Friday 31 December 2010

Those Who Died in 2010

Here's a list of LGBT people we lost in 2010:

January

1st January - Jim Hutton – Irish Hairdresser - Born 4th January 1949

2nd January – Casey Johnson – US Socialite / Actress / Model / Author - Born 24th September 1979

3rd January – Mary Daly – US Philosopher / Theologian – Born 16th October 1928

12th January – Flores “Flo” McGarrell – US Artist / Director / Author – Born 31st August 1974 – Haitian Quake

23rd January – Earl Wild – US Pianist – Born 26th November 1915

February

5th February – Brendan Burke – Canadian / US Ice Hockey / Manager – Born 8th December 1988

8th February – Derya Y – Turkish Hate Crime Victim – Born 1974/75

11th February – Alexander McQueen – UK Fashion Designer – Born 17th March 1969

16th February – Aycan Yener – Turkish Hate Crime Victim – Born ????

20th February – Jason Wood – UK Singer / Drag Queen / Comedian – Born 21st January 1972

March

1st March – Kristian Digby – UK Presenter / Director / Columnist – Born 24th June 1977

April

?? April – Srinivas Ramchander Siras – Indian Professor / Murder Victim – Born ????

2nd April – Chris Kanyon – US Wrestler – Born 4th January 1970

4th April – Clint Walters – UK Activist – Born 27th August 1979

30th April – Antony Grey – UK Activist – Born 6th October 1927

May

6th May – Jack Frew – UK Murder Victim – Born 12th July 1993

30th May – Peter Orlovsky – US Poet – Born 8th July 1933

31st May – Donald Windham – US Author / Playwright – Born 2nd July 1920

June

3rd June - Pasikali Kashusbe – Ugandan Activist / Hate Crime Victim – Born ????

9th June – Michael Murphy – UK Journalist – Born 2nd August 1961

July

7th July – Richard Vaose – UK Lecturer – Born 1985

August

September

October

25th October - Sonia Burgess – UK Activist / Lawyer – Born 1947

November

?? November – Griffith Vaughan Williams – UK Activist – Born 9th November 1940

15th November – Fred Goldhaber – US Teacher – Born 23rd April 1947

December

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If I've missed anyone or got any information wrong, as with all entries, please let me know.

31st December

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LGBT people born 31st December:

1897 – Orry-Kelly – Australian / US Costume Designer – Died 27th February 1964

1948 – Joe Dallesandro – US Actor

1962 – Jennifer Higdon – US Flautist / Composer

1977 – Logan McCree – German Porn / DJ

And those who died:

1944 – Felice Schragenheim – German Freedom Fighter – Born 9th March 1922

1950 – Xavier Villarrutia – Mexican Poet / Playwright – Born 27th August 1903

1993 – Phil Andros – US Author – Born 23rd July 1909

1993 – Brandon Teena – US Hate Crime Victim – Died 12th December 1972

1994 – Leigh Bowery – Australian Performance Artist – Born 26th March 1961

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Thursday 30 December 2010

30th December

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LGBT people born 30th December:

1901 – Beauford Delaney – US Painter – Died 26th March 1979

1910 – Paul Bowles – US Author / Composer / Translator / Photographer – Died 18th November 1999

1915 – Sverker Astrom – Swedish Diplomat

1956 – Mike Lawlor – US Politician / Professor / Lawyer

1961 – Douglas Coupland – Canadian Author

1962 – Kevin Greening – UK Presenter – Died 29th December 2007

1963 – Michelle Douglas – Canadian Activist

1964 – Sophie Ward – UK Actress

1978 – Ivelin Yordanov – Bulgarian Politician

1980 – Jason Dottley – US Actor / Producer / Screenwriter

???? – Lex Kyler – US Porn

And those who died:

1948 – Denton Welch – UK Author / Painter – Born 27th March 1915

Events in LGBT history:

