Saturday 31 July 2010

31st July

LGBT people born 31st July:

1911 – Henry Wilson – US Actors’ Agent – Died 2nd November 1978

1915 – George Forrest – US Librettist – Died 10th October 1999

1932 – Barbara Gittings – US Activist – Died 18th February 2007

1965 – Ian Roberts – Australian Rugby / Actor

1970 – Brent Banes – US Porn

1973 – Daniel Evans – UK Actor / Director

1981 – J.Son Dinant – US Comedian / Actor / Reality TV / Party Promoter / Host

And those who died:

1957 – Pavel Tchelitchew - Russian / US Painter – Born 21st September 1898

2003 – Glenn Kopitske – US Hate Crime Victim – Born 1966

Events in LGBT history:

2008 - Australian Capital Territory becomes the first place in Australia to provide same-sex couples, who are parents, with "parental leave" under Parental Leave Legislation Amendment Act 2008

2010 – Gay Games VIII begin in Cologne, Germany (run until 7th August 2010)

2010 – Brighton Pride Festival Week [runs until 8th August 2010]

Friday 30 July 2010

30th July

LGBT people born 30th July:

1904 – Salvador Novo – Mexican Author / Poet / Playwright / Presenter – Died 13th January 1974

1910 – Edgar de Evia – Mexican / US Photographer – Died 10th February 2003

1954 – Paula Martinac – US Author / Editor

1962 – Norman Iceberg – Canadian Graphic Designer / Performance Artist / Singer / Songwriter

1966 – Cameron Cruise – US Porn

1968 – Scott Baldwin – US Porn

1968 – Deb Mell – US Politician

1980 – Eduardo Valenti – Brazilian [?] Porn

And those who died:

1771 – Thomas Gray – UK Poet / Professor – Born 26th December 1716

1894 – Walter Pater – UK Author / Critic – Born 4th August 1839

1993 – Jay Scott – US / Canadian Film Critic – Born 1949

2002 – Anthony Edward Dyson – UK Literary Critic / Lecturer / Activist - Born 28th November 1928

Thursday 29 July 2010

29th July

LGBT people born 29th July:

1930 – Paul Taylor – US Choreographer

1939 – Annea Lockwood – New Zealand Composer / Teacher

1947 – Dennis Cleveland Stewart – US Actor / Dancer – Died 20th April 1994

1953 – Tim Gunn – US Presenter / Fashion Consultant / Author

1964 – Joseph Steffan – US Lawyer / Activist

1968 – Arno Brok – Dutch Politician

1973 – Patrik-Ian Polk – US Director / Producer / Singer / Screenwriter / Actor

1976 – Sonny Marjham – US Porn

???? – Rik Jammer – US Porn

And those who died:

1998 – Jerome Robbins – US Director / Choreographer – Born 11th October 1918

2005 – Hildegarde – US Singer – Born 1st February 1906

2006 – Lupita [Juan Carlos Charria] - Colombian Sex Worker / Murder Victim – Born ??

2008 – Larry Townsend – US Author – Born 27th October 1930

Wednesday 28 July 2010

28th July

LGBT people born 28th July:

1927 – John Ashbery – US Poet

1940 – Judy Grahn – US Poet

1941 – Colin Higgins – US Screenwriter / Actor / Director / Producer – Died 5th August 1988

1958 – Sarah Schulman – US Author / Playwright / Historian / Actress

1969 – Alexis Arquette – US Actor / Musician

1972 – Richard Newman – Canadian / UK Reality TV [Big Brother] / Presenter

1975 – Imke Duplitzer – German Fencer

And those who died:

1655 – Cyrano de Bergerac – French Author – Born 6th March 1619

1987 – Arthur J Bressan Jr. – US Director – Born 1943

1990 – Jill Esmond – UK Actress – Born 26th January 1908

Tuesday 27 July 2010

27th July

LGBT people born 27th July:

1904 – Sir Anton Dolin – UK Ballet – Died 25th November 1983

1940 – Troy Perry – US Reverend

1946 – Stephen Donaldson – US Activist / Author – Died 18th July 1996

1956 – Carol Leifer – US Actress / Comedian / Producer / Screenwriter

1959 – Jeff Harnar – US Singer

1969 – Bryan Fuller – US Screenwriter / Producer

1981 – Jody Dobrowski – UK Hate Crime Victim – Died 14th October 2005

1981 – Rafael Verga – Brazilian Model

And those who died:

1946 – Gertrude Stein – US Author – Born 3rd February 1874

2005 – Robert Wright – US Librettist – Born 25th September 1914

Monday 26 July 2010

26th July

LGBT people born 26th July:

1888 – Marcel Jouhendeau – French Author – Died 7th April 1979

1927 – Danny La Rue – Irish Female Impersonator – Died 31st May 2009

1956 – Arthur Japin – Dutch Author / Playwright / Actor / Singer

1968 – Nikki Sinclaire – UK Politician

1973 – Vaniity – Mexican / US Porn

1979 – Rona Kenan – Israeli Singer / Songwriter / Musician

1984 – Alex Parks – UK Singer / Reality TV [Fame Academy]

And those who died:

1950 – Hans Lodeizen – Dutch Poet – Born 20th July 1924

1981 – Jeannette Howard Foster – US Author – Born 3rd November 1895

1994 – W Dorr Legg – US Landscape Architect / Activist – Born 15th December 1904

2007 – John Normington – UK Actor – Born 28th January 1937

Sunday 25 July 2010

25th July

LGBT people born 25th July:

1879 – J Warren Kerrigan – US Actor – Died 9th June 1947

1943 – Cheryl Crane – US daughter of Lana Turner

1955 – Patricia Todd – US Politician

1964 – Jacques Brooijmans – Dutch Author

1966 – Christine C Quinn – US Politician / Activist

1974 – Gareth Thomas – UK Rugby

1979 – Diego Pastores – Mexican Porn

1980 – Jacob Hayes – US Porn

1985 – Jasmine Lennard – UK Model

And those who died:

1951 – JC Leyendecker – German / US Illustrator – Born 23rd March 1874

1966 – Frank O’Hara – US Poet – Born 27th March 1926

1986 – Vincente Minnelli – US Director – Born 28th February 1903

1989 – Steve Rubell – US Businessman / Club Owner – Born 2nd December 1943

2003 – John Schlesinger – US Actor / Director – Born 16th February 1926

Events in LGBT history:

2009 – Nottingham Pride, UK

Saturday 24 July 2010

24th July

LGBT people born 24th July:

1865 – Dorothy Bussy – UK Author / Translator – Died 1st May 1960

1951 – Chris Smith – UK Politician

1952 – Gus van Sant – US Director / Author / Musician / Photographer / Screenwriter

1962 – Michael John LaChiusa - US Composer / Lyricist / Librettist

1965 – Olivier Py – French Director / Actor / Author

1969 – Zero Chou – Thai Director

1971 – John Partridge – UK Singer / Dancer / Actor

1979 – Lee Si-yeon – South Korean Actress / Model

1982 – Anna Paquin – New Zealand / Canada Actress

1985 – Teagan Presley – US Porn

And those who died:

1969 – Witold Gombrowicz – Polish Author – Born 4th August 1904

1982 – Florence Henri – US Photographer – Born 28th June 1893

Events in LGBT history:

2010 – Belfast Pride, UK (runs until 31st July 2010)

Friday 23 July 2010

23rd July

LGBT people born 23rd July:

1816 – Charlotte Cushman – US Actress / Singer / Playwright / Director – Died 18th February 1876

1858 – Edward Irenaeus Prime-Stevenson [or 29th January 1858] – US Author – Born 23rd July 1942

1899 – Ruth Ellis – US Activist – Died 5th October 2000

1909 – Phil Andros – US Author – Died 31st December 1993

1913 – Coral Browne – Australian Actress – Died 29th May 1991

1924 – Gavin Lambert – UK / US Author / Director / Screenwriter – Died 17th July 2005

1945 – Karen Clark – US Teacher / Politician

1950 – Paul Patrick – UK Teacher / Activist – Died 22nd May 2008

1954 – Annie Sprinkle – US Porn / Presenter / Editor / Author / Producer / Columnist / Performance Artist

1962 – Daniel MacIvor – Canadian Actor / Playwright / Director

1976 – Judith Arndt – German Cyclist

???? – Randy Jones – US Singer [or 13th September 1952]

???? – Adam Wolfe – US Porn [or 23rd August ????]

