Tuesday 31 August 2010

31st August

LGBT people born 31st August:

1942 – George & Mike Kuchar – US Directors

1954 – Caroline “Tula” Cossey – UK Model

1969 – Andrew Cunanan – US Serial Killer – Died 23rd July 1997

1974 – Flores “Flo” McGarrell – US Artist / Director / Author – Died 12th January 2010

1977 – Del Marquis – US Musician

1979/80 – Gage Powers – US Porn / Director / Photographer

1987 – Anye Elite – US Singer / Songwriter / Activist

And those who died:

1941 – Marina Tsvetaeva – Russian Poet / Author – Born 8th October 1892 [or 26th September]

Events in LGBT history:

2007 - Kansas state governor issues executive order banning discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in the public sector

Monday 30 August 2010

30th August

LGBT people born 30th August:

1907 – Leonor Fini – Argentine Painter – Died 18th January 1996

1960 – Ben Bradshaw – UK Politician

1970 – Tony Buff – US Porn

1971 – Jeff Bowen – US Actor / Composer / Lyricist

And those who died:

1963 – Guy Burgess – UK Journalist / Producer / Spy – Born 16th April 1911

1994 – Lindsay Anderson – UK Director – Born 17th April 1923

Sunday 29 August 2010

29th August

LGBT people born 29th August:

1844 – Edward Carpenter – UK Poet / Philosopher / Activist / Author – Died 28th June 1929

1855 – Jean Lorrain – French Author / Poet – Died 30th June 1906

1880 – Elisabeth Irwin – US Psychologist – Died 16th October 1942

1922 – Richard Blackwell – US Journalist / Fashion Designer / Fashion Critic / Presenter / Artist / Actor – Died 19th October 2008

1929 – Thom Gunn – UK / US Poet – Died 25th April 2004

1933 – Ramses Shaffy – Dutch Singer / Actor – 1st December 2009

1939 – Joel Schumacher – US Director / Producer

1956 – Mark Morris – US Dancer / Choreographer / Director

1962 – David Charlebois – US Pilot – Died 11th September 2001 [9/11]

1968 – Meshell Ndegoecello – US Singer / Songwriter / Musician

And those who died:

1971 – Nathan Leopold – US Murderer – Born 19th November 1904

1974 – Judith Furse – UK Actress – Born 4th March 1912

1993 – Dorian Corey – US Drag Queen – Born 1937

Saturday 28 August 2010

28th August

LGBT people born 28th August:

1825 – Karl Heinrich Ulrichs – German Activist / Author – Died 14th July 1895

1957 – Phranc – US Singer / Songwriter / Musician

1965 – Keith Boykin – US Author / Presenter

1962 – Manuela Trasobares – Spanish Artist / Singer / Politician

1969 – Josh Kilmer-Purcell – US Actor / Drag Queen [Aquadisiac]

1979 – David Graham – Australian Model / Reality TV [Big Brother]

And those who died:

1988 – Guy Hocquenghem – French Author – Born 3rd December 1946

1989 – Joseph Alsop – US Journalist – Born 11th October 1910

1990 – Rosely Roth – Brazilian Activist – Born 21st August 1959

Events in LGBT history:

1982 – First Gay Games start in San Francisco, California, USA (run until 2nd September 1982)

2010 – Queeruption 11, Manchester, UK (runs until 29th August 2010)

Friday 27 August 2010

27th August

LGBT people born 27th August:

1903 – Xavier Villarrutia – Mexican Poet / Playwright – Died 31st December 1950

1943 – Luis Caballero Holguin – Colombian Painter – Died 19th June 1995

1958 – Tom Lanoye – Belgian Poet / Author / Playwright

1959 – Denice Denton – US University Chancellor – Died 24th June 2006

1959 – Jeanette Winterson – UK Author

1961 – Tom Ford – US Fashion Designer

1965 – D Scott Dibble – US Politician

1970 – Leanna Creel – US Actress / Producer / Director / Screenwriter / Photographer

1979 – Clint Walters – UK Activist – Died 4th April 2010

1992 – Kim Petras – German Singer

And those who died:

1967 – Brian Epstein – UK Artists’ Manager – Born 19th September 1934

1969 – Erika Mann – German Actress / Journalist / Author – Born 9th November 1905

1991 – Gordon Heath – US Singer / Actor / Director – Born 20th September 1918

2006 – Tee Corinne – US Photographer / Author / Activist / Artist – Born 3rd November 1943

2007 – Ivan Bussens – UK Water Polo / Activist / Co-founder of Out for Sports – Born 3rd June 1960

2008 – Del Martin – US Activist – Born 5th May 1921

Thursday 26 August 2010

26th August

LGBT people born 26th August:

1884 – Nancy Cook – US Suffragette – Died 16th August 1962

1904 – Christopher Isherwood – UK / US Author – Died 4th January 1986

1919 – Esme Langley – UK Author / Activist – Born 20th August 1991

1923 – Mel Roberts – US Photographer / Activist

1945 – Jim Graham – US Politician

1951 – Roger Karoutchi – French Politician

1952 – Michael Jeter – US Actor – Died 30th March 2003

1957 – Floris Michiels van Kessenich – Dutch Activist – Died 15th December 1991

1958 – Randy Stone – US Actor / Casting Director – Died 12th February 2007

1958 – Nichi Vendola – Italian Politician

And those who died:

1933 – Sophia Parnok – Russian Poet – Born 11th August 1885

2005 – Robert Denning – US Interior Designer – Born 13th March 1927

Wednesday 25 August 2010

25th August

LGBT people born 25th August:

1900 – Newton Arvin – [or 23rd August 1900] US Author – Died 21st March 1963

1916 – Van Johnson – US Actor / Dancer – Died 12th December 2008

1918 – Leonard Bernstein – US Conductor / Composer / Author / Pianist – Died 14th October 1990

1929 – Dominique Fernandez – French Author

1937 – Dirk Dirksen – US Music Promoter – Died 20th November 2006

1939 – Chris Dickerson – US Bodybuilder / Singer

1951 – Rob Halford – UK Singer / Songwriter

1957 – Christer Bjorkman – Swedish Singer / Hairdresser

1965 – Adriano Marquez - Spanish Porn / Model [or 1st January 1965]

1974 – Eric Millegan – US Actor

And those who died:

1956 – Alfred Kinsey – US Biologist – Born 23rd June 1894

1984 – Truman Capote – US Author / Actor – Born 30th September 1924

1999 – David March – UK Actor – Born 18th February 1925

2004 – Karen Dior – US Porn / Director / Singer – Born 14th February 1967

2006 – John Blankenstein – Dutch Football Referee – Born 12th February 1949

Tuesday 24 August 2010

24th August

LGBT people born 24th August:

1929 – Betty Dodson – US Author / Artist

1935 – Andrew Kopkind – US Journalist / Presenter – Died 23rd October 1994

1949 – Junior Vasquez – US Record Producer / DJ

1957 – Stephen Fry – UK Actor / Comedian / Presenter / Author

1964 – Julie Cypher – US Director / Activist

1965 – Gro Skartveit – Norwegian Politician

1966 – Nick Denton – UK Journalist

1979 – Katja Nyberg – Swedish / Norwegian Handball

???? – Christian Taylor – US Porn

And those who died:

1987 – Bayard Rustin – US Activist – Born 17th March 1912

1988 – Leonard Frey – US Actor – Born 4th September 1938

1994 – Peggy Fears – US Actress – Born 1st June 1903

1995 – Killer Karl Krupp – Dutch / US Wrestler – Born 13th May 1934

2008 – Tad Mosel – US Playwright / Screenwriter – Born 1st May 1922

Monday 23 August 2010

23rd August

LGBT people born 23rd August:

1900 – Newton Arvin [or 25th August 1900] - US Author – Died 21st March 1963

1912 – Keith Vaughan – UK Painter – Died 4th November 1977

1931 – Coccinelle – French Actress / Entertainer – Died 9th October 2006

1933 – Peter Wyngarde – UK / French Actor

1954 – Charles Busch – US Actor / Author

1954 – Terry Wolverton – US Author / Poet / Editor

1958 – Neil Bartlett – UK Actor / Director / Playwright

1960 – Rod Phillips – US Porn – Died 24th May 1993

1981 – Carmen Luvana – US Porn

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

And those who died:

1988 – Laud Humphreys – US Sociologist / Author – Born 16th October 1930

1991 – Brian Coyle – US Politician / Activist – Born 25th June 1944

Sunday 22 August 2010

22nd August

LGBT people born 22nd August:

1894 – Willem Arondeus – Dutch Artist / Author / Nazi Resistance Fighter – Died 1st July 1943

1915 – Hugh Paddick – UK Actor / Comedian – Died 9th November 2000

1922 – Andre Emile Baudry – French Activist / Author

1924 – James Kirkwood Jr. – US Author / Playwright – Died 21st April 1989

1955 – Tom Tunney – US Politician / Businessman

1958 – Antonio Pagan – US Politician – Died 25th January 2009

1967 – ANT – US Comedian / Actor

And those who died:

1922 – Michael Collins – Irish Politician / Terrorist – Born 16th October 1890

1994 – Leo Lerman – US Author – Born 23rd May 1914

Saturday 21 August 2010

21st August

LGBT people born 21st August:

1923 – Don Slater – US Activist – Died 14th February 1997

1935 – Mart Crowley – US Playwright

1936 – Luisa Isabel de Toledo – Spanish Duchess – Died 7th March 2008

1944 – Kari S Tikka – Finnish Scholar / Murder Victim – Died 25th May 2006

1947 – Frederic Mitterand – French Presenter / Politician / Screenwriter / Actor / Director / Producer / Columnist / Teacher / Film Critic

1956 – Anselmo Feleppa – Brazilian Fashion Designer – Died 26th March 1993

1959 – Rosely Roth – Brazilian Activist – Died 28th August 1990

1961 – Mitchell Anderson – US Actor

1962 – Jeff Stryker – US Porn / Actor [or 12th August 1962]

1964 – Eytan Fox – Israeli Director

1965 – Mark Meredith – UK Businessman / Politician

1984 – Robin De Jesus – US Actor

And those who died:

1999 – Paddy Chew – Singaporean Choreographer / Actor / Activist – Born 29th March 1960

2005 – Martin Dillon – US Singer / Musician – Born 17th June 1957

2006 – Martin Barreto – US Politician / Murder Victim – Born ????

Events in LGBT history:

2010 – Bristol Pride Day

2010 – Doncaster Pride (UK)

2010 - Big Gay Out & Rainbow Party, Plymouth, Devon, UK

Friday 20 August 2010

20th August

LGBT people born 20th August:

1914 – Colin MacInnes – UK Author – Died 22nd April 1976

1916 – Bernard Archard – UK Actor – Died 1st May 2008

1938 – Anne Cameron – Canadian Author / Poet / Screenwriter

1948 – Perry Watkins – US Army / Activist – Died 17th March 1996

1955 – Katheleen Sullivan – US Businesswoman / Lawyer / Judge

1958 – Patricia Rozema – Canadian Director / Screenwriter

1963 – Enrique Rodriguez – Puerto Rican Porn

1965 – Steve Cassidy – US Porn

1972 – Matt Bixel – US Porn

1974 – Santino Rice – US Reality TV [Project Runway] / Fashion Designer

1980 – Rickey Lime – US Musician

???? – Kurt Young – US? Porn

And those who died:

1991 – Esme Langley – UK Author / Activist – Born 26th August 1919

1996 – Rio Reiser – German Singer / Musician – Born 9th January 1950

Events in LGBT history:

2010 – Manchester Pride (runs until 30th August 2010)

Thursday 19 August 2010

19th August

LGBT people born 19th August:

1909 – Jerzy Andrzejewski – Polish Author – Died 19th April 1983

1919 – Malcolm Forbes – US Publisher – Died 24th February 1990

1934 – Renee Richards – US Tennis / Author / Surgeon

1946 – Elizabeth Eden – US transsexual – Died 29th September 1987

1946 – Rob Tielman – Dutch Author

1954 – Roger Kusch – German Politician

1957 – Gerda Verburg – Dutch Politician

1962 – Tammy Bruce – US Author / Presenter

1983 – Missy Higgins – Australian Singer

???? – Scott McCoy – US Politician

And those who died:

1929 – Sergei Diaghilev – Russian Art Critic – Born 31st March 1872

1936 – Federico Garcia Lorca – Spanish Poet / Musician / Director / Playwright / Murder Victim – Born 5th June 1898

2008 – Leo Abse – UK Politician / Lawyer / Activist – Born 22nd April 1917

Events in LGBT history:

2008 - First nationwide gay rights measures implemented in Argentina with same-sex couples gaining the right to claim their deceased partners' pensions

Wednesday 18 August 2010

18th August

LGBT people born 18th August:

1852 – Guglielmo Pluschow – German Photographer – Died 3rd January 1930

1906 – Marcel Carne – French Director – Died 31st October 1996

1966 – Steve Cannon – US Porn

1970 – Josh Zuckerman – US Singer / Songwriter / Musician

And those who died:

1957 – Jacob Schorer – Dutch Lawyer / Activist – Born 1st March 1866

1969 – Leslie Hutchinson – UK / Grenadan Musician – Born 7th March 1900

2007 – Stephen Bicknell – UK Organ Builder / Author – Born 20th December 1957

Tuesday 17 August 2010

17th August

LGBT people born 17th August:

1885 – Kurt Hiller – German Author / Journalist – Died 1st October 1972

1888 – Monty Woolley – US Actor / Director – Died 6th May 1963

1892 – Antonio Botto – Portuguese Poet – Died 16th March 1959

1907 – Roger Peyrefitte – French Author – Died 5th November 2000

1923 – Larry Rivers – US Artist / Musician / Director / Actor – Died 14th August 2002

1926 – David Watmough – Canadian Playwright / Author

1960 – Lisa Coleman – US Singer / Musician [Wendy & Lisa]

1968 – Jackie Warner – US Reality TV [Work Out] / Personal Trainer / Equestrian

1972 – Ken Ryker – South Korean / US Porn

1973 – David Bromstad – US Reality TV [Design Star] / Presenter

And those who died:

1965 – Jack Spicer – US Poet – Born 30th January 1925

1973 – Jean Barraque – French Composer / Author – Born 17th January 1928

1985 – Nicholas Eden – UK Politician – Born 3rd October 1930

1992 – Tommy Nutter – UK Tailor – Born 17th April 1943

1992 – Al Parker – US Porn / Producer / Director – Born 25th June 1952

2007 – Edward Avedisian – Nicaraguan Poet – Born 1936

2007 – Jos Brink – Dutch Actor / Author / Columnist / Producer / Director / Presenter / Minister – Born 19th June 1942

Monday 16 August 2010

16th August

LGBT people born 16th August:

1902 – Wallace Thurman – US Author / Playwright – Died 21st or 22nd December 1934

1923 – Pierre Seel – French Author – Died 25th November 2005

1940 – Alix Dobkin – US Singer / Songwriter

1946 – Robert Amsel – US Activist

1946 – David Mixner – US Activist / Author

1951 – Richard Hunt – US Puppeteer – Died 7th January 1992

1958 – Madonna – US Singer / Actress

1965 – Jari Sillanpaa – Swedish Singer

1968 – Wolfgang Tillmans – German Photographer

1980 – Vanessa Carlton – US Singer / Songwriter / Musician

And those who died:

1959 – Wanda Landowska – Polish / French Harpsichordist – Born 5th July 1879

1962 – Nancy Cook – US Suffragette – Born 26th August 1884

1978 – Jean Acker – US Actress – Born 23rd October 1893

1989 – Donald Friend – Australian Artist / Author – Born 6th February 1915

2005 – William Corlett – UK Author – Born 8th October 1938

Sunday 15 August 2010

15th August

LGBT people born 15th August:

1907 – Jack Snow – US Author / Playwright – Died 13th July 1956

1953 – Peter Biemans – Dutch TV Editor

1956 – Laurel Hester – US Police Officer – Died 18th February 2006

1964 – Michael Berresse – US Actor / Dancer / Choreographer / Director

1976 – Sipke Jan Bousema – Dutch Presenter

1981 – Johan van der Veen – Dutch Singer

And those who died:

1984 – Bobbi Campbell – US Activist – Born 28th January 1952

2007 – John Wallowitch – US Singer / Songwriter – Born 11th February 1926

Saturday 14 August 2010

14th August

LGBT people born 14th August:

1876 – Sibilla Aleramo – Italian Author – Died 13th January 1960

1906 – Horst P Horst – German / US Photographer – Died 18th November 1999

1940 – Tom Eyen – US Playwright / Lyricist / Screenwriter / Director – Died 26th May 1991

1945 – Brenda Benet – US Actress – Died 7th April 1982

1948 – Carole Migden – US Politician

1964 – Mark Pocan – US Politician

1972 – Jay Manuel – Canadian Model / Make-Up Artist / Photographer

1973 – Drubskin – US Fetish Artist / Comic Book Artist

1975 – Jill Bennett – US Actress / Producer / Presenter

1982 – Benjamin Cohen – UK Journalist

And those who died:

1692 – Nicolas Chorier – French Lawyer / Author / Historian – Born 1st September 1612

1905 – Simeon Solomon – UK Painter – Born 9th October 1840

2002 – Larry Rivers – US Artist / Musician / Director / Actor – Born 17th August 1923

Events in LGBT history:

2010 – Black Pride, London, UK

Friday 13 August 2010

13th August

LGBT people born 13th August:

1895 – Hannah “Gluck” Gluckenstein – UK Painter – Died 10th January 1978

1908 – Gene Raymond – US Actor / Composer / Director / Producer / Pilot – Died 2nd May 1998

1952 – Herb Ritts – US Photographer – Died 26th December 2002

1957 – David Crane – US Screenwriter / Producer

1958 – Domenico Dolce [or 13th September 1958] – Italian Fashion Designer

1961 – Sam Champion – US Presenter

1962 – Richard R Tisei – US Politician

1967 – Jin Xing – Chinese Ballerina / Dancer / Actress / Choreographer

1968 – Carlos Morales – Venezuelan Porn / DJ / Dancer

1969 – Rachel Carns – US Musician / Composer / Artist / Singer

1982 – Robert Arnold – New Zealand Singer / Reality TV [New Zealand Idol] / Actor

And those who died:

1962 – Mabel Dodge Luhan – US Columnist / Playwright – Born 26th February 1879

Thursday 12 August 2010

12th July

LGBT people born 12th August:

1859 – Katharine Lee Bates – US Author – Died 28th March 1929

1866 – Jacinto Benavente – Spanish Author – Died 14th July 1954

1867 – Edith Hamilton – German / US Author – Died 31st May 1963

1880 – Marguerite Radclyffe-Hall – UK Author – Died 7th October 1943

1907 – Gladys Bentley – US Singer – Died 18th January 1960

1928 – Maureen Colquhoon – UK Politician

1947 – John Nathan-Turner – UK Producer – Died 1st May 2002

1962 – Miss Cleo – US Actress / Producer / Psychic / Shaman

1973 – Latasha Byears – US Basketball

And those who died:

1955 – Thomas Mann – German Author – Born 6th June 1875

1976 – Tom Driberg (Baron Bradwell) – UK Journalist – Born 22nd May 1905

1992 – John Cage – US Composer / Philosopher / Poet / Artist / Printmaker – Born 5th September 1912

1994 – Manfred Salzgeber – German Actor / Producer / Activist – Born 10th January 1943

1999 – Martin Wong – US Painter – Born 11th July 1946

2002 – Ukea Davis – US Hate Crime Victim – Born 16th November 1983

2002 – Stephanie Thomas – US Hate Crime Victim – Born 15th November 1982

2007 – Merv Griffin – US Singer / Actor / Presenter – Born 6th July 1925

Events in LGBT history:

2010 – Fabulous: A City Without LimitsLas Vegas, Nevada, USA [runs until 15th August 2010]

Wednesday 11 August 2010

11th August

LGBT people born 11th August:

1885 – Sophia Parnok – Russian Poet – Died 26th August 1933

1892 – Ray Bourbon – UK / USA Drag Queen / Entertainer – Died 19th July 1971

1913 – Sir Angus Wilson – UK Author / Journalist / Playwright – Died 31st May 1991

1945 – Denis Lemon – UK Journalist / Magazine Proprietor – Died 21st July 1994

1949 – Ian Charleson – UK Actor – Died 6th January 1990

1950 – Elmar Kraushaar – German Journalist / Author

1956/7/8 – Bobby Blake – US Porn [or 17th June 1968]

1967 – Chad S Johnson – US Lawyer / Politician

1969 – Robert van Damme – Czech Porn [or November 1968/1969]

And those who died:

1953 – John Horne Burns – US Author – Born 7th October 1916

1970 – Otto Peltzer – German Runner – Born 8th March 1900

Tuesday 10 August 2010

10th August

LGBT people born 10th August:

1881 – Witter Bynner – US Poet / Author – Died 1st June 1968

1900 – Rene Crevel – French Author – Died 18th June 1935

1938 – Tom Paton – UK Artists’ Manager [Bay City Rollers] – Died 8th April 2009

1953 – Mark Doty – US Poet

1963 – Andrew Sullivan – UK Author / Columnist / Blogger

1971 – Tom Bouden – Belgian Cartoonist

1973 – Allenina [Helen Wong] – Chinese Model / Actress / Dancer

1973 – Lisa Raymond – US Tennis

???? – Luke Garrett – US Porn

And those who died:

1933 – Gene Malin – US Drag Queen [Jean Malin] / Actor / Presenter / Musician – Born 30th June 1908

1948 – Montague Summers – UK Author / Clegyman – Born 10th April 1880

1958 – Oliver Baldwin – UK Politician – Born 1st March 1899

1982 – Anderson Bigode Herzer – Brazilian Author / Poet – Born 10th June 1962

1987 – Casey Donovan – US Porn – Born 2nd November 1943

1989 – Marc Stevens – US Porn – Born 9th February 1943

Events in LGBT history:

1986 – Gay Games II start in San Francisco, California, USA (ran until 17th August 1986)

Monday 9 August 2010

9th August

LGBT people born 9th August:

1874 – Reynaldo Hahn – Venezuelan / French Composer / Conductor / Musician / Critic – Died 28th January 1947

1878 – Eileen Gray – Irish Designer / Architect – Died 31st October 1976

1914 – Tove Jansson – Finnish Author / Painter / Illustrator – Died 27th June 2001

1923 – Mario Cesariny de Vasconcelos – Portuguese Poet – Died 26th November 2006

1926 – Frank M Robinson – US Author

1944 – Angela Mason – UK Activist / Lawyer

1958 – Amanda Bearse – US Actress / Director / Comedian

1959 – Michael Kors – US Fashion Designer

1964 – Derek Laud – UK Reality TV [Big Brother]

1968 – Chris Stone – Costa Rican Porn / Fashion Designer

1973 – Cindy De Koning – Dutch Presenter

1980 – Charlie David – Canadian Actor / Producer / Presenter / Screenwriter / Musician

And those who died:

1967 – Kenneth Halliwell – UK Actor / Playwright / Murderer – Born 23rd June 1926

1967 – Joe Orton – UK Playwright / Actor / Murder Victim – Born 1st January 1933

1967 – Anton Walbrook – Austrian Actor – Born 19th November 1896

1976 – Jose Lezama-Lima – Cuban Author / Poet – Born 19th December 1910

Events in LGBT history:

2007 - First ever live televised LGBT issues debate with US Presidential candidates, on Logo cable television channel