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Antonio de Erauso

Also Known As: La Monja Alférez (The Nun Lieutenant), Catalina de Erauso (Deadname), Alonso Díaz, Pedro de Orive, Francisco de Loyola Born: 1585 or 1592, San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain Died: 1650, Cotaxtla or Orizaba, New Spain (modern-day Mexico) Gender Identity: Transgender man Sexuality: Attracted to women; relationships and engagements suggest a lesbian or queer orientation within a transgender identity Nationality:…
Tyra Bolling

Birth Name: Tyra Shardell BollingStage Name: Tyra BBorn: June 27, 1985Birthplace: Petersburg, Virginia, USAGender identity: Cisgender WomanPronouns: She/HerSexual Orientation: GayNationality: AmericanEthnicity: BlackProfession: Singer · Songwriter · DancerYears Active: 2004 to presentGenres: R & B · Contemporary SoulLabels: GG & L · Warner Bros. · Sphinx · Walnut Hill · EMPIREAssociated Acts: PrettyBoy & Bradd Young…
San Francisco Trans March: June 25, 2004

Date: June 25, 2004Location: San Francisco, California, United StatesEvent Type: Protest March, Pride EventOrganized by: Transgender, GenderVariant, and Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP), local activists, Cecilia ChungSignificance: First transgender-led Pride march in San Francisco history Overview The first San Francisco Trans March was held on June 25, 2004. It was a groundbreaking act of protest and…
UpStairs Lounge Arson Attack

Date: June 24, 1973Location: 604 Iberville Street, French Quarter, New Orleans, LouisianaFatalities: 32Injuries: At least 15Status: Officially unsolvedCategory: Hate crime, Arson, LGBTQ+ history, U.S. disasters Overview The UpStairs Lounge arson attack, also known as the UpStairs Lounge Fire, was a deliberately set fire targeting a second-story gay bar in New Orleans. The fire killed 32…
Removal of Homosexuality from the DSM

Date: June 23, 1973 Overview:On June 23, 1973, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) officially voted to remove homosexuality from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), marking a pivotal moment in LGBTQ+ history. The decision ended decades of categorization of homosexuality as a mental illness, significantly impacting medical, social, and legal perspectives on…
Jai Rodriguez

Birth Name: David Jai RodriguezBorn: June 22, 1979Birthplace: Brentwood, New York, USAGender Identity: Cisgender malePronouns: he himSexual Orientation: GayNationality: AmericanEthnicity: Puerto Rican and Italian descentProfession: Actor, singer, television host, writer, producer, advocateYears Active: 1993–presentGenres: Musical theatre, cabaret, popLabels: Arrive at Eleven Productions, Airgo RecordsAssociated Acts: Ted Allen, Carson Kressley, Queer Eye cast, Gladys Knight, Patti…
First Public Gay Weddings in Cuba

DateJune 21 2001 Location Neighborhood recreation center in San Miguel del Padrón, a working class suburb southeast of Havana Participants Michel (17)Ángel (22)Juanito (19)Alejandro (21) Overview On June 21 2001 four Cuban men, Michel and Ángel and Juanito and Alejandro, became the first gay couples to hold a public wedding style ceremony in Cuba. Despite…
E. Lynn Harris

Name: E. Lynn HarrisBorn: June 20, 1955Birthplace: Flint, Michigan, USADied: July 23, 2009Gender Identity: Cisgender manPronouns: He/himSexual Orientation: GayNationality: AmericanEthnicity: African AmericanProfession: NovelistYears Active: 1991–2009Genres: Fiction, LGBTQ+ Literature, Romance, Drama Early Life Everette Lynn Jeter was born on June 20 1955 in Flint, Michigan to Etta Mae Williams and James Jeter who were not married…
Stormé DeLarverie

Birth Name: Stormé DeLarverie Stage Name: Stormy Dale (1946 to 1949) Born: c. December 24 1920 Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Death: May 24 2014 (aged 93), Brooklyn, New York, USA Gender identity: chose to live as “me,” regarded by friends as nonbinary or gender nonconforming Pronouns: whatever makes you feel most comfortable Sexual Orientation: lesbian Nationality: American Ethnicity: biracial, African American mother, white…