4th November

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LGBT people born 4th November:

1896 – JR Ackerley – UK Author / Playwright – Died 4^th June 1967

1912 – Frances Faye – US Singer / Actress – Died 8^th November 1991

1921 – Sam Wagstaff – US Art Collector – Died 14^th January 1987

1933 – Barbara Grier – US Author / Publisher

1934 – Tommy Abbott – US Actor / Dancer / Choreographer – Died 8^th April 1987

1942 – Roxanne Ellis – US Hate Crime Victim – Died 4^th December 1995

1946 – Robert Mapplethorpe – US Photographer – Died 9^th March 1989

1956 – John S Arrowood – US Judge

1961 – Jon Robin Baitz – US Playwright / Producer / Actor

1972 – Steve Cruz – US Porn / Director

1981 – Dan Fishback – US Performance Artist / Playwright / Singer / Songwriter

And those who died:

1918 – Wilfred Owen – UK Poet / Soldier – Born 18^th March 1893

1959 – IAR Wylie – Australian Author – Born 16^th March 1885

1977 – Keith Vaughan – UK Painter – Born 23^rd August 1912

1989 – Trevor Kent – Australian Actor – Born 24^th April 1940

1995 – Essex Hemphill – US Poet / Activist – Born 16^th April 1957

2005 – Graham Payn – UK Actor / Singer – Born 25^th April 1918

2007 – Massimo Consoli – Italian Activist – Born 12^th December 1945

Events in LGBT history:

2008 - Arizona & Florida voters pass constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage;

2008 - Arkansas voters pass Act 1, effectively banning adoption by same-sex couples

2008 - California voters ban same-sex marriage with Proposition 8, becoming the first US state to do so after marriages had been legalised for same-sex couples

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