17th July

LGBT people born 17th July:

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

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

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

1914 – James Purdy – US Author / Poet / Playwright – Died 13^th 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 7^th April 1915

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

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

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

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

Events in LGBT history:

2010 – Newcastle Pride, UK