2008 - ACLU sues the state of Arkansas, in the USA, arguing that the state's ban on same-sex adoptions is unconstitutional

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Wednesday 29 December 2010

29th December

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LGBT people born 29th December:

1898 – Elsa Gidlow – US Poet – Died 8th June 1986

1914 – Billy Tipton – US Pianist / Saxophonist – Died 21st January 1989

1933 – Joseph Maher – Irish Actor – Died 17th July 1998

1957 – Paul Rudnick – US Author / Playwright / Screenwriter

1960 – Sean Martin – Canadian Cartoonist

1966 – Jason Gould – US Actor / Director

1973 – Vince Rockland – US Porn / Musician

1977 – Dave Brinson – UK Politician

1978 – Alexis Amore – Peruvian / US Porn

1979 – Ariel Schrag – US Cartoonist

And those who died:

1994 – Frank Thring – Australian Actor – Born 11th May 1926

2001 – Cassia Eller – Brazilian Musician – Died 10th December 1962

2007 – Kevin Greening – UK Presenter – Died 30th December 1962

Events in LGBT history:

2009 – Malawi couple (Tiwonge Chimbalanga & Steven Monjeza) arrested and expected to be charged with gross indecency at their engagement party

2009 – Mexico City’s same-sex marriages signed into law (effective March 2010)
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Tuesday 28 December 2010

28th December

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LGBT people born 28th December:

1888 – FW Murnau – German Director – Died 11th March 1931

1916 – Willmer “Little Ax” Broadnax – US Singer – Died 1994

1927 – Simon Raven – UK Author – Died 12th May 2001

1944 – Antoine Bodar – Dutch Author / Priest

1956 – Birgitt Bender – German Politician

1963 – Malcolm Gets – US Actor

1966 – Eric Evans – US Porn

1974 – Jason Ridge – US Porn

And those who died:

1924 – Leon Bakst – Russian Painter / Costume Designer – Born 10th May 1866

1928 – Edward Perry Warren – US Art Collector / Author – Born 8th June 1860

1965 – Jeremy Wolfenden – UK Journalist / Spy – Born 26th June 1934

1986 – Terry Dolan – US Politician / Activist – Born 1950

2001 – Chris McKoy – UK DJ – Born 5th January 1971

2004 – Susan Sontag – US Author / Activist – Born 16th January 1933

Events in LGBT history:

2009 - First same-sex couple (Alejandro “Alex” Freyre & Jose Maria Di Bello) to legally marry in Argentina and Latin America.

2009 – The Matthew Shepard Act signed into law by President Obama

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Monday 27 December 2010

27th December

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LGBT people born 27th December:

1901 – Marlene Dietrich – German / US Actress / Singer / Entertainer – Died 6th May 1992

1932 – Fritz Klein – US Psychiatrist / Activist / Sex Researcher – Died 24th May 2006

1944 – Bob Brown – Australian Politician

1961 – Guido Westerwelle – German Politician

1962 – Joe Mantello – US Actor / Director

1973 – Tobias Billstrom – Swedish Politician

1973 – Caesar (Derek Michaels) – US Porn

1973 - Wilson Cruz – US Actor

1978 – Trent Atkins – US Porn / Diving

1979 – Peter Zuckerman – US Journalist

And those who died:

1989 – Arthur Rhames – US Musician / Singer / Composer – Born 25th October 1957

1991 – Herve Guibert – French Author / Photographer / Journalist – Born 14th December 1955

1993 – Michael Callen – US Singer / Songwriter / Composer / Author / Activist / Musician – Born 11th April 1955

2003 – Alan Bates – UK Actor – Born 17th February 1934

???? – Ryan Shay Hoskie – US Prostitute / Murder Victim – Born ????

