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The lecture, held on 19 April 2023 in Studio 12, the space for the presentation of new Slovak and world drama and contemporary art of the Theatre Institute Bratislava, provided a cross-section of historical events, introduced some important personalities, paused at dramatic creation and looked at recent developments in the field of queer performativity. The history of theatre is linked to the personalities of LGBT+ playwrights and theatre makers whose works have endured to the present day. Elements of homosexuality in theatre can be traced in antiquity and the Renaissance, as well as in Japanese kabuki theatre and more modern takarazuka theatre. With the advent of realism, more and more plays are appearing that contain an encoded or overtly communicated element of homosexuality, and in the modern period, more and more playwrights and theatre-makers are addressing this topic, increasingly claiming their queer identity or publicly supporting the (LGBT+) community despite the pitfalls of the times. The Cold War may have slowed down promising developments, but since the Stonewall Riots (1969), a space has opened up for large-scale LGBT+ work on the stages of drama and musical theatre. The trend towards openness and acceptance of the LGBT+ community spread so widely in the 1990s that today's queer scene is associated with innovative practices in contemporary theatre and musical drama.