Sunday 31 October 2010

31st October

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LGBT people born 31st October:

1876 – Natalie Clifford Barney – US Playwright / Poet / Author – Died 2nd February 1972

1888 – Napoleon Lapathiotis – Greek Poet – Died 7th January 1944

1896 – Ethel Waters – US Singer / Actress – Died 1st September 1977

1940 – Craig Rodwell – US Activist – Died 18th June 1993

1942 – David Ogden Stiers – US Actor / Musician

1956 – Bruce Bawer – US Literary Critic / Author / Poet

1964 – Frank Bruni – US Food Critic

1972 – Gordon Sloan – Australian Reality TV [ Big Brother] – Died 13th September 2007

1978 – Inka Grings – German Football

1983 – Adam Bouska – US Photographer

1986 – Brent Corrigan – US Model / Porn / Actor

And those who died:

1976 – Eileen Gray – Irish Designer / Architect – Born 9th August 1878

1989 – Georgi Partsalev – Bulgarian Actor – Born 16th June 1925

1996 – Marcel Carne – French Director – Born 18th August 1906

2001 – Lee Calvin Yeomans – US Playwright – Born 13th June 1938
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Saturday 30 October 2010

30th October

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LGBT people born 30th October:

1853 – Louise Abbema – French Painter / Sculptor / Designer – Died 10th July 1927

1930 – Nestor Almendros – Spanish Cinematographer – Died 4th March 1992

1930 – Timothy Findley – Canadian Author / Playwright – Died 21st June 2002

1948 – Claude Janiak – Swiss Politician

1951 – P Craig Russell – US Comic Book Artist

1953 – Arthur Dong – US Director

1962 – Rex Harrington – Canadian Ballet

1968 – Jack Plotnick – US Actor

1971 – Grant Robertson – New Zealand Politician

And those who died:

1968 – Ramon Novarro – Mexican Actor / Hate Crime Victim – Born 6th February 1899

1990 – Craig Russell – Canadian Female Impersonator / Actor – Born 10th January 1948

2004 – David “Sinders” Morley – UK Pub Landlord / Murder Victim – Born 3rd October 1967

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Friday 29 October 2010

29th October

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LGBT people born 29th October:

1881 – Russell Cheney – US Painter – Died 1945

1958 – Ann-Marie MacDonald – Canadian Author / Playwright / Director / Presenter / Actress

1959 – Nicole Conn – US Director / Producer / Screenwriter

1968 – Karin Giphart – Dutch Author / Poet / Singer

And those who died:

1677 – Charles Coypeau d’Assoucy – French Musician / Poet – Born 16th October 1605

1961 – Guthrie McClintic – US Director / Producer – Born 6th August 1893

1992 – Richard Hall – US Author – Born 26th November 1926

2008 – Gerald Arpino – US Ballet / Choreographer – Born 14th January 1923

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Thursday 28 October 2010

28th October

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LGBT people born 28th October:

1856 – Anna Elizabeth Klumpke – US Painter – Died 1942

1909 – Francis Bacon – Irish Painter – Died 28th April 1992

1915 – Karl Lange – German / US imprisoned by Nazis for homosexuality

1920 – Florence Klotz – US Costume Designer – Died 1st November 2006

1937 – Walter Capiau – Belgian Presenter / Politician

1939 – Andy Bey – US Musician / Singer

1943 – Fran Winant – US Poet / Painter / Activist

1967 – David Binder – US Producer

1969 – Derek Hartley – US Presenter

1971 – Peter van der Vorst – Dutch Producer / Presenter / Columnist

And those who died:

1972 – Mitchell Leisen – US Director / Costume Designer – Born 6th October 1898

2007 – Joe Herzenberg – US Politician / Historian / Activist – Born 25th June 1941

Events in LGBT history:

2009 – President Obama signs bill to include sexual orientation into the 1969 United States federal hate-crime law

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Wednesday 27 October 2010

27th October

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LGBT people born 27th October:

1466/69 – Desiderius Erasmus – Dutch Theologian – Died 12th July 1536

1921 – Warren Allen Smith – US Author / Activist

1930 – Larry Townsend – US Author – Died 29th July 2008

1941 – Gerd Brantenberg – Norwegian Author / Teacher

1956 – Patty Sheehan – US Golf

1959 – Brian Pockar – Canadian Figure Skater – Died 28th April 1992

1977 – K8 Hardy – US Artist / Performance Artist

???? – Derrick Stanton – US Porn / Actor / Activist

And those who died:

1941 – Georgette LeBlanc – French Singer / Author – Born 8th February 1875

1988 – Niek Engelschman – Dutch Actor / Activist – Born 12th November 1913

1988 – Charles Hawtrey – UK Actor – Born 30th November 1914

1992 – Allen R Schindler Jr. – US Naval Petty Officer / Hate Crime Victim – Born 13th December 1969

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Tuesday 26 October 2010

26th October

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LGBT people born 26th October:

1900 – Karin Boye – Swedish Poet / Author – Died 24th April 1941

1946 – Holly Woodlawn – Puerto Rican Drag Queen / Actress

1953 – Keith Strickland – US Musician

1954 – Ben Brantley – US Theatre Critic

1957 – Glen Murray – Canadian Politician

1963 – El-Farouk Khaki – Tanzanian / Canadian Politician / Lawyer / Activist

1971 – CJ Madison [or 25th October] – US Porn

1971 – Anthony Rapp – US Actor



And those who died:

1989 – Mabel Hampton – US Dancer / Activist – Born 2nd May 1902

1993 – Alexander Wilson – US / Canadian Author / Horticulturist / Activist – Born 25th May 1953

1999 – Rex Gildo – German Singer / Actor – Born 2nd July 1936

2001 – Kris Kovick – US Author / Cartoonist – Born 10th September 1951



Events in LGBT history:

1996 – First Intersex Awareness Day held in the USA
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Monday 25 October 2010

25th October

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LGBT people born 25th October:

1879 – Fritz Haarmann – German Serial Killer – Died 15th April 1925

1894 – Claude Cahun – French Photographer – Died 8th December 1954

1929 – David McReynolds – US Politician / Activist

1953 – Fenton Johnson – US Author

1953 – Muffin Spencer-Devlin – US Golf / Actress

1957 – Arthur Rhames – US Musician / Singer / Composer – Died 27th December 1989

1962 – David Furnish – Canadian Director

1968 – Buddy Jones – Canadian Porn

1970 – Chely Wright – US Singer / Songwriter / Author

1980 – Aiden Bay – Mexican Singer

And those who died:

1882 – Emma Stebbins – US Sculptor – Born 1st September 1815

1913 – Frederick Rolfe – UK Author / Artist – Born 22nd July 1860

1980 – Virgil Fox – US Musician – Born 3rd May 1912

Events in LGBT history:

2007 – Jerusalem Open House launch Israel’s first LGBT health clinic

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Sunday 24 October 2010

24th October

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LGBT people born 24th October:

1869 – Caroline Spurgeon – UK Literary Critic / Lecturer / Author – Died 24th October 1942

1904 – Moss Hart – US Playwright / Director – Died 20th December 1961

1933 – Neal Blewett – Australian Politician

1933 – Ronnie Kray – UK Crime Boss – Died 17th March 1995

1934 – Paula Gunn Allen – US Poet / Literary Critic / Activist / Author – Died 29th May 2008

1958 – Mathilde Santing – Dutch Singer

1960 – BD Wong – US Singer / Dancer / Actor

1969 – Emma Donoghue – Irish Playwright / Author / Historian

1970 – Raul Esparza – US Actor

1972 – Van Darkholme – US Porn / Actor / Director / Photographer [or 4th October]

1979 – Renee Pornero – Austrian Porn

1980 – Zac Posen – US Fashion Designer

1981 – Tila Tequila – US Model / Singer

1984 – Damon Phoenix – US Porn

???? – Erica Wheeler – US Singer / Songwriter

And those who died:

1664 – Jerome Duquesnoy II – Belgian [brother of Sculptor Francois Duquesnoy] – Born 1612

1942 – Caroline Spurgeon – UK Literary Critic / Lecturer / Author – Died 24th October 1869

1971 – George Dyer – UK Burglar / Lover of Francis Bacon – Born ??

1990 – John Sex – US Entertainer / Performance Artist – Born 8th April 1956

2002 – Harry Hay – UK / US Activist – Born 7th April 1912

Saturday 23 October 2010

23rd October

LGBT people born 23rd October:

1844 – Sarah Bernhardt – Dutch / French Actress – Died 26th March 1923

1893 - Jean Acker – US Actress – Died 16th August 1978

1896 – Lilyan Tashman – US Actress – Died 21st March 1934

1918 – Paul Rudolph – US Architect – Died 8th August 1997

1923 – Ned Rorem – US Composer / Author

1925 – Manos Hatzidakis – Greek Composer – Died 15th June 1994

1928 – Bella Darvi – French Actress – Died 11th September 1971

1945 – Maggi Hambling – UK Painter / Sculptor

1951 – Michael Rupert – US Actor / Singer / Director / Composer

1953 – Cole Tucker – US Porn

1965 – Augusten Burroughs – US Author / Screenwriter

1966 – Superstar DJ Keoki – US DJ

1971 – Matthew Williamson – UK Fashion Designer

1983 – Josh Strickland – US Actor / Singer / Reality TV [American Idol]

And those who died:

1935 – Charles Demuth – US Painter – Born 8th November 1883

1957 - Christian Dior - French Fashion Designer - Born 21st January 1905

1986 – Esquerita (Eskew Reeder Jr) – US Singer / Songwriter / Musician – Born 20th November 1935

1994 – Andrew Kopkind – US Journalist / Presenter – Born 24th August 1935

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Friday 22 October 2010

22nd October

LGBT people born 22nd October:

1870 – Lord Alfred Douglas – UK Author / Poet / Translator – Died 20th March 1945

1925 – Robert Rauschenberg – US Artist – Died 12th May 2008

1935 – Delmas Howe – US Artist

1938 – Sir Derek Jacobi – UK Actor / Director

1943 – Robert Long – Dutch Singer / Presenter – Died 13th December 2006

1946 – Claude Charron – Canadian Teacher / Politician / Presenter / Author

1955 – Bill Condon – US Actor / Director / Producer / Screenwriter

1959 – Mark Shaiman – US Composer

1975 – Jesse Tyler Ferguson – US Actor
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Thursday 21 October 2010

21st October

LGBT people born 21st October:

1884 – Claire Waldoff – German Singer / Entertainer – Died 22nd January 1957

1917 – William Dale Jennings – US Author / Activist – Died 11th May 2000

1926 – Fred Sadoff – US Actor – Died 6th May 1994

1948 – Scott Smith – US Activist [Lover of Harvey Milk] – Died 4th February 1995

1953 – Peter Mandelson – UK Politician

1955 – Fred Hersch – US Musician

1958 – John C Goss – US Artist / Author

1961 – Mark Finch – UK Actor / Film Promoter – Died 14th January 1995

1968 – Trev Broudy – US Actor / Presenter / Model / Hate Crime Victim

1972 – Saffron Burrows – UK Actress / Activist

1983 – Amber Rose – US Model / Dancer

And those who died:

1556 – Pietro Aretino – Italian Author / Playwright / Poet – Born 20th April 1492

1969 – Jack Kerouac – US Author / Poet / Artist – Born 12th March 1922

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Wednesday 20 October 2010

20th October

LGBT people born 20th October:

1854 – Arthur Rimbaud – French Poet / Anarchist – Died 10th November 1891

1892 – Eoin O’Duffy – Irish General – Died 30th November 1944

1921 – Hans Warren – Dutch Poet / Author – Died 19th December 2001

1926 – Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu [3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu] – UK Politician

1927 – Allan Horsfall – UK Activist

1952 – William J G Turner – US Composer / Producer / Director / Actor / Screenwriter – Died 26th June 1987

1963 – David Sanchez Camacho – Mexican Politician

1964 – Bo Summers – US Porn [14th November ????]

1975 – Kyle Bradford – US Porn

???? – Bruno Diaz - Spanish Porn

And those who died:

1983 – Peter Dudley – UK Actor – Born 21st June 1935

1994 – Robert Medley – UK Artist / Teacher – Born 19th December 1905

2008 – James Gleeson – Australian Artist / Poet / Author / Critic – Born 22nd November 1915

2008 – Pat Kavanaugh – UK Literary Agent – Born 31st January 1940

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Tuesday 19 October 2010

19th October

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LGBT people born 19th October:

1921 – George Nader – US Actor / Author – Died 4th February 2002

1932 – Robert Reed – US Actor – Died 12th May 1992

1945 – Divine – US Drag Queen / Singer / Actor – Died 7th March 1988

1948 – Chester Biscardi – US Composer

1948 – Greg Malone – Canadian Impressionist / Actor / Politician

1950 – Patrick Cowley – US Record Producer – Died 12th November 1982

1954 – Andy Humm – US Journalist / Presenter / Activist

1962 – Patrick Knight – US Porn / Bodybuilder

1962 – Alvaro Garcia Linera – Bolivian Politician

1963 – Mark Behr - South African Author

1968 – Blake Harper – Canadian Porn

1976 – Roland Dane – Hungarian Porn / Director

And those who died:

1915 – Christian Wilhelm Allers – German Painter / Printmaker – Born 6th August 1857

1950 – Edna St Vincent Millay – US Poet / Playwright – Born 22nd February 1892

1981 – Nils Asther – Swedish Actor – Born 17th January 1897

2003 – Guido Bachmann – Swiss Author / Actor – Born 28th January 1940

2006 – Edgar Cano Camacho – Peruvian Murder Victim – Born ??

2008 – Richard Blackwell – US Journalist / Fashion Designer / Fashion Critic / Presenter / Artist / Actor – Born 29th August 1922

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Monday 18 October 2010

18th October

LGBT people born 18th October:

1753 – Jean-Jacques-Regis de Cambeceres – French Lawyer – Died 8th March 1824

1872 – Mikhail Kuzmin – Russian Poet / Musician [or 6th October 1872] – Died 1st March 1936

1931 – Ien Dales – Dutch Politician – Died 10th January 1994

1940 – Uzi Even – Israeli Politician / Professor / Activist

1946 – James Robert Baker – US Author – Died 5th November 1997

1953 – Tim Gill – US Activist

1956 – Martina Navratilova – Czech / US Tennis

And those who died:

1857 – Marquis de Custine – French Author – Born 18th March 1790

1973 – Margaret Caroline Anderson – US Editor – Born 24th November 1886

1979 – Virgilio Pinera – Cuban Author / Playwright / Poet – Born 4th August 1912

1988 – Sir Frederick Ashton – Ecuadorian Dancer / Choreographer – Born 17th September 1904

1994 – Timothy Conigrave – Australian Actor / Playwright / Activist – Born 19th November 1959

2001 – Renee Barrett – US 9/11 victim – Born ??

2009 – Christopher Skinner – Canadian Hate Crime Victim – Born 1982

Sunday 17 October 2010

17th October

LGBT people born 17th October:

1886 – Spring Byington – US Actress – Died 7th September 1971

1895 – Clifford Kitchin – UK Author / Barrister – Died 4th April 1967

1917 – Sumner Locke Elliott – Australian / US Author – Died 24th June 1991

1920 – Montgomery Clift – US Actor – Died 23rd July 1966

1933 – Jeanine Deckers [The Singing Nun] – Belgian Nun / Singer – Died 29th March 1985

1946 – Barry Jackson – UK Activist

1946 – Cameron Mackintosh – UK Producer

1950 – Howard Rollins – US Actor – Died 8th December 1996

1960 – Rob Marshall – US Choreographer / Director

1965 – Keith Fulton – US Actor / Director

1966 – Mark Gatiss – UK Actor / Screenwriter / Author

1969 – Rick Mercer – Canadian Comedian

1974 – Ariel Levy – US Author / Journalist

1977 – Ryan McGinley – US Photographer

1980 – Tarell Alvin McCraney – US Playwright / Actor

???? – Alex Leon – Puerto Rican Porn

And those who died:

1979 – Pierre Bernac – French Singer – Born 12th January 1899

1984 – Alberta Hunter – US Singer / Songwriter / Actress – Born 1st April 1895

1995 – Gunvor Hofmo – Norwegian Author – Born 30th June 1921

2005 – Kaaseem Adalla Juanda – US Murder Victim – Born ????

2006 – Daniel Emilfork – Chilean / French Actor – Born 7th April 1924

2009 – Andrea Wandell – UK Murder Victim – Born ?

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Saturday 16 October 2010

16th October

LGBT people born 16th October:

1605 – Charles Coypeau d’Assoucy – French Musician / Poet – Died 29th October 1677

1854 – Oscar Wilde – Irish Playwright – Died 30th November 1900

1890 – Michael Collins – Irish Terrorist / Politician – Died 22nd August 1922

1928 – Mary Daly – US Philosopher / Theologian – 3rd January 2010

1930 – Laud Humphreys – US Sociologist / Author – Died 23rd August 1988

1945 – Paul Monette – US Author / Activist / Poet – Died 10th February 1995

1945 – Pascal Sevran – French Presenter / Author / Singer / Songwriter – Died 9th May 2008

1960 – Bob Mould – US Musician

1960 – Marco Rossi – US Porn

1961 – Scott O’Hara – US Porn / Poet / Editor / Publisher / Author – Died 18th February 1998

1969 – Jarrett Barrios – US Politician / Activist

1970 – Anna Nolan – Irish Reality TV [Big Brother] / Presenter

1971 – Lawrence Schimel – US Author / Translator

1972 – Sergio del Castillo - ?? Porn

1979 – Erin Brown – US Actress / Model / Porn / Director

And those who died:

1942 – Elisabeth Irwin – US Psychologist – Born 29th August 1880

1992 – William F Chafin – US Record Producer – Born ??

Events in LGBT history:

1973 – National Gay Task Force founded (USA)

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Friday 15 October 2010

15th October

LGBT people born 15th October:

1924 – Nigel Green – UK Actor – Died 15th May 1972

1924 – Jose Quintero – Panamanian Director – Died 26th February 1999

1926 – Michel Foucault – French Philosopher / Historian – Died 25th June 1984

1959 – Todd Solondz – US Director

1962 – Joseph Genaro – US Singer / Songwriter / Musician

1970 – Zeb Atlas – US Model / Porn / Bodybuilder

1972 – Roland Michel Tremblay – Canada Author / Poet / Scriptwriter / Producer / Sci-Fi Consultant

1977 – Erin McKeown – US Singer / Songwriter / Musician

1980 – Siiri Nordin – Finnish Singer

1983 – Lauren Clayton – Australian Reality TV [Big Brother]

???? – Claude Jourdan – Canadian Porn

And those who died:

1964 – Cole Porter – US Composer / Songwriter – Born 9th June 1891

1986 – Jerry Smith – US American Footballer – Born 19th July 1943

2009 – Andrea Waddell – UK Murder Victim – Born ????

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Thursday 14 October 2010

14th October

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LGBT people born 14th October:

1888 – Katherine Mansfield – New Zealand Author – Died 9th January 1923

1905 – Ruth Bernhard – US Photographer – Died 18th December 2006

1925 – Frisco Wiegersma – Dutch Painter / Lyricist – Died 5th June 2006

1944 – Udo Kier – German Actor

1951 – Janet Cooling – US Artist

1955 – Al Rantel – US Presenter

1959 – Dominic Agostino – Canadian Politician – Died 24th March 2004

1961 – Isaac Mizrahi – US Fashion Designer

1964 – Alexandre Frota – Brazilian Actor / Model / Porn

1977 – Bianca Beauchamp – Canadian Porn

1980 – Daniel & Jean Lautrec – Hungarian Porn Twins

And those who died:

1990 – Leonard Bernstein – US Conductor / Composer / Author / Pianist – Born 25th August 1918

2005 – Jody Dobrowski – UK Bartender / Hate Crime Victim – Born 27th July 1981

2006 – Gerry Studds – US Politician – Born 12th May 1937

Events in LGBT history:

1979 – National March on Washington for Lesbian & Gay Rights
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Wednesday 13 October 2010

13th October

LGBT people born 13th October:

1926 – John Herbert – Canadian Playwright – Died 22nd June 2001

1929 – Richard Howard – US Poet / Literary Critic / Author / Teacher / Translator

1948 – Alan Bray – UK Historian / Activist – Died 25th November 2001

1970 – Lance Gear – US Porn

1979 – Kathryn “Kitten” Pinder – UK Reality TV [Big Brother]

1981 - Kele Okereke - UK Singer / Musician

1988 – RJ Danvers – US Porn

And those who died:

1966 – Clifton Webb – US Actor / Dancer / Singer – Born 19th November 1889

2006 – Michael Sandy – US Hate Crime Victim – Born 12th October 1977

Events in LGBT history:

2009 – Uganda introduce Anti-Homosexuality Bill

Tuesday 12 October 2010

12th October

LGBT people born 12th October:

1875 – Aleister Crowley – UK Author / Mountaineer / Poet – Died 1st December 1947

1940 – Stathis Orphanos – US Publisher

1957 – Kristen Bjorn – UK Porn / Director / Producer

1959 – Beate Peters – German Javelin

1962 – Colton Ford – US Porn / Singer / Actor [or 10th December 1962]

1966 – Brian Kennedy – UK Singer / Author

1970/5 – Rob Romoni – US Porn

1977 – Michael Sandy – US Hate Crime Victim – Died 13th October 2006

And those who died:

1893 – [or 30th October 1893] Nikolai Zverev – Russian Pianist / Teacher – Born 1832

1985 – Ricky Wilson – US Musician / Singer – Born 19th March 1953

1995 – Gary Bond – UK Actor – Born 7th February 1940

1998 – Matthew Shepard – US Hate Crime Victim – Born 1st December 1976

2005 – Christina Smith – US Murder Victim – Born ????

Events in LGBT History:

All – National Coming Out Day (in the UK)