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Sunday 26 December 2010

26th December

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LGBT people born 26th December:

1716 – Thomas Gray – UK Poet / Professor – Died 30th July 1771

1956 – Simon Fanshaw – UK Presenter

1956 – David Sedaris – US Author / Playwright / Comedian

1973 – Reichen Lehmkuhl – US Air Force / Model / Actor / Reality TV [Amazing Race]

And those who died:

1973 – William Haines – US Actor – Born 2nd January 1900

1998 – Hurd Hatfield – US Actor – Died 7th December 1917

2001 – Sir Nigel Hawthorne – UK Actor / Director – Born 5th April 1929

2002 – Herb Ritts – US Photographer – Born 13th August 1952

2004 – Felicia Morena – US Murder Victim – Born ????

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Saturday 25 December 2010

25th December

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LGBT people born on 25th December:

1908 – Quentin Crisp – UK Author / Actor – Died 21st November 1999

1917 – John Minton – UK Painter – Died 20th January 1957

1934 – Noel Tovey – Australian Dancer / Choreographer / Actor

1936 – Ismael Merchant – Indian Director – Died 25th May 2005

1944 – Kenny Everett – UK Comedian / Presenter – Died 4th April 1995

1944 – Noel Greig – UK Actor / Playwright / Director – Died 9th September 2009

1949 – Joey Yale – US Porn – Died 18th April 1986

1951 – Christine Kaufmann – US Politician

1953 – Joanna Werners – Suriname / Canadian Author

1966 – Stephen Twigg – UK Politician

1968 – Matthew Rettenmund – US Author

1974/8 – Brad Benton [aka Dylan Vox] – US Porn / Actor / Columnist / Blogger

???? – Leo Bramm – Israeli Porn

And those who died:

1950 – Neil Francis Hawkins – UK Politician / Author – Born 1903

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Friday 24 December 2010

24th December

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LGBT people born 24th December:

1837 – Hans von Marees – German Painter – Died 5th June 1887

1928/30 – Robert Joffrey – US Dancer / Choreographer / Director – Died 25th March 1988

1939 – Dean Corll – US Serial Killer – Died 8th August 1973

1946 – Brenda Howard – US Activist – Died 28th June 2005

1950 – Deborah Glick – US Politician

1958 – Bob Smith – US Comedian / Author

1959 – Lee Daniels – US Producer / Director

1968 – Jim Roth – US Politician

1969 – Jim Slade – US Porn

1981 – Sophie Moone – Hungarian Porn

???? – Riley Burke – US Porn

And those who died:

1933 – Prince Aribert of Anhalt – German Prince – Born 18th June 1866

1959 – Edmund Goulding – US Director – Born 20th March 1891

1982 – Louis Aragon – French Author / Poet – Born 3rd October 1897

1986 – John Damien – Canadian Racing Car Driver – Born 1933

1990 – Pat Bond – US Actress – Born 27th February 1925

1994 – John Boswell – UK Author / Historian / Professor – Born 20th March 1947

2002 – Nizah Morris – US Entertainer / Hate Crime Victim – Born 1955

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Thursday 23 December 2010

23rd December

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LGBT people born 23rd December:

1888 – Christa Winsloe – German Author / Screenwriter / Sculptor / Murder Victim – Died ?? June 1944

1955 – Carol Ann Duffy – UK Playwright / Author / Poet

1967 – Tim Fountain – UK Playwright / Screenwriter / Entertainer

1977 – Nikolai Alekseev – Russian Journalist / Activist / Lawyer

1979 – Summer Altice – US Model / Actress

1988 – Emily Schromm – US Reality TV [Real World: DC]

???? – Andrew Justice – US Porn

And those who died:

1990 – Pierre Gripari – French Author – Born 7th January 1925

1992 – Vincent Fourcade – French Interior Designer – Born 27th February 1934

1998 – Pierre Vallieres – Canadian Journalist / Author / Publisher – Born 22nd February 1938

Events in LGBT history:

2009 – Chief Justice of Pakistan orders National Database & Registration Authority to issue national identity cards showing “distinct” gender allowing hijras to register as a separate gender

