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Same-sex marriage has been legal in Spain since July 3, 2005. In 2004, the nation's newly elected government, led by Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero of the Socialist Workers' Party, began a campaign to legalize same-sex marriage, including the right of adoption by same-sex couples. After much debate, a law permitting same-sex marriage was passed by the Cortes Generales (the Spanish Parliament, composed of the Senate and the Congress of Deputies) by a vote of 187–147 on June 30, 2005, and published on July 2. The law took effect the next day, making Spain the third country in the world to allow same-sex couples to marry on a national level, after the Netherlands and Belgium, and 17 days ahead of the right being extended across all of Canada.

Roman Catholic authorities were adamantly opposed, criticising what they regarded as the weakening of the meaning of marriage, despite support from 66% of the population. Other associations expressed concern over the possibility of lesbian and gay couples adopting children. After its approval, the conservative People's Party challenged the law in the Constitutional Court. Approximately 4,500 same-sex couples married in Spain during the first year of the law. Shortly after the law was passed, questions arose about the legal status of marriages to non-Spaniards whose countries did not permit same-sex marriage. A decision from the Ministry of Justice stated that the country's same-sex marriage law allows a Spanish citizen to marry a non-Spaniard regardless of whether that person's homeland recognizes the union. At least one partner must be a Spanish citizen in order to marry, although two non-Spaniards may marry if they both have legal residence in Spain. (Full article...)

Alvin Ailey Jr. (January 5, 1931 – December 1, 1989) was an American dancer, director, choreographer, and activist who founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT). He created AAADT and its affiliated Alvin Ailey American Dance Center (later Ailey School) as havens for nurturing Black artists and expressing the universality of the African-American experience through dance.

Ailey's work fused theater, modern dance, ballet, and jazz with Black vernacular, creating hope-fueled choreography that is credited with spreading global awareness of Black life in America. His choreographic masterpiece Revelations is recognized as one of the most popular and most performed ballets in the world. (Full article...)

• 23 January 2025: A law allowing same-sex marriages come into effect on January 23, 2025, in Thailand.
• 1 January 2025: A law allowing same-sex marriages come into effect on January 1, 2025, in Liechtenstein.
• 28 June 2024: On the campaign trail in the USA, May 2024
• 16 February 2024: Same-sex marriages come into effect on 16 February 2024 in Greece.
• 5 July 2023: Germany: Esslingen am Neckar hosts first Christopher Street Day
• 27 June 2023: France: Quimper, Finistère hosts second pride festival
• 22 June 2023: Estonian parliament passes legalization of same-sex marriage
• 20 June 2023: Wikinews interviews Tom Pashby, leader of campaign group Include Mx
• 12 June 2023: Tens of thousands march in 25th Tel Aviv Pride parade

• ...that Mohamed Camara's 1997 film Dakan was the first West African film to explore homosexuality?
• ... that for the 1967 television documentary CBS Reports: The Homosexuals, the network concealed the identity of one of the gay interview subjects by seating him behind a potted palm tree?
• ... that Vanessa Redgrave's portrayal of transsexual Renée Richards in the 1986 biopic Second Serve was praised as embodying "every internal contradiction of the polymorphously perverse"?
• ... that the author of Hollywood Undercover posed as an aspiring gay actor while investigating claims of a Church of Scientology "cure" for homosexuality?

