We’re celebrating our own form of March Madness as we look back over last month, and all the historically queer events it holds and the Queerstory it tells, gay by gay:
March 1st
1st March 1880: British bisexual writer Lytton Strachey is born in London. Strachey was one of the founders of the Bloomsbury Set, a group of associated English writers, intellectuals, philosophers and artists. #OnThisDay #Queerstory pic.twitter.com/t1TgBgEKOD
— Gay Community News (@GCNmag) March 1, 2018
March 2nd
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March 3rd
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March 4th
4th March 1967: Radio and TV presenter Derek Mooney is born. Happy Birthday! #OnThisDay #Queerstory pic.twitter.com/04BIpE4dzX
— Gay Community News (@GCNmag) March 4, 2018
March 5th
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March 6th
6th March 1986: American bisexual artist Georgia O'Keeffe dies, aged 98. O'Keeffe has been recognised as the "Mother of American modernism". #OnThisDay #Queerstory pic.twitter.com/PHv8fA0YVI
— Gay Community News (@GCNmag) March 6, 2018
March 7th
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March 8th
8th March 2016: Lilly Wachowski comes out as trans four years after her sister, Lana. #OnThisDay #Queerstory https://t.co/SRk2NjaHdL
— Gay Community News (@GCNmag) March 8, 2018
March 9th
9th March 1989: Photographer Robert Mapplethorpe dies of AIDS at the age of 42 in Boston. His work, which is notable for its homoeroticism, fueled a national debate in the US regarding the public funding of art. #OnThisDay #Queerstory pic.twitter.com/eYAUJ9wSTd
— Gay Community News (@GCNmag) March 9, 2018
March 10th
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March 11th
11th March 2004: The California Supreme Court issues a stay ordering San Francisco officials to cease issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. #OnThisDay #Queerstory pic.twitter.com/cQGBP9XBcT
— Gay Community News (@GCNmag) March 11, 2018
March 12th
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March 13th
13th March 1892: American writer and journalist Janet Flanner is born. Flanner lived in Paris with her partner of 50 years Solita Solano and served as the Paris correspondent of 'The New Yorker' from 1925 until she retired in 1975. #OnThisDay #Queerstory pic.twitter.com/jdNi1GFSzR
— Gay Community News (@GCNmag) March 13, 2018
March 14th
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March 15th
15th March 1985: A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association concludes that AIDS is most likely not spread by casual contact. #OnThisDay #Queerstory pic.twitter.com/6cyMrhTlf3
— Gay Community News (@GCNmag) March 15, 2018
March 16th
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March 17th
17th March 1989: American actor Merritt Butrick dies of AIDS in Los Angeles at the age of twenty-nine. Butrick is mostly known for his portrayal of James Kirk’s son in two Star Trek films and as for his role on the 1982 teen sitcom Square Pegs. #OnThisDay #Queerstory pic.twitter.com/3v3lm8hbO4
— Gay Community News (@GCNmag) March 17, 2018
March 18th
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March 19th
19th March 1983: 400 people march in protest against suspended sentences given to the gang who murdered gay man Declan Flynn. Today marks the 35th anniversary of the protest considered as the catalyst for LGBT+ Pride in Ireland. #OnThisDay #Queerstory https://t.co/ekIyEZqQ7g
— Gay Community News (@GCNmag) March 19, 2018
March 20th
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March 21th
21st March 1974: Candy Darling, legendary transgender actress and muse of Andy Warhol, dies in New York at the age of 29. #OnThisDay #Queerstory pic.twitter.com/Io7bpWLjJw
— Gay Community News (@GCNmag) March 21, 2018
March 22nd
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March 23rd
23rd March 1988: Israel legalises sexual relations between persons of the same sex. #OnThisDay #Queerstory pic.twitter.com/APkr39Bmd3
— Gay Community News (@GCNmag) March 23, 2018
March 24th
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March 25th
25th March 1984: 'The Times of Harvey Milk' wins best documentary feature at the Academy Awards. #OnThisDay #Queerstory pic.twitter.com/bNTfkCSSBC
— Gay Community News (@GCNmag) March 25, 2018
March 26th
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March 27th
27th March 1997: Benno Premsela, Dutch interior designer and a champion of gay rights in The Netherlands, dies aged 76. Premsela was the first gay person to appear on Dutch television without a disguise to protect his identity. #OnThisDay #Queerstory pic.twitter.com/xqviA2QUdo
— Gay Community News (@GCNmag) March 27, 2018
March 28th
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March 29th
29th March 2014: England and Wales celebrate their first gay weddings after the new same-sex marriage legislation comes into effect. #OnThisDay #Queerstory https://t.co/wEShc1mH2L
— Gay Community News (@GCNmag) March 29, 2018
March 30th
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March 31st
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