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Wednesday 22 December 2010

22nd December

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LGBT people born 22nd December:

1896 – Myron Brinig – US Author – Died 13th May 1991

1899 – Gustaf Grundgens – German Actor / Director – Died 7th October 1963

1900 – Marc Allegret – French Director – Died 3rd November 1973

1938 – Martin Sherman – US Playwright / Screenwriter

1943 – David Parks – US Politician

1945 – Frank Israel – US Architect – Died 10th June 1996

1946 – Kuwasi Balagoon – US Author / Anarchist [Black Panthers] – Died 13th December 1986

1947 – Maggie McIntosh – US Politician

1950 – Nick Enright – Australian Playwright / Author – Died 30th March 2003

1956 – Erica Boyer – US Porn – 31st December 2009

1962 – Michael Williams [Sister Roma] – US Drag Queen / Activist

1967 – Martina Voss-Tecklenburg – German Footballer

1983 – Vicky Galindo – US Softball

And those who died:

1934 – Wallace Thurman – US Author / Playwright [or 21st December 1934] – Born 16th August 1902

1939 – Ma Rainey – US Singer – Born 26th April 1886

1988 – Tucker Smith – US Actor / Dancer / Singer – Born 24th April 1936

1991 – George Stambolian – US Author / Editor – Born 10th April 1938

2001 – Lance Loud – US Reality TV [An American Family] / Author / Journalist / Singer – Born 26th June 1951

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Tuesday 21 December 2010

21st December

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LGBT people born 21st December:

1943 - Steve Abbot – US Author – Died 2nd December 1992

1944 – Michael Tilson Thomas – US Conductor / Composer

1961 – Gordon D Fox – US Politician / Lawyer

1965 – Kecia Cunningham – US Politician

1965 – Andy Dick – US Comedian / Actor / Musician / Producer

1965 – Frank Rossavik – Norwegian Journalist

1974 – Karrie Webb – Australian Golfer

And those who died:

1964 – Carl van Vechten – US Actor / Photographer – Born 17th June 1880

1970 – Anna Elisabet Weirauch – German Author – Born 7th August 1887

???? – Robert Binefield – US Murder Victim – Born ????

Events in LGBT history:

2009 – Mexico City legalises same-sex marriage and adoption by same-sex couples (effective March 2010)

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Monday 20 December 2010

20th December

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LGBT people born 20th December:

1865 – Elsie de Wolfe – US Actress / Interior Designer – Died 12th July 1950

1929 – Zebedy Colt – US Actor / Musician – Died 29th May 2004

1946 – Dafydd Jenkins – UK Club Manager / Editor – Died 27th September 2001

1946 – John Spencer – US Actor – Died 16th December 2005

1952 – Sky Gilbert – Canadian Drag Queen / Actor / Author / Playwright / Columnist / Critic

1957 – Stephen Bicknell – UK Organ Builder / Author – Died 18th August 2007

1976 – Tista Das – Indian Actress

1989 – Spencer Duhm – US Reality TV [Survivor]

And those who died:

1961 – Moss Hart – US Playwright / Director – Born 24th October 1904

1999 – Irving Rapper – US Director – Born 16th January 1898

2002 – Bernard King – Australian Actor/ Chef / Presenter – Born ?? March 1934

???? – C Hernandez – Argentine Murder Victim – Born ????

