural, nor abominable, nor mad." Aug 30, 1928: Alfred Knopf secured U.S. rights to The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall. The landmark lesbian novel that shocked a nation into debate. #QueerHistory #LGBTQ #Books

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

On November 8, 1977, Harvey Milk won a San Francisco Board of Supervisors seat on his third try, becoming the first openly gay man elected in a major U.S. city.

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

"The very root and secret of life is love in its most general sense." Born August 29, 1844. Edward Carpenter was a gay socialist philosopher who advocated for sexual freedom decades before the word homosexual was even widely used. #QueerHistory #LGBTQ

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

In 1972, four gay Jews in Los Angeles were told to pick one identity. Instead they founded Beth Chayim Chadashim, the world's first LGBT synagogue. #QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #TWiQH

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

“If they lock the doors, build the stadium and fill it with you.” 1982: First Gay Games Held in San Francisco, August 28 📬 Get queer history in your inbox every week thisweekinqueerhistory.com/subscribe #QueerHistory #LGBTHistory

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Harvey Milk lost three elections before January 8, 1978, the day he became California's first openly gay elected official. He had eleven months left. Watch the full episode: youtu.be/VUwAbLwfcAA #QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #TWiQH

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

"I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking." Born August 26, 1904. Christopher Isherwood's Berlin Stories inspired Cabaret. A Single Man remains one of the most precise novels about gay grief ever written. #QueerHistory #LGBTQ #Books

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

"When they shut our bars, we moved to the woods." Queer joy does not disappear when it is criminalized. It relocates. This week on TWiQH: the secret forest bars of Guerneville that outlasted the Lavender Scare. youtu.be/c1ez4QqfJkU #QueerHistory #LavenderScare #TWiQH

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

In 1866, Frances Thompson stood before Congress and described what a white mob did to her. She is the first known trans person to testify there. #QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #TWiQH

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

“Your closet will not protect you.” 1994: Federal Government Overturns Anti-Sodomy Law, August 23 📖 Read the full story thisweekinqueerhistory.com/this-day/aug... #QueerHistory #LGBTHistory

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

"Your closet will not save you." Aug 22, 1998: Hundreds rallied outside Coral Ridge Church to reject its "Truth in Love" conversion campaign. The community showed up and said no - loudly and together. #TWiQH #queerhistory #conversion #lgbtq

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Oscar Wilde walked out of Reading Gaol on May 19, 1897: broken, bankrupt, exiled. The prosecution had used his own beautiful prose as evidence against him. Watch the full episode: youtu.be/9hxN1f0m2Qc #QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #TWiQH

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

"Your silence will not preserve you." Aug 19, 2011: The Arizona Queer Archives were founded to protect LGBTQ history for future generations. Silence erases. Archives protect. What are you preserving? #TWiQH #queerhistory #Archives #LGBTQ

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Three wins in one day. Aug 21 in queer history: California's LGBTQ veterans memorial, Native sovereign same-sex marriage, and Hallmark's first gay wedding cards. History does not wait. #TWiQH #queerhistory #lgbtq #pride

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This Week in Queer History @twiqh.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

“A wedding card on a shelf is what love looks like waiting for you.” 2018: LGBTQ Veterans Memorial Designated in California, August 21 📬 Get queer history in your inbox every week thisweekinqueerhistory.com/subscribe #QueerHistory #LGBTHistory

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