On this day
23
August

Coccinelle, Maria Janion

Born: Coccinelle (1931)
Died: Maria Janion (2020)

Born on this day

23AugBorn 193195th birthday

Coccinelle

France’s first trans icon fought for the right to change her civil status – and her church wedding paved the way for trans people’s right to marry.

Died on this day

23AugDied 20206th anniversary of death

Maria Janion

Poland’s great scholar of Romanticism challenged nationalism and the Catholic Church – and came out as a lesbian in her eighties.