1st July

LGBT people born 1st July:

1804 – George Sand – French Author – Died 8^th June 1876

1899 – Charles Laughton – UK / US Actor / Director – Died 15^th December 1962

1923 – Constance Ford – US Model / Actress – Died 26^th February 1993

1925 – Farley Granger – US Actor

1926 – Hans Werner Henze – German Composer

1944 – David Norris – Irish Politician / Lecturer / Activist

1949 – Carry Slee – Dutch Author

1951 – Fred Schneider – US Singer

1963 – Roddy Bottum – US Singer / Musician

1967 – Joe McDermott – US Politician

???? – Robin De Groot - Canadian Presenter / Designer

???? – Pietro Rosselli – Argentine Porn / Model

And those who died:

1931 – John Gambril Nicholson – UK Poet / Teacher / Photographer – Born 6^th October 1866

1943 – Willem Arondeus – Dutch Artist / Author / Nazi Resistance Fighter – Born 22^nd August 1894

1999 – Gary Matson – US Hate Crime Victim – Born 1949

1999 – Winfield Mowder – US Hate Crime Victim – Born 1959

2001 – John Scott – Fijian Director General of Fijian Red Cross / Hate Crime Victim – Born 1948

2001 – Gregory Scrivener - ?? Hate Crime Victim – DOB unknown

2004 – Marlon Brando – US Actor – Born 3^rd April 1924

2005 – Luther Vandross – US Singer – Born 20^th April 1951

Events in LGBT history:

2000 – Norway allows the right to change legal gender

2009 – Registered Partnership Bill 2009 in effect in Hungary on this date

2009 – Domestic Partners Benefits bill effective today in Colorado, USA

2010 – Gay Pride Madrid, Spain / Orgullo Gay [running until 4^th July 2010]