Tuesday 30 November 2010

30th November

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LGBT people born 30th November:

1869 – Konstantin Somov – Russian Artist – Died 6th May 1939

1904 – Robert Odeman – German Pianist / Actor / Composer – Died 14th January 1985

1914 – Charles Hawtrey – UK Actor – Died 27th October 1988

1938 – Richard Lipez – US Author

1943 – Jerry Hunt – US Composer – Died 27th November 1993

1965 – David Laws – UK Politician

1968 – Tommy O’Haver – US Director

1978 – Clay Aiken – US Singer

And those who died:

1900 – Oscar Wilde – UK Playwright – Born 16th October 1854

1944 – Eoin O’Duffy – Irish General – Born 20th October 1892

1977 – Terrence Rattigan – UK Playwright / Screenwriter – Born 10th June 1911

1979 – Laura Gilpin – US Photographer – Born 22nd April 1891

1992 – Jorge Donn – Argentine Ballet – Born 25th February 1947

1997 – Kathy Acker – US Author / Poet / Playwright – Born 18th April 1947

1998 – Simon Nkoli – South African Activist – 26th November 1957

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Monday 29 November 2010

29th November

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LGBT people born 29th November:

1764 – Percy Jocelyn – Irish Bishop – Died 3rd September 1843

1915 – Billy Strayhorn – US Composer – Died 31st May 1967

1960 – Philippe Elan – French Singer

1962 – Martha Beck – US Sociologist / Therapist / Author

1965 – Guillaume Dustan – French Author / Journalist – Died 3rd October 2005

1979 – Simon Amstell – UK Comedian / Presenter

And those who died:

1986 – Cary Grant – UK/US Actor – Born 18th January 1904

Events in LGBT history:

2007 - Civil Unions become legal in Uruguay making it the first Latin American nation to do so

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Sunday 28 November 2010

28th November

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LGBT people born 28th November:

1632 – Jean-Baptiste Lully – French Composer – Died 22nd March 1687

1887 – Ernst Rohm – German Soldier – Died 2nd July 1934

1914 – Owen Dodson – US Poet / Author / Playwright – Died 21st June 1983

1928 – Anthony Edward Dyson – UK Literary Critic / Lecturer / Activist – Died 30th July 2002

1941 – Joke Swiebel – Dutch Politician

1944 – Rita Mae Brown – US Author / Activist

1947 – Herbert Muschamp – US Architectural Critic – Died 2nd October 2007

1953 – Gordon Marsden – UK Politician

1960 – John Galliano – UK Fashion Designer

1963 – Thierry Paulin – French Serial Killer – Died 16th April 1989

1965 – Erwin Mortier – Belgian Author

1969 – Colman Domingo – US Actor

1978 – Siri Hall Arnoy – Norwegian Politician

1979 – Jonny Staub – Canadian Presenter

And those who died:

1994 – Jeffrey Dahmer – US Serial Killer – Born 21st May 1960

2003 – Terry Lester – US Actor – Born 13th April 1950

2004 - Leroy F Aarons – US Journalist / Editor / Author / Playwright / Activist – Born 8th December 1933

2007 – Tony Holland – US Screenwriter / Actor – Born 18th January 1940

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Saturday 27 November 2010

27th November

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LGBT people born 27th November:

1877 – Katharine Anthony – US Author – Died 20th November 1965

1883 – Edmund John – UK Poet – Died 28th February 1917

1943 – Nicole Brossard – Canadian Poet / Author

1946 – Terry Baum – US Playwright

1963 – John Aravosis – US Author / Activist

1963 – Marc Ramsbottom – UK Politician

1964 – Adam Shankman – US Actor / Director / Choreographer / Director

1972 – Jason Kingsley - South African Porn

1978 – Shy Love – US Porn / Actress

???? – Matt Windsor – UK Porn

And those who died:

1925 – Magnus Enckell – Finnish Painter – Born 9th November 1870

1978 – Harvey Milk – US Politician – Born 22nd May 1930

1993 – Jerry Hunt – US Composer – Died 30th November 1943

1995 – Simon Bailey – UK Priest / Author – Born 16th June 1955

1997 – Daniel Farson – UK Author / Journalist / Presenter – Born 8th January 1927

1998 – Douglas LePan – Canadian Diplomat / Poet / Author / Professor – Born 25th May 1914

2006 – Alan Freeman – Australian / UK Presenter – Born 6th July 1927

2007 – Jane Rule – Canadian Author – Born 28th March 1931

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Friday 26 November 2010

26th November

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LGBT people born 26th November:

1905 – Emlyn Williams – UK Actor / Playwright – Died 25th September 1987

1915 – Earl Wild – US Pianist – Died 23rd January 2010

1924 – Alma Routsong [Isabel Miller] – US Author – Died 4th October 1996

1926 – Richard Hall – US Author – Died 29th October 1992

1939 – Wayland Flowers – US Puppeteer – Died 11th October 1988

1957 – Felix Gonzales-Torres – Cuban Artist – Died 9th January 1996

1957 – Simon Nkoli – South African Activist – 30th November 1998

1966 – Sue Wicks – US Basketball

1969/77 – Sean Storm – US Porn / Director

1970 – John Amaechi – UK Basketball

1974 – Tammy Lynn Michaels – US Actress

1976 – Jack Ryan – US Porn

1979 – Jason Sechrest – US Porn / Screenwriter

And those who died:

1943 – Winnaretta Singer – US Heiress – Born 8th January 1865

1987 – Peter Hujar – US Photographer – Born 1934

1994 – Joey Stefano – US Porn – Born 1st January 1968

2006 – Mario Cesariny de Vasconcelos – Portuguese Poet – Born 9th August 1923

2009 – Pia Beck – Dutch Pianist – Born 18th September 1925

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Thursday 25 November 2010

25th November

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LGBT people born 25th November:

1896 – Virgil Thomson – US Composer – Died 30th September 1989

1913 – Robert Friend – US Poet / Translator – Died 12th January 1998

1942 – Rosa von Praunheim – Latvian Director / Activist

1948 – Lars Eighner – US Author

1949 – Randy Turner – US Singer – Died 18th August 2005

1955 – Bruno Toniolli – Italian / UK Dancer / Choreographer / Presenter

1956 – David B Feinberg – US Author / Activist – Died 2nd November 1994

1960 – Tonie Walsh – Irish Activist / Journalist / Presenter

1962 – Lance – US Porn – Died 26th May 1991

1968 – Craig Seymour – US Author / Photographer / Professor / Stripper / Journalist

1986 – Jason Rae – US Politician

And those who died:

1970 – Yukio Mishima – Japanese Author – Born 14th January 1925

1973 – Laurence Harvey – Lithuania / UK / South African Actor – Born 1st October 1928

1983 – Sir Anton Dolin – UK Ballet – Born 27th July 1904

2001 – Alan Bray – UK Historian / Activist – Born 13th October 1948

2005 – Pierre Seel – French Author – Born 16th August 1923

Events in LGBT history:

1975 – Campaign for Homosexual Equality rally in Trafalgar Square, London, UK

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Wednesday 24 November 2010

24th November

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LGBT people born 24th November:

1886 – Margaret Caroline Anderson – US Editor – Died 18th October 1973

1915 – Denise Restout – French Musician / Teacher / Author / Editor – Died 9th March 2004

1940 – Arthur Tress – US Photographer

1944 – Candy Darling – US Actress – Died 21st March 1974

1964 – Maxim Thorne – US Politician / Activist

And those who died:

1991 – Freddie Mercury – UK Singer – Born 5th September 1946

2004 – Joseph Hansen – US Author – Born 19th July 1923

Events in LGBT history:

2008 - A lower court in Florida, USA declares the state's ban on adoption by same-sex couples is unconstitutional

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Tuesday 23 November 2010

23rd November

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LGBT people born 23rd November:

1939 – bill bissett – Canadian Poet

1948 – Bruce Vilanch – US Scriptwriter / Comedian / Actor

And those who died:

1998 – Gene Moore – US Window Dresser – Born 1910

2002 – Boudewijn Buch – Dutch Author / Presenter – Born 14th December 1948

Events in LGBT history:

1973 – First Gay Academic Union conference (two day conference)

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Monday 22 November 2010

22nd November

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LGBT people born 22nd November:

1869 – Andre Gide – French Author – Died 19th February 1951

1913 – Benjamin Britten – UK Composer – Died 4th December 1976

1915 – James Gleeson – Australian Artist / Poet / Author / Critic – Died 20th October 2008

1941 – Nicholas Dante – US Dancer / Author – Died 21st May 1991

1943 – Peter Adair – US Director / Artist – Died 27th June 1996

1943 – Billy Jean King – US Tennis

1950 – Art Sullivan – Belgian Singer

1958 – Horse McDonald – UK Singer / Musician

1960 – Christopher Ciccone – US Artist / Screenwriter / Director

1961 – Stephen Hough – UK / Australian Pianist / Composer / Author

1961 – Pedro Marin – Spanish Singer / Actor / Presenter

1964 – Stephen Geoffreys – US Actor / Porn

1976 – Rickard Engfors – Swedish Drag Queen / Model / Entertainer

1976 – Yves Steinhauer – Canadian / Luxembourg / Dutch Singer

1977 – Lucian Dunareanu – Romanian Activist / Editor

1982 – Alasdair Duncan – Australian Author / Journalist

And those who died:

1902 – Friedrich Alfred Krupp – German Businessman – Born 17th February 1854

1918 – Rose Cleveland – US First Lady – Born 13th June 1846

1943 – Lorenz Hart – US Lyricist – Born 2nd May 1895
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Sunday 21 November 2010

21st November

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LGBT people born 21st November:

1844 – Francis Leon – US Female Impersonator – Died ????

1886 – Harold Nicolson – UK Author / Diplomat / Politician – Died 1st May 1968

1929 – Laurier LaPierre – Canadian Politician / Presenter / Author / Journalist

1931 – Malcolm Williamson – Australian Composer – Died 2nd March 2003

1938 – Robert Drivas – US Actor / Director – Died 29th June 1986

1947 – Nickolas Grace – UK Actor

1952 – Corny Littman – German Football Club President

1956 – Cherry Jones – US Actress

1962 – Christine Vachon – US Producer

1963 – Moises Kaufman – Venezuelan Author / Playwright / Producer

1985 – Alex – Reality TV [Playing It Straight UK]

And those who died:

1999 – Quentin Crisp – UK Author / Actor – Born 25th December 1908

2005 – Vanessa Facen – US Hate crime victim – Born ??

Events in LGBT history:

2007 - Michigan state governor issues executive order banning discrimination based on gender identity or expression in the public sector

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Saturday 20 November 2010

20th November

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LGBT people born 20th November:

1898 – Grace Darmond – Canadian / US Actress – Died 8th October 1963

1924 – Genevieve Pastre – French Author

1935 – Esquerita (Eskew Reeder Jr) – US Singer / Songwriter / Musician – Died 23rd October 1986

1941 – Oliver Sipple – US Soldier – Died 2nd February 1989

1942 – Meredith Monk – US Composer / Musician / Director / Singer / Choreographer

1956 – Benno Thoma – Dutch Photographer

1979 – William “Willie” Hernandez – US Reality TV [Real World: Philadelphia] / Actor

1981 – Eric de la Cruz – Filipino Actor

???? – Paul Johnson – US Army / Porn

???? – Gage Weston – US Marines / Porn

And those who died:

1965 – Katharine Anthony – US Author – Died 27th November 1877

1993 – Emile Ardolino – US Director / Producer – Born 9th May 1943

1995 – Steven Powsner – US Activist – Born ????

1999 – Sadao Hasegawa – Japanese Artist – Born 1945?

2005 – Rani – Indian Murder Victim – Born ??

2006 – Dirk Dirksen – US Music Promoter – Born 25th August 1937

Events in LGBT history:

1999 – First Transgender Day of Remembrance held in the USA

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Friday 19 November 2010

19th November

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LGBT people born 19th November:

1889 – Clifton Webb – US Actor / Dancer / Singer – Died 13th October 1966

1896 – Anton Walbrook – Austrian Actor – Died 9th August 1967

1904 – Nathan Leopold – US Murderer – Died 29th August 1971

1908/12 – Gisele Freund – French Photographer – Died 31st March 2000

1919 – Morris Kight – US Activist – Died 19th January 2003

1953 – Tom Villard – US Actor – Died 14th November 1994

1959 – Timothy Conigrave – Australian Actor / Playwright / Activist – Died 18th October 1994

1962 – Jodie Foster – US Actress / Director

1963 – Klaus Bondam – Danish Actor / Politician

And those who died:

1958 – Hans Heinrich von Twardowski – German / US Actor – Born 5th May 1898

1974 – Louise Fitzhugh – US Author / Illustrator – Born 5th October 1928

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Thursday 18 November 2010

18th November

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LGBT people born 18th November:

1872 – Sir Edward Marsh – UK Translator – Died 13th January 1953

1877 – Arthur Cecil Pigou – UK Economist – Died 7th March 1959

1906 – Klaus Mann – German Author – Died 21st May 1949

1944 – Jackie Goldberg – US Politician / Teacher

1944 – Wolfgang Joop – German Fashion Designer

1985 – Kemal Shahin – Turkish / UK Reality TV [Big Brother]

1985 – Christian Siriano – US Reality TV [Project: Runway] / Fashion Designer

And those who died:

1909 – Renee Vivien – UK Poet – Born 11th June 1877

1922 – Marcel Proust – French Author / Critic – Born 10th July 1871

1928 – Mauritz Stiller – Finnish Director / Screenwriter – Born 17th July 1883

1966 – Mike Connolly – US Reporter / Columnist – Born 1914

1986 – Gia Carangi – US Model – Born 29th January 1960

1996 – William John Christopher Vassall – UK RAF / Spy – Born 20th September 1924

1999 – Paul Bowles – US Author / Composer / Translator / Photographer – Born 30th December 1910

1999 – Horst P Horst – German / US Photographer – Born 14th August 1906

1999 – Ralph Pomeroy – US Poet – Born 1926

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Wednesday 17 November 2010

17th November

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LGBT people born 17th November:

1851 – Lord Arthur Somerset – UK Aristocrat / Major – Died 26th May 1926

1925 – Rock Hudson – US Actor – Died 2nd October 1985

1960 – Daniel O’Donnell – US Politician

1960 – RuPaul – US Drag Queen / Singer / Actor / Model

1961 – Jose Villarrubia – Spanish Comic Book Artist

1969 – Rebecca Walker – US Author

1983 – Brad Star – US Navy / Porn

1985 – Shay Jordan – Filipino / US Porn

And those who died:

1992 – Audre Lorde – US Author / Poet / Activist – Born 18th February 1934

1996 – Kurt von Ruffin – German Actor / Singer – Born 3rd September 1901

2001 – Aaron Webster – Canadian Hate Crime Victim – Born ?? June 1959

2009 – John Craxton – UK Painter – Born 3rd October 1918 / 1922

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Tuesday 16 November 2010

16th November

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LGBT people born 16th November:

1936 – Morton Beiser – Canadian Professor / Psychiatrist

1951 – Paula Vogel – US Playwright

1952 – Glenn Burke – US Baseball – Died 30th May 1995

1958 – Anne Holt – Norwegian Author / Politician / Lawyer

1964 – Waheed Alli – UK Politician

1966 – Gerard Duphiney – US Reality TV [Amazing Race 3]

1970 – Jamie Babbit – US Director / Producer / Screenwriter

1974/6 – Zsolt Kopazs – Hungarian Porn

1983 – Gus Carr – US Actor / Dancer / Singer / Songwriter

1983 – Ukea Davis – US Hate Crime Victim – Died 12th August 2002

And those who died:

2000 – Russ Conway – UK Pianist – Died 2nd September 1925

Events in LGBT history:

2009 – David Atlanta, Southern Voice & Washington Blade all cease publication (USA)

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Monday 15 November 2010

15th November

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LGBT people born 15th November:

1873 – Sara Josephine Baker – US Author – Died 22nd February 1945

1919 – Paul Moore – US Marine / Bishop – Died 1st May 2003

1923 – Fred Richmond – US Navy / Politician / Pianist

1960 – Dawn Airey – UK Television Executive [Five]

1962 – Judy Gold – US Comedian / Actress / Author / Producer

1962 – Jeroen Willems – Dutch Actor / Singer / Director

1966 – Evan Adams – Canadian Actor / Playwright / Doctor

1967 – Francois Ozon – French Director / Screenwriter

1974 – Todd Klinck – Canadian Author / Director / Producer

1982 – Stephanie Thomas – US Hate Crime Victim – Died 12th August 2002

And those who died:

1942 – Annemarie Schwarzenbach – Swiss Author / Journalist – Born 23rd May 1908

1978 – Margaret Mead – US Anthropologist – Born 16th December 1901

1991 – Robert McCall – Canadian Figure Skater – Born 14th September 1958

1991 – Jacques Morali – French Music Producer – Born 4th July 1947

2002 – Mary Meigs – US Painter / Author – Born 27th April 1917

2005 – Hanne Haller – German Singer / Composer / Author / Producer / Sound Engineer – Died 14th January 1950

2005 – Donathyn J Rodgers – US Murder Victim – Born ????

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Sunday 14 November 2010

14th November

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LGBT people born 14th November:

1874 – Adolf Brand – German Author / Anarchist / Activist – Died 2nd February 1945

1880 – Eugene O’Brien – US Actor – Died 29th April 1966

1900 – Aaron Copland – US Composer / Pianist – Died 2nd December 1990

1906 – Albrecht Becker – German Actor / Photographer / Production Designer – Died 22nd April 2002

1906 – Louise Brooks – US Dancer / Model / Actress – Died 8th August 1985

1930 – Pierre Berge – French Businessman

1932 – Jack Smith – US Actor / Playwright / Director / Photographer – Died 25th September 1989

1939 – Wendy Carlos – US Composer / Musician / Photographer

1960 – Tom Judson [Gus Mattox] – US Actor / Porn / Composer

1962 – Stefano Gabbana – Italian Fashion Designer

1966 – Petra Rossner – German Cyclist

1968 – Svetlana Surganova – Russian Musician / Singer / Poet

1978 – Daniel Marvin – Argentine / Brazilian Porn

1981 – Russell Tovey – UK Actor

???? – Bo Summers – US Porn [or 20th October 1964]

And those who died:

1938 – William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp – UK Politician – Born 20th February 1872

1991 – Adrian Lee Kellard – US Artist – Born 28th January 1959

1991 – Tony Richardson – UK Director / Producer – Born 5th June 1928

1994 – Humphrey Berkeley – UK Politician – Born 21st February 1926

1994 – Tom Villard – US Actor – Died 19th November 1953

1999 – Peter Wildeblood – UK / Canadian Journalist / Author / Playwright / Activist – Born 19th May 1923

2008 – Lateisha Green – US Hate Crime Victim – Born ??

Events in LGBT history:

2001 – 21 of those arrested on “The Queen Boat” in Cairo, Egypt, convicted of “habitual practice of debauchery,” 1 for “contempt of religion,” & 1 for both. A 53rd man (a teenager) tried in juvenile court and sentenced to 3 years prison and 3 years probation

2006 – “Ministry to persons with a homosexual inclination” document issued by the Roman Catholic Church
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Saturday 13 November 2010

13th November

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LGBT people born 13th November:

1913 – Nico (Niek) Engelschman – Dutch Actor / Activist – Died 27th October 1988

1914 – John La Touche – US Musician / Author – Died 7th August 1956

1941 – Dack Rambo – US Actor – Died 21st March 1994

1955 – Anna Livia Julian Brawn – Irish Author – Died 5th August 2007

1959 – Rosie Jones – US Golf

1964 – Sam Carson – US Porn

1967 – Claus Larsen – Danish Musician

And those who died:

1916 – Saki [Hector Hugh Munro] – UK Author – Born 18th December 1870

2003 – Manoly Lascaris – Egyptian / Australian Lover of Patrick White – Born 5th August 1912

2004 – John Balance – UK Musician – Born 16th February 1962

2006 – John Paul Kelso – US Businessman / Murder Victim – Born ????

Events in LGBT history:

2009 – Buenos Aires judge allows first same-sex marriage in Argentina and Latin America

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Friday 12 November 2010

12th November

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LGBT people born 12th November:

1915 – Roland Barthes – French Literary Critic / Philosopher – Died 25th March 1980

1931 – Bob Crewe – US Record Producer

1941 – Cristina Peri Rossi – Uruguayan / Spanish Author / Poet / Journalist

1949 – Stan Rosenberg – US Politician

1955 – Les McKeown – UK Singer

1958 – Eric Marcus – US Author

1958 – Megan Mullaly – US Singer / Actress / Presenter

1960 – Alan Davey – UK Chief Executive of the Arts Council

1961 – Cristina E Martinez – US Activist

1965 – Christopher Cabaldon – US Politician

1968 – Kathleen Hanna – US Musician / Singer

1969 – Paul Magrs – UK Author

1970 – Craig Parker – New Zealand Actor

1976 – Tevin Campbell – US Singer

1978 – Andrew Kinlochan – UK Singer / Reality TV [Popstars: The Rivals]

1980 – Ricky Sinz – US Porn / Mixed Martial Arts / Soldier

And those who died:

1933 – F Holland Day – US Photographer – Born 8th July 1864

1982 – Patrick Cowley – US Record Producer – Born 19th October 1950

1992 – David Oliver – US Actor – Born 31st January 1962

2002 – Johannes Kerkorrel – South African Singer / Journalist – Born 27th March 1960

Events in LGBT history:

2009 – Indian election officials grant right to register as independent genders for transsexual and intersex people

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