Jack Shoulder
@jackshoulder.bsky.social
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️Co-writer and Co-Curator of @museumbums: https://museumbums.com/book/museum-bums/
Queer history, comics and lots of running.
Queer history, comics and lots of running.
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 28 (1720)
Notorious pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read faced trial for their crimes. They were both found guilty and sentenced to death. Both stayed the noose by claiming to be with child.
After this date... Anne Bonny mysteriously vanishes from the records.
November 28 (1720)
Notorious pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read faced trial for their crimes. They were both found guilty and sentenced to death. Both stayed the noose by claiming to be with child.
After this date... Anne Bonny mysteriously vanishes from the records.
November 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 28 (1720)
Notorious pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read faced trial for their crimes. They were both found guilty and sentenced to death. Both stayed the noose by claiming to be with child.
After this date... Anne Bonny mysteriously vanishes from the records.
November 28 (1720)
Notorious pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read faced trial for their crimes. They were both found guilty and sentenced to death. Both stayed the noose by claiming to be with child.
After this date... Anne Bonny mysteriously vanishes from the records.
Mary Shelley's cook book wasn't as big a hit as her other work.
November 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Mary Shelley's cook book wasn't as big a hit as her other work.
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 27 (1835)
John Smith and James Pratt were executed for Sodomy, the last 2 people to face this punishment in the UK, although it remained a capital crime until 1861.
James was a stable worker, John a labourer. Despite pleas for mercy, their sentence went ahead.
November 27 (1835)
John Smith and James Pratt were executed for Sodomy, the last 2 people to face this punishment in the UK, although it remained a capital crime until 1861.
James was a stable worker, John a labourer. Despite pleas for mercy, their sentence went ahead.
November 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 27 (1835)
John Smith and James Pratt were executed for Sodomy, the last 2 people to face this punishment in the UK, although it remained a capital crime until 1861.
James was a stable worker, John a labourer. Despite pleas for mercy, their sentence went ahead.
November 27 (1835)
John Smith and James Pratt were executed for Sodomy, the last 2 people to face this punishment in the UK, although it remained a capital crime until 1861.
James was a stable worker, John a labourer. Despite pleas for mercy, their sentence went ahead.
Are you free Saturday 29 Nov? Fancy a fun queer history tour? WELL! HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU!
It's our last LGBTQIA+ tours of V&A this coming Saturday!
⏰1600
🗺️ V&A South Kensington
📌 Under the big chandelier
💰 Free, just rock up!
If you're coming along, say hi :)
It's our last LGBTQIA+ tours of V&A this coming Saturday!
⏰1600
🗺️ V&A South Kensington
📌 Under the big chandelier
💰 Free, just rock up!
If you're coming along, say hi :)
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Are you free Saturday 29 Nov? Fancy a fun queer history tour? WELL! HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU!
It's our last LGBTQIA+ tours of V&A this coming Saturday!
⏰1600
🗺️ V&A South Kensington
📌 Under the big chandelier
💰 Free, just rock up!
If you're coming along, say hi :)
It's our last LGBTQIA+ tours of V&A this coming Saturday!
⏰1600
🗺️ V&A South Kensington
📌 Under the big chandelier
💰 Free, just rock up!
If you're coming along, say hi :)
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 26 (1943)
Notorious, yet discreet, lesbian & sewing machine heiress, Winnaretta Singer dies. She enjoyed a lavender marriage with Prince Edmond de Polignac, with whom she shared a love of music. Before her death, she arranged concerts to raise funds for the red cross.
November 26 (1943)
Notorious, yet discreet, lesbian & sewing machine heiress, Winnaretta Singer dies. She enjoyed a lavender marriage with Prince Edmond de Polignac, with whom she shared a love of music. Before her death, she arranged concerts to raise funds for the red cross.
November 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 26 (1943)
Notorious, yet discreet, lesbian & sewing machine heiress, Winnaretta Singer dies. She enjoyed a lavender marriage with Prince Edmond de Polignac, with whom she shared a love of music. Before her death, she arranged concerts to raise funds for the red cross.