• 1 – Matthew Shepard (1976–1998), American student
• 1 – Takeda Shingen (1521–1573), Japanese daimyō and Buddhist monk
• 2 – Gianni Versace (1946–1997), Italian fashion designer
• 2 – Jason Collins (1978–), American basketball player
• 4 – Cornell Woolrich (1903–1968), American crime writer
• 5 – Margaret Cho (1968–), American comedian, actress, and author
• 6 – Tom Hulce (1953–), American actor and theater producer
• 6 – Agnes Moorehead (1900–1974), American actress
• 6 – William II of the Netherlands (1792–1849), Dutch monarch
• 7 – Willa Cather (1873–1947), American writer
• 7 – Hurd Hatfield (1917–1998), American actor
• 7 – Jane Castor (1960–), American politician and former police chief, Mayor of Tampa, Florida
• 8 – Brendan Burke (1988–2010), Canadian hockey player
• 8 – Norman Douglas (1868–1952), British writer
• 9 – Elvira Kurt (1961–), Canadian comedian
• 10 – Emily Dickinson (1830–1886), American poet
• 10 – Tommy Kirk (1941–), American actor and businessman
• 10 – Raven-Symoné (1985–), American actress and singer
• 10 – Mark Takano (1960–), American Democratic congressman (California)
• 11 – Jean Marais (1913–1998), French actor
• 12 – Brandon Teena (1972–1993), American trans man, subject of the Academy Award-winning 1999 film Boys Don't Cry
• 13 – Anton Hysén (1990–), Swedish soccer player
• 14 – Jobriath (1946–1983), American rock musician and actor
• 14 – Amini Fonua (1989–), Tongan swimmer
• 15 – Nero (37–68), Roman emperor, 54–68AD
• 16 – Noël Coward (1899–1973), English playwright, composer, actor, and singer
• 16 – Kanako Otsuji (1974–), Japanese LGBT rights activist and politician
• 17 – Deborah Sampson (1760–1827), American soldier who fought in the American Revolutionary War disguised as a man
• 17 – Paul Cadmus (1904–1999), American painter
• 17 – Jacqueline Wilson (1945–), English children's literature novelist
• 17 – Sarah Paulson (1975–), American actress
• 18 – Christina, Queen of Sweden (1626–1689), Swedish monarch
• 18 – Brian Orser (1961–), Canadian figure skater and coach, 1987 World Champion
• 19 – Jean Genet (1910–1986), French novelist, playwright, and political activist
• 20 – Elsie de Wolfe (1865–1950), American actress, interior decorator, and author
• 20 – Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902–1942), British royalty
• 21 – Michael Tilson Thomas (1944–), American conductor, pianist, and composer
• 22 – Marc Allégret (1900–1973), French screenwriter and film director
• 24 – Galba (3 BC-69 AD), Roman emperor, first in the Year of Four Emperors
• 24 – Brenda Howard (1946–2005), American LGBT activist
• 25 – Albert Cashier (1843-1915), Irish-American trans Union Army soldier
• 25 – Quentin Crisp (1908–1999), English writer, raconteur, and gay icon
• 25 – Ismail Merchant (1936–2005), Indian-born film producer and director
• 26 – David Sedaris (1956–), American humorist, comedian, author, and radio contributor
• 27 – Marlene Dietrich (1901–1992), German actress and singer
• 27 – Guido Westerwelle (1961–2016), German politician and former Vice Chancellor of Germany
• 28 – Lili Elbe (1882-1931), Danish artist, subject of The Danish Girl novel/film
• 29 – Elsa Gidlow (1898–1986), Canadian-American poet, writer of first openly lesbian love poetry published in North America
• 29 – Billy Tipton (1914-1989), American jazz musician, bandleader, and talent broker
• 29 – Katherine Moennig (1977–), American actress
• 29 – Lilly Wachowski (1967–), American film director, screenwriter & producer
• 30 – Titus (31-81), Roman emperor, 79-81 AD.
• 30 – Paul Bowles (1910–1999), American expatriate composer, author, and translator
• 31 – Orry-Kelly (1897–1964), Australian costume designer
• 31 – Jennifer Higdon (1962–), American composer
• 31 – Diana Sacayán (1975–2015), Argentinian transgender activist

• Timeline of LGBTQ history
• List of LGBTQ events
• List of LGBTQ rights activists
• List of years in LGBTQ rights
• List of LGBTQ bookstores
• Lists of LGBTQ people
• List of African-American LGBTQ people
• List of LGBTQ writers
• List of LGBTQ artists
• List of drag queens