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Sunday 19 December 2010

19th December

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LGBT people born 19th December:

1899 – Vander Clyde [Barbette] – US Female Impersonator / Circus Performer – Died 5th August 1973

1905 – Robert Medley – UK Artist / Teacher – Died 20th October 1994

1910 – Jean Genet – French Poet / Author / Playwright – Died 15th April 1986

1910 – Jose Lezama-Lima – Cuban Author / Poet – Died 9th August 1976

1957 – Cyril Collard – French Author / Director / Composer / Actor – Died 5th March 1993

1958 – Limahl – UK Singer

1960 – Michelangelo Signorile – US Author / Presenter / Activist

1961 – Matthew Waterhouse – UK Actor

1980 – Gregory Douglass – US Singer / Musician

1985 – Lady Sovereign – UK Rapper

And those who died:

2001 – Hans Warren – Dutch Poet / Author – Born 20th October 1921

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Saturday 18 December 2010

18th December

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LGBT people born 18th December:

1870 – Saki – UK Author – Died 13th November 1916

1912 – Cliff Tucker – UK Politician – Died 21st May 1993

1945 – Robert Eads – US Documentary Subject [Southern Comfort] – Died 17th January 1999

1950 – Ed Flanagan – US Politician

1954 – Jan de Joop – Dutch Presenter

1957 – Randi Weingarten – US Lawyer

1961 – Brian Orser – Canadian Figure Skater

1975 – Sia Furler – Australian Singer

And those who died:

1985 – Xuan Dieu – Vietnamese Poet – Born 2nd February 1916

2005 – Paulina [Juan Pablo Mendez Cartagena] – Guatamalan Murder Victim – Born ??

2006 – Ruth Bernhard – US Photographer – Born 14th October 1905

2006 – Daniel Pinkham – US Composer / Musician – Born 5th June 1923

2009 – Robin Wood – UK / Canadian Film Critic / Teacher – Born 23rd February 1931

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Friday 17 December 2010

17th December

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LGBT people born 17th December:

1904 – Paul Cadmus – US Artist – Died 12th December 1999

1937 – Bertha Harris – US Author – Died 22nd May 2005

1940 – James “Bing” Davidson – US Actor – Died 18th July 1965

1950 – Michael Cashman – UK Actor / Politician / Activist

1959 – Gregg Araki – US Director / Producer / Screenwriter

1964 – Paul Koering – US Politician

1964 – Maciej Nowak – Polish Journalist / Author / Theatre Critic / Chef

1968 – Fabrice Neaud – French Comic Book Artist

1975 – Sarah Paulson – US Actress

And those who died:

1987 – Marguerite Yourcenar – French Author – Born 8th June 1903

2008 – Jennifer Gale – US Politician – Born 1960

Events in LGBT history:

2007 – Hungarian Parliament passes registered partnerships into law (effective 1st January 2009?)

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Thursday 16 December 2010

16th December

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LGBT people born 16th December:

1899 – Sir Noel Coward – UK Actor / Author / Musician – Died 26th March 1973

1901 – Margaret Mead – US Anthropologist – Died 15th November 1978

1915 – Hazel Barnes – US Philosopher / Author – Died 18th March 2008

1917 – Arthur C Clarke – UK Author / Presenter – Died 19th March 2008

1923 – Gerald Glaskin – Australian Author – Died 2000

1946 – Barbara Smith – US Author / Activist / Teacher

1946 – Beverly Smith – US Author / Activist / Teacher

1948 – Christopher Biggins – UK Actor / Presenter

1951 – Bonnie Dumanis – US District Attorney

1958 – Edward Barnes – US Composer / Music Producer

1961 – Ron Athey – US Performance Artist

1974 – Kanako Otsuji – Japanese Politician / Activist

And those who died:

1948 – Denham Fouts – US Prostitute / Muse – Born 9th May 1914

1965 – W Somerset Maugham – UK Author – Born 25th January 1874

1988 – Sylvester James – US Singer – Born 6th September 1947

1991 – Pier Vittorio Tondelli – Italian Author – Born 14th September 1955

1997 – Richard Warwick – UK Actor – Born 29th April 1945

2003 – Alfred Lynch – UK Actor – Born 26th January 1931

2005 – John Spencer – US Actor – Died 20th December 1946

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Wednesday 15 December 2010

15th December

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LGBT people born 15th December:

1861 – Vida Dutton Scudder – Indian