And those who died:

1942 – Edward Irenaeus Prime-Stevenson – US Author – Born 29th January [or 23rd July] 1858

1966 – Montgomery Clift – US Actor – Born 17th October 1920

1989 – Michael Sundin – UK Dancer / Trampolinist / Presenter – Born 1st March 1961

1997 – Andrew Cunanan – US Serial Killer – Born 31st August 1969

2003 – Nireah Johnson – US Hate Crime Victim – Born 1986

2009 – E Lynn Harris – US Author – Born 20th June 1955

Thursday 22 July 2010

22nd July

LGBT people born 22nd July:

1860 – Frederick Rolfe – UK Author / Artist – Died 25th October 1913

1889 – James Whale – UK Director / Actor – Died 29th May 1957

1893 – Torvald Tu – Norwegian Poet / Author / Playwright – Died 15th January 1955

1910 – Richard Plant – German / US Author – Died 3rd March 1998

1935 – Grover Dale – US Actor / Dancer / Choreographer / Director

1958 – Eve Beglarian – US Composer / Musician

1961 – Urs Biner – Swiss Singer

1962 – Cornald Maas – Dutch Presenter / Columnist / TV Critic

1963 – Emily Saliers – US Musician / Singer / Songwriter

1966 – Stella Baker – UK Playwright / Director

1973 – Rufus Wainwright – Canadian/US Singer / Songwriter / Musician

And those who died:

1990 – Manuel Puig – Argentine Author – Born 28th December 1932

1992 – David Wojnarowicz – US Painter / Photographer / Author / Director / Activist – Born 14th September 1954

2006 – James E West – US Politician – Born 28th March 1951

2009 – Mark Leduc – Canadian Boxer – Born 4th May 1962

Wednesday 21 July 2010

21st July

LGBT people born 21st July:

1897 – Edmund Heines – German Nazi – Died 30th June 1934

1899 – Hart Crane – US Poet – Died 27th April 1932

1955 – Boris Dittrich – Dutch Politician / Activist

1955 – JW King – US Porn – Died 5th December 1986

1963 – Dorce Gamalama – Indonesian Singer / Actress / Presenter / Comedian

1967 – Ralph Hamelmann – Canadian Comic Book Writer / Comic Book Artist / Event Promoter / Producer / Astrologer / Cartoonist

1969 – Cristian Andreason – US Singer

???? – Adriano Sabroso - ?? Porn / Figure Skater / In-Line Skater

And those who died:

1994 – Denis Lemon – UK Journalist / Magazine Proprietor – Born 11th August 1945

1995 – Jon Hinson – US Politician – Born 16th March 1942

2005 – Long John Baldry – UK Singer / Musician – Born 12th January 1941

2008 – El Kazovsky – Hungarian Painter – Born 13th July 1948

Tuesday 20 July 2010

20th July

LGBT people born 20th July:

1924 – Hans Lodeizen – Dutch Poet – Died 26th July 1950

1941 – Kurt Raab – West German Actor / Designer – Died 28th June 1988

1946 – Randal Kleiser – US Actor / Director / Producer

1948 – Manuel Ramos Otero – Puerto Rican Author / Poet – Died 7th October 1990

1950 – Roberta Achtenberg – US Politician

1954 – Larry Levan – US DJ – Died 8th November 1992

1955 – Rene-Daniel Dubois – Canadian Playwright / Actor

1958 – Rick Castro – US Photographer / Director

1966 – Andreas Krieger – German Shot Put [as Heidi Krieger]