November 26 (1943)
Notorious, yet discreet, lesbian & sewing machine heiress, Winnaretta Singer dies. She enjoyed a lavender marriage with Prince Edmond de Polignac, with whom she shared a love of music. Before her death, she arranged concerts to raise funds for the red cross.
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 25 (1984)
A galaxy of pop superstars gather to start recording Do They Know It's Christmas? (and b-side, Feed the World) at Sarm West Studio in west London.
Some of the LGBTQIA+ vocals across the project were:
George Michael, Boy George, David Bowie and Holly Johnson.
November 25 (1984)
A galaxy of pop superstars gather to start recording Do They Know It's Christmas? (and b-side, Feed the World) at Sarm West Studio in west London.
Some of the LGBTQIA+ vocals across the project were:
George Michael, Boy George, David Bowie and Holly Johnson.
November 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 25 (1984)
A galaxy of pop superstars gather to start recording Do They Know It's Christmas? (and b-side, Feed the World) at Sarm West Studio in west London.
Some of the LGBTQIA+ vocals across the project were:
George Michael, Boy George, David Bowie and Holly Johnson.
November 25 (1984)
A galaxy of pop superstars gather to start recording Do They Know It's Christmas? (and b-side, Feed the World) at Sarm West Studio in west London.
Some of the LGBTQIA+ vocals across the project were:
George Michael, Boy George, David Bowie and Holly Johnson.
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 24 (1944)
Warholian superstar, muse and trans icon Candy Darling was born #OTD. She inspired lyrics to Walk on the Wild Side and could turning phrases and heads herself. She said
"You must always be yourself, no matter the price. It is the highest form of mortality."
November 24 (1944)
Warholian superstar, muse and trans icon Candy Darling was born #OTD. She inspired lyrics to Walk on the Wild Side and could turning phrases and heads herself. She said
"You must always be yourself, no matter the price. It is the highest form of mortality."
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 24 (1944)
Warholian superstar, muse and trans icon Candy Darling was born #OTD. She inspired lyrics to Walk on the Wild Side and could turning phrases and heads herself. She said
"You must always be yourself, no matter the price. It is the highest form of mortality."
November 24 (1944)
Warholian superstar, muse and trans icon Candy Darling was born #OTD. She inspired lyrics to Walk on the Wild Side and could turning phrases and heads herself. She said
"You must always be yourself, no matter the price. It is the highest form of mortality."
A bonus #TodayInQueerHistory
November 23 (1963)
Ooooo-wwweeeeeee-oooooo
Doctor Who first airs!
The beloved sci-fi show has given us loads of LGBTQIA+ moments over the years, what are your favourites?
November 23 (1963)
Ooooo-wwweeeeeee-oooooo
Doctor Who first airs!
The beloved sci-fi show has given us loads of LGBTQIA+ moments over the years, what are your favourites?
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
A bonus #TodayInQueerHistory
November 23 (1963)
Ooooo-wwweeeeeee-oooooo
Doctor Who first airs!
The beloved sci-fi show has given us loads of LGBTQIA+ moments over the years, what are your favourites?
November 23 (1963)
Ooooo-wwweeeeeee-oooooo
Doctor Who first airs!
The beloved sci-fi show has given us loads of LGBTQIA+ moments over the years, what are your favourites?
"However, the time has now come for my friends and fans around the world to know the truth, and I hope everyone will join with me, my doctors and all those worldwide in the fight against this terrible disease."
🧵 2/2. It felt important to share Freddie's whole statement.
🧵 2/2. It felt important to share Freddie's whole statement.
November 23, 2025 at 9:59 AM
"However, the time has now come for my friends and fans around the world to know the truth, and I hope everyone will join with me, my doctors and all those worldwide in the fight against this terrible disease."
🧵 2/2. It felt important to share Freddie's whole statement.
🧵 2/2. It felt important to share Freddie's whole statement.
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 23 (1991)
Freddie Mercury says to the press:
"Following enormous conjecture in the press, I wish to confirm that I have been tested HIV positive and have AIDS. I felt it correct to keep this information private in order to protect the privacy of those around me.
🧵1/2
November 23 (1991)
Freddie Mercury says to the press:
"Following enormous conjecture in the press, I wish to confirm that I have been tested HIV positive and have AIDS. I felt it correct to keep this information private in order to protect the privacy of those around me.
🧵1/2
November 23, 2025 at 9:59 AM
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 23 (1991)
Freddie Mercury says to the press:
"Following enormous conjecture in the press, I wish to confirm that I have been tested HIV positive and have AIDS. I felt it correct to keep this information private in order to protect the privacy of those around me.
🧵1/2
November 23 (1991)
Freddie Mercury says to the press:
"Following enormous conjecture in the press, I wish to confirm that I have been tested HIV positive and have AIDS. I felt it correct to keep this information private in order to protect the privacy of those around me.
🧵1/2
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 22 (2010)
The Schwules Museum closes an exhibition about Emma Trosse who published groundbreaking work on female homosexuality, asexuality and making the case for LGBTQIA+ equality in the 1890s. Her work should be better known but it was censored and banned.
November 22 (2010)
The Schwules Museum closes an exhibition about Emma Trosse who published groundbreaking work on female homosexuality, asexuality and making the case for LGBTQIA+ equality in the 1890s. Her work should be better known but it was censored and banned.
November 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 22 (2010)
The Schwules Museum closes an exhibition about Emma Trosse who published groundbreaking work on female homosexuality, asexuality and making the case for LGBTQIA+ equality in the 1890s. Her work should be better known but it was censored and banned.
November 22 (2010)
The Schwules Museum closes an exhibition about Emma Trosse who published groundbreaking work on female homosexuality, asexuality and making the case for LGBTQIA+ equality in the 1890s. Her work should be better known but it was censored and banned.
#TodayImQueerHistory
November 21 (1777)
📯"Introducing, for the very first time, Madame, the Chevaliére d'Eon".📯
#OTD the Chevaliére is officially presented to King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette as their newly legally recognised feminine self.
November 21 (1777)
📯"Introducing, for the very first time, Madame, the Chevaliére d'Eon".📯
#OTD the Chevaliére is officially presented to King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette as their newly legally recognised feminine self.
November 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
#TodayImQueerHistory
November 21 (1777)
📯"Introducing, for the very first time, Madame, the Chevaliére d'Eon".📯
#OTD the Chevaliére is officially presented to King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette as their newly legally recognised feminine self.
November 21 (1777)
📯"Introducing, for the very first time, Madame, the Chevaliére d'Eon".📯
#OTD the Chevaliére is officially presented to King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette as their newly legally recognised feminine self.
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 20 (1999)
#TransDayOfRemembrance was set up to remember Rita Hester (pictured), who was murdered in 1998. Organised by Gwendolyn Anne Smith, who said the day is: "Not something to trot out ... and forget about. We should be working every day for all of us."
November 20 (1999)
#TransDayOfRemembrance was set up to remember Rita Hester (pictured), who was murdered in 1998. Organised by Gwendolyn Anne Smith, who said the day is: "Not something to trot out ... and forget about. We should be working every day for all of us."
November 20, 2025 at 9:20 AM
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 20 (1999)
#TransDayOfRemembrance was set up to remember Rita Hester (pictured), who was murdered in 1998. Organised by Gwendolyn Anne Smith, who said the day is: "Not something to trot out ... and forget about. We should be working every day for all of us."
November 20 (1999)
#TransDayOfRemembrance was set up to remember Rita Hester (pictured), who was murdered in 1998. Organised by Gwendolyn Anne Smith, who said the day is: "Not something to trot out ... and forget about. We should be working every day for all of us."
"Hey, do you wanna build a snowman?"
November 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"Hey, do you wanna build a snowman?"
Super Mario Chess is checkmating gender norms ♟️♟️
November 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Super Mario Chess is checkmating gender norms ♟️♟️
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 19 (1958)
"On the coldest night of the year? It makes you proud to be British."
So said Winston Churchill after Ian Harvey MP was caught with a guardsman in the bushes of St James Park. Harvey and the guardsman were both charged with Gross Indecency and fined £5.
November 19 (1958)
"On the coldest night of the year? It makes you proud to be British."
So said Winston Churchill after Ian Harvey MP was caught with a guardsman in the bushes of St James Park. Harvey and the guardsman were both charged with Gross Indecency and fined £5.
November 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 19 (1958)
"On the coldest night of the year? It makes you proud to be British."
So said Winston Churchill after Ian Harvey MP was caught with a guardsman in the bushes of St James Park. Harvey and the guardsman were both charged with Gross Indecency and fined £5.
November 19 (1958)
"On the coldest night of the year? It makes you proud to be British."
So said Winston Churchill after Ian Harvey MP was caught with a guardsman in the bushes of St James Park. Harvey and the guardsman were both charged with Gross Indecency and fined £5.
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 18 (2018)
A major exhibition about Gluck opens at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery. Curated by Martin Pel and Amy de la Haye, Gluck: Art and Identity explored exactly what you think. :)
Do you have a favourite work by this artist?
November 18 (2018)
A major exhibition about Gluck opens at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery. Curated by Martin Pel and Amy de la Haye, Gluck: Art and Identity explored exactly what you think. :)
Do you have a favourite work by this artist?
November 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 18 (2018)
A major exhibition about Gluck opens at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery. Curated by Martin Pel and Amy de la Haye, Gluck: Art and Identity explored exactly what you think. :)
Do you have a favourite work by this artist?
November 18 (2018)
A major exhibition about Gluck opens at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery. Curated by Martin Pel and Amy de la Haye, Gluck: Art and Identity explored exactly what you think. :)
Do you have a favourite work by this artist?
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 17 (1989)
#OTD Disney's The Little Mermaid is released in cinemas. The film has lots of queer connectors; from Hans Christian Andersen's love letter, to Divine's influence, to queer creators like Howard Ashman who made the movie magic.
Pop on the film and sing along.
November 17 (1989)
#OTD Disney's The Little Mermaid is released in cinemas. The film has lots of queer connectors; from Hans Christian Andersen's love letter, to Divine's influence, to queer creators like Howard Ashman who made the movie magic.
Pop on the film and sing along.
November 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 17 (1989)
#OTD Disney's The Little Mermaid is released in cinemas. The film has lots of queer connectors; from Hans Christian Andersen's love letter, to Divine's influence, to queer creators like Howard Ashman who made the movie magic.
Pop on the film and sing along.
November 17 (1989)
#OTD Disney's The Little Mermaid is released in cinemas. The film has lots of queer connectors; from Hans Christian Andersen's love letter, to Divine's influence, to queer creators like Howard Ashman who made the movie magic.
Pop on the film and sing along.
Who's Madeline?
(Is this anything?)
(Is this anything?)
November 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Who's Madeline?
(Is this anything?)
(Is this anything?)
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 16 (1502)
In Florence, Italy, at this time it was common for men to be accused of sodomy. Was there a thriving (albeit indiscreet) queer community? Or something else?
#OTD Botticelli was accused of "keeping a young man" i.e. Sodomy, but he did not face prosecution.
November 16 (1502)
In Florence, Italy, at this time it was common for men to be accused of sodomy. Was there a thriving (albeit indiscreet) queer community? Or something else?
#OTD Botticelli was accused of "keeping a young man" i.e. Sodomy, but he did not face prosecution.
November 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 16 (1502)
In Florence, Italy, at this time it was common for men to be accused of sodomy. Was there a thriving (albeit indiscreet) queer community? Or something else?
#OTD Botticelli was accused of "keeping a young man" i.e. Sodomy, but he did not face prosecution.
November 16 (1502)
In Florence, Italy, at this time it was common for men to be accused of sodomy. Was there a thriving (albeit indiscreet) queer community? Or something else?
#OTD Botticelli was accused of "keeping a young man" i.e. Sodomy, but he did not face prosecution.
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 15 (2018)
SOLD!
David Hockney's Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) sells for an eye-watering $90.3 million. It's the highest selling painting by a living artist so far!
November 15 (2018)
SOLD!
David Hockney's Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) sells for an eye-watering $90.3 million. It's the highest selling painting by a living artist so far!
November 15, 2025 at 9:04 AM
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 15 (2018)
SOLD!
David Hockney's Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) sells for an eye-watering $90.3 million. It's the highest selling painting by a living artist so far!
November 15 (2018)
SOLD!
David Hockney's Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) sells for an eye-watering $90.3 million. It's the highest selling painting by a living artist so far!
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 14 (2021)
Performing her hits Coconuts and Hit it From the Back, Kim Petras makes history as the 1st trans performer at MTV's EMAs, held in Budapest.
Petras and MTV saw the show as "an opportunity to stand in solidarity" with the LGBTQIA+ community in Hungary.
November 14 (2021)
Performing her hits Coconuts and Hit it From the Back, Kim Petras makes history as the 1st trans performer at MTV's EMAs, held in Budapest.
Petras and MTV saw the show as "an opportunity to stand in solidarity" with the LGBTQIA+ community in Hungary.
November 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 14 (2021)
Performing her hits Coconuts and Hit it From the Back, Kim Petras makes history as the 1st trans performer at MTV's EMAs, held in Budapest.
Petras and MTV saw the show as "an opportunity to stand in solidarity" with the LGBTQIA+ community in Hungary.
November 14 (2021)
Performing her hits Coconuts and Hit it From the Back, Kim Petras makes history as the 1st trans performer at MTV's EMAs, held in Budapest.
Petras and MTV saw the show as "an opportunity to stand in solidarity" with the LGBTQIA+ community in Hungary.
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 13 (1991)
Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet. #OTD Audre Lorde is named Poet Laureate of New York.
November 13 (1991)
Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet. #OTD Audre Lorde is named Poet Laureate of New York.
November 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 13 (1991)
Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet. #OTD Audre Lorde is named Poet Laureate of New York.
November 13 (1991)
Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet. #OTD Audre Lorde is named Poet Laureate of New York.
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 12 (1987)
The Pink Paper (co-founded by the incredible Lisa Power) hits the shelves for the very first time. Running until September 2012, the Pink Paper covered gay and lesbian issues with a readership of over 40,000 at one point!
November 12 (1987)
The Pink Paper (co-founded by the incredible Lisa Power) hits the shelves for the very first time. Running until September 2012, the Pink Paper covered gay and lesbian issues with a readership of over 40,000 at one point!
November 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 12 (1987)
The Pink Paper (co-founded by the incredible Lisa Power) hits the shelves for the very first time. Running until September 2012, the Pink Paper covered gay and lesbian issues with a readership of over 40,000 at one point!
November 12 (1987)
The Pink Paper (co-founded by the incredible Lisa Power) hits the shelves for the very first time. Running until September 2012, the Pink Paper covered gay and lesbian issues with a readership of over 40,000 at one point!
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 11 (2016)
#OTD trans pioneer Michael Dillon's autobiography Out of the Ordinary: A Life through Gender and Spiritual Transitions is published posthumously - he completed the manuscript in 1962. He also wrote Self: A Study in Ethics and Endocrinology in 1946.
November 11 (2016)
#OTD trans pioneer Michael Dillon's autobiography Out of the Ordinary: A Life through Gender and Spiritual Transitions is published posthumously - he completed the manuscript in 1962. He also wrote Self: A Study in Ethics and Endocrinology in 1946.
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 11 (2016)
#OTD trans pioneer Michael Dillon's autobiography Out of the Ordinary: A Life through Gender and Spiritual Transitions is published posthumously - he completed the manuscript in 1962. He also wrote Self: A Study in Ethics and Endocrinology in 1946.
November 11 (2016)
#OTD trans pioneer Michael Dillon's autobiography Out of the Ordinary: A Life through Gender and Spiritual Transitions is published posthumously - he completed the manuscript in 1962. He also wrote Self: A Study in Ethics and Endocrinology in 1946.