On the 10th of February 1988, the very first issue of GCN was published, marking the beginning of our Queerstory. Officially designated as LGBT History Month in the UK, February is studded with events both personal and political, recent and historic, that impacted Ireland, the queer community and the global public at large.
Without further ado, we present the month of February in #Queerstory, one gay at a time:
February 1
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February 2
2nd February 1972: Israeli transgender pop singer Dana International is born. Happy Birthday @Dana_Inter ? #OnThisDay #Queerstory pic.twitter.com/MayiGSLBxP
— Gay Community News (@GCNmag) February 2, 2018
February 3
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February 4
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February 5
5th February 1981: Toronto police stage a massive raid on four local gay bathhouses, arresting 305 men (the largest mass arrest in Canadian history). The raids prompt a riot the following night, causing many to consider this the Canadian Stonewall. #OnThisDay #Queerstory pic.twitter.com/hPzMzZFK9s
— Gay Community News (@GCNmag) February 5, 2018
February 6
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February 7
7th February 1977: The U.S. State Department lifts its ban on the employment of LGBT people and announces that it will consider gay applicants on a case-by-case basis going forward. #OnThisDay #Queerstory pic.twitter.com/lbZ8h5TqqE
— Gay Community News (@GCNmag) February 7, 2018
February 8
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February 9
9th February 2014: American footballer Michael Sam comes out during an interview with ESPN, becoming the first publicly gay player to be drafted in the NFL #OnThisDay #Queerstory https://t.co/B4MxfZsEX2
— Gay Community News (@GCNmag) February 9, 2018
February 10
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February 11
11th February 1965: A San Francisco judge orders the jury to find 4 defendants arrested at the 'Homosexual’s New Year’s Ball' not guilty. The decision is considered a turning point in the quest for LBGT+ rights in the USA. #OnThisDay #Queerstory pic.twitter.com/7yFg2PhI1a
— Gay Community News (@GCNmag) February 11, 2018
February 12
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February 13
13th February 2014: Facebook updates its site adding 56 new "custom gender options" including "genderqueer" and "agender". #OnThisDay #Queerstory https://t.co/xZ5Xow4zy5
— Gay Community News (@GCNmag) February 13, 2018
February 14
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February 15
15th February 2013: Robbie Rogers comes out as gay, becoming the only gay male fully capped international association footballer. He later became the first openly gay male athlete in North American Major League Soccer when he joined the Los Angeles Galaxy. #OnThisDay #Queerstory pic.twitter.com/uoJvPWLZXa
— Gay Community News (@GCNmag) February 15, 2018
February 16
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February 17
17th February 2015: The Cabinet approves Bill allowing adoption by same-sex couples. #OnThisDay #Queerstory https://t.co/35323FDzDV
— Gay Community News (@GCNmag) February 17, 2018
February 18
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February 19
19th February 2015: In an interview on RTÉ's Prime Time, Taoiseach Enda Kenny announces that the date is set for the marriage equality referendum. #OnThisDay #Queerstory https://t.co/NyXBQZLad4
— Gay Community News (@GCNmag) February 19, 2018
February 20
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February 21
21st February 2015: Speaking at the Fine Gael party annual conference, Taoiseach Enda Kenny endorses the Yes vote for the marriage equality referendum. #OnThisDay #Queerstory https://t.co/fByXjQDF0H
— Gay Community News (@GCNmag) February 21, 2018
February 22
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February 23
23rd February 1979: 300 activists from across the US meet in Philadephia following the assassination of Harvey Milk, to plan the first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. #OnThisDay #Queerstory pic.twitter.com/lxA2c1O76x
— Gay Community News (@GCNmag) February 23, 2018
February 24
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February 25
25h February 1983: Tennessee Williams, American gay playwright who penned 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' and 'A Streetcar Named Desire', dies aged 71 in New York City. #OnThisDay #Queerstory pic.twitter.com/XScHs8KLx4
— Gay Community News (@GCNmag) February 25, 2018
February 26
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February 27
27th February 2017: Moonlight becomes the first film with an all-black cast and the first LGBT film to win the Oscar for Best Picture. The film explores the hardship endured by gay African-Americans in disadvantaged areas of the USA in the 1980s. #OnThisDay #Queerstory pic.twitter.com/uPHPs9WhUe
— Gay Community News (@GCNmag) February 27, 2018
February 28
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