03-15-1996 The Celluloid Closet is released in the U.S. The film is a documentary that shows the various Hollywood screen depictions of gay and lesbians and the attitudes behind them…
03-15-1933 – 07-25-2020 Ruth Bader Ginsburg – Born in Brooklyn, New York. She was an American lawyer and served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the…
03-14-1887 – 10-05-1962 Sylvia Beach – Born in Baltimore, Maryland. She was an American-born bookseller and publisher who lived most of her life in Paris. Beach was one of the…
03-13-1894 – 02-02-1935 Clara Smith – Born in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. She was an African American blues singer. She was billed as the “Queen of the Moaners.” In 1923 she…
03-13-1991 Release of film Paris Is Burning in U.S.A. American documentary film directed by Jennie Livingston. Filmed in the mid-to-late 1980s, it shows the ball culture of New York City…
03-12-1890 – 04-08-1950 Vaslav Nijinsky – Born in Kiev, Ukraine. He was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer of Polish descent, cited as the greatest male dancer of the early…
03-11-1941 David Boise – Born in Sycamore, Illinois. He is an American lawyer that has been involved in high-profile cases. Olson, a Republican and conservative, recruited liberal Democrat Boise to fight…
03-11-2013 Queen Elizabeth II of England signs Commonwealth Charter with its commitment to equal rights. “We are implacably opposed to all form of discrimination,” the charter reads. “Whether rooted in…
03-10-1924 – 01-14-2009 Angela Morley – Born in Leeds, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was an English composer and conductor. In 1972, Morley underwent sex reassignment surgery. In 1988 and 1990, Morley…
03-09-1861 — 09-14-1916 Edith Ellis – Born in Manchester, England. She was an English writer and women’s rights activist. She married sexologist Havelock Elis in November 1891. From the…
