This Day in Queer History

On this day in 1971, Gay Activists Alliance members walked into the NYC Marriage License Bureau carrying cake and coffee urns to hold an engagement party for two male couples. Protest as celebration.

On this day, Angelina Jolie was born in Los Angeles. The openly bisexual actress and humanitarian has spoken candidly about loving people regardless of gender, becoming one of Hollywood's most visible bisexual icons.

On this day in 1979, Toronto's Gay Liberation Union established Canada's first gay self-defense course. The program grew directly out of rising anti-gay street violence.

During this year in 1933, James Hormel was born. He became the first openly gay U.S. ambassador in 1999, appointed by President Clinton while senators compared homosexuality to addiction.