1972 – Andres Duranza – Argentine Porn

And those who died:

1990 – Sergei Parajanov – Armenian Director / Artist – Born 9th January 1924

2007 – Victoria ArellanoMexican AIDS patient denied treatment – Born 1984

Events in LGBT history:

2005 – Civil Marriage Act gains Royal assent becoming law in Canada

Monday 19 July 2010

19th July

LGBT people born 19th July:

1856 – Elisabeth Marbury – US Agent – Died 22nd January 1933

1875 – Alice Dunbar Nelson – US Poet / Journalist / Activist – Died 18th September 1935

1882 – James Vincent – US Actor / Director – Died 12th July 1957

1888 – Fabian S Woodley – UK Poet – Died 8th August 1957

1892 – Suzanne Malherbe – French Artist – Died 19th February 1972

1923 – Joseph Hansen – US Author – Died 24th November 2004

1943 – Jerry Smith – US American Footballer – Died 15th October 1986

1947 – Emma Huismans – South African Journalist

1950 – Per-Kristian Foss – Norwegian Politician

1954 – Jane Eaton Hamilton – Canadian Author / Poet / Photographer / Gardener

1966 – Joe Langworth – US Director / Singer / Dancer

1972 – Tom Coates – UK Blogger

1977 – Danny Roberts – US Reality TV [Real World: New Orleans]

1978 – Stonie – US Porn / Actor

And those who died:

1550 – Jacopo Bonfadio – Italian Historian – Born 1508

2000 – Stephen Gendin – US Author / Activist – Born 20th February 1966

2005 – Mahmoud Asgari – Iranian executed for homosexuality – Date of Birth unknown

2005 – Ayaz Marhoni – Iranian executed for homosexuality – Date of Birth unknown

Events in LGBT history:

2005 – Civil Marriage Act passed in the Canadian Senate

Sunday 18 July 2010

18th July

LGBT people born 18th July:

1865 – Laurence Housman – UK Playwright / Author / Illustrator – Died 20th February 1959

1918 – Bram van Leeuwen – Dutch Journalist – Died 27th May 2001

1948 – Tony Azito – US Dancer / Actor – Died 26th May 1995

1950 – Glenn Hughes – US Singer – Died 4th March 2001

1951 – Elio di Rupo – Belgian Politician

1979 – Rob Rigley – Australian Reality TV [Big Brother 2006] / Presenter

And those who died:

1899 – Horatio Alger Jr. – US Author – Born 13th January 1832

1937 – Julian Bell – UK Poet / Military Ambulance Driver – Born 4th February 1908

1965 – Bing Davidson – US Actor – Born 17th December 1940

1996 – Stephen Donaldson – US Activist / Author – Born 27th July 1946

2003 – David Hampton – US Con Artist – Born 4th April 1964

2009 – Edward Highwood – UK Murder Victim – DOB unknown

Saturday 17 July 2010

17th July

LGBT people born 17th July:

1883 – Mauritz Stiller – Finnish Director / Screenwriter – Died 18th November 1928

1898 – Berenice Abbot – US Photographer – Died 9th December 1991

1909 – Sir Hardy Amies – UK Dressmaker – Died 5th March 2003

1914 – James Purdy – US Author / Poet / Playwright – Died 13th March 2009

1945 – Bob van Schijndel – Dutch Politician / Activist

1969 – Michele Aboro – UK Boxer

1975 – Kimberly Devine – US Porn / Entertainer

1975 – Alec Powers – US Porn

1981 – Marko Liias – US Politician

And those who died:

1959 – Billie Holiday – US Singer – Born 7th April 1915

1991 – Leo Ford – US Porn – Born 5th July 1957

1998 – Joseph Maher – Irish Actor – Born 29th December 1933

2000 – Thomas Quinn Curtiss – USA Poet / Film & Theatre Critic – Born 21st June 1915

2005 – Gavin Lambert – UK / US Author / Director / Screenwriter – Born 23rd July 1924

Events in LGBT history:

2010 – Newcastle Pride, UK

Friday 16 July 2010

16th July

LGBT people born 16th July:

1943 – Reinaldo Arenas – Cuban / US Poet / Playwright / Activist / Author / Professor – Died 7th December 1990

1948 – Dennis deLeon – US Activist – Died 14th December 2009

1950 – Melissa Sue Robinson – US Businesswoman / Politician

1955 – Annie Whitehead – UK Trombonist / Teacher

1956 – Tony Kushner – US Playwright

1961 – Tony Ayres – Australian Screenwriter / Director

1962 – Dan Smith – US Presenter

1980 – Jesse Jane – US Porn

1980 – Justine Joli – US Porn / Model

And those who died:

1986 – Robert Boothby – UK Politician – Born 12th February 1900

1995 – May Sarton – US Author / Poet – Born 3rd May 1912

1995 – Stephen Spender – US Poet / Author – Born 28th February 1909

Events in LGBT history:

2009 – First International Drag Day

Thursday 15 July 2010

15th July

LGBT people born 15th July:

1931 – Brian Sewell – UK Art Critic / Presenter

1953 – Alicia Bridges – US Singer / Songwriter

1956 – Hans Cornelissen – Dutch Actor

1963 – Xandra Schutte – Dutch magazine editor

State Secret – Tim Barter – UK Visual Effects

And those who died:

1997 – Gianni Versace – Italian / US Fashion Designer – Born 2nd December 1946

Events in LGBT history:

2006 – Gay Games VII begin in Chicago, Illinois, USA (ran until 22nd July 2006)

Wednesday 14 July 2010

14th July

LGBT people born 14th July:

1454 – Poliziano – Italian Poet – Died 24th September 1494

1886 – Bernard Natan – Romanian / French Director / Actor / Concentration Camp Victim – Died ?? October 1942

1918 – Arthur Laurents – US Playwright / Director / Screenwriter / Librettist

1932 – Jim French – [aka Rip Colt] US Illustrator / Photographer

1946 – Terry Ryan – US Author – Died 16th May 2007

1958 – Joe Keenan – US Author / Producer / Screenwriter

1958 – Scott Rudin – US Producer

1960 – Jane Lynch – US Comedian / Actress / Singer

1962 – Andrew M Maynard – US Politician

1963 – Robert Black – US Porn

1963 - Blue Blake – UK Porn / Director / Royal Marine

1969 – Billy Herrington – US Porn

1980 – Balian Buschbaum – German Pole Vaulter

1983 – Graham Ackerman – US Gymnast

And those who died:

1895 – Karl Heinrich Ulrichs – German Author / Activist – Born 28th August 1825

1954 – Jacinto Benavente – Spanish Author – Born 12th August 1866

1990 – Walter Sedlmayr – German Actor – Born 6th January 1926

2008 – Katie Reider – US Singer / Songwriter – Born 23rd May 1978

Tuesday 13 July 2010

13th July

LGBT people born 13th July:

100BC – Julius Caesar – Roman Emperor – Died 15th March 44BC

1863 – Mary Emma Woolley – US Activist – Died 5th September 1947

1901 – Eric Portman – UK Actor – Died 7th December 1969

1933 – Scott Symons – Canadian Author – Died 23rd February 2009

1934 – Ian Scott – Canadian Politician / Lawyer – Died 10th October 2006

1935 – Monique Wittig – French Author / Feminist Theorist – Died 3rd January 2003

1948 – El Kazovsky – Hungarian Painter – Died 21st July 2008

1967 – Dale Peck – US Author / Columnist

1968 – Robert Gant – US Model / Actor

And those who died:

1945 – Alla Nazimova – Russian Actress / Producer – Born 22nd May 1879 [or 4th June 1879]

1952 – Marie Equi – US Doctor / Anarchist – Born 7th April 1872

1954 – Frida Kahlo – Mexican Painter – Born 6th July 1907

1956 – Jack Snow – US Author / Playwright – Born 15th August 1907

1960 – Anna Blaman – Dutch Author – Born 31st January 1905

1978 – Oliver Messel – UK Artist – Born 13th January 1904

2001 – David Noyes Jackson – US Author / Artist – Born 16th September 1922

Monday 12 July 2010

12th July

LGBT people born 12th July:

1833 – Jean Baptista von Schweitzer – German Politician / Poet – Died 1875

1918 – Doris Grumbach – US Author / Literary Critic

1934 – Van Cliburn – US Pianist

1970 – Phil Jiminez – US Comic Book Artist

1970 – Juba Kalamka – US Rapper / Activist

1970 – Jaason Simmons – Australian Actor

1974 – Trent Vanegas – US Blogger [Pink is the New Blog]

1975 – Cheyenne Jackson – US Actor / Singer

1975 – Johnny McGovern – US Comedian / Musician / Actor

1976 – Kyrsten Sinema – US Politician

1978 – Medgeon Singsurat – Thai Boxer

1985 – Theo Tams – Canadian Singer / Reality TV [Canadian Idol]

1993 – Jack Frew – UK Murder Victim – Died 6th May 2010

And those who died:

1536 – Desiderius Erasmus – Dutch Theologian – Born 28th October 1466/9

1950 – Elsie de Wolfe – US Actress / Interior Designer – Born 20th December 1865

1957 – James Vincent – US Actor / Director – Born 19th July 1882

1961 – Mazo de la Roche – Canadian Author – Born 15th January 1879

2001 – James Bernard – UK Composer – Born 20th September 1925

Sunday 11 July 2010

11th July

LGBT people born 11th July:

1895 – Dorothy Wilde – UK Socialite / Author – Died 10th April 1941

1931 – Tab Hunter – US Actor / Singer

1934 – Giorgio Armani – Italian Fashion Designer

1937 – Pai Hsien-Yung – Chinese Author

1939 – Seth Gaaikema – Dutch Comedian / Musical Writer / Translator

1942 – Daphne Marlatt – Canadian Poet

1946 – Vito Russo – US Author / Historian / Activist – Died 7th November 1990

1946 – Martin Wong – US Painter – Died 12th August 1999

1946 – Jack Wrangler – US Porn / Actor / Playwright / Producer / Director – Died 7th April 2009

1968 – Esera Tuaolo – US American Footballer

1971 – Leisha Hailey – US Actress / Singer / Musician / Producer

1971 – Bo Matthews – US Porn

And those who died:

1973 – Nobuko Yoshiya – Japanese Author – Born 12th January 1896

1987 – Tom Waddell – US Decathlete / Founder of the Gay Games - Born 1st November 1937

1991 – Gale Wilhelm – US Author – Born 6th April 1908

1994 – Savannah – US Porn – Born 9th October 1970

2006 – Joyce Grant – South African Actress – Born 23rd January 1924

Saturday 10 July 2010

10th July

LGBT people born 10th July:

1640 – Aphra Behn – UK Author / Playwright – Died 16th April 1689

1871 – Marcel Proust – French Author / Critic – Died 18th November 1922

1931 – Jerry Herman – US Composer / Lyricist

1934 – Alfred Biolek – Czech / German Producer / Entertainer

1951 – Cheryl Wheeler – US Singer / Songwriter / Musician

1953 – Didier Eribon – French Author / Philosopher / Historian

1954 – Neil Tennant – UK Singer

1958 – Fiona Shaw – Irish Actress

1964 – Mark Levengood – Finnish Journalist / Author / Presenter

1965 – Alec Mapa – US Actor / Author / Comedian / Activist

1969 – Alexandra Hedison – US Actress / Director / Photographer

1971 – Orlando Jordan – US Wrestler

1985 – Miljuschka Witzenhausen – Dutch Model / Actress / Presenter

And those who died:

138 AD – Hadrian – Roman Emperor – Born 24th January 76 AD

1927 – Louise Abbema – French Painter / Sculptor / Designer – Born 30th October 1853

1991 – Lee Ryder – US Porn – Born 3rd August 1959

2004 – Inge Meysel – German Actress – Born 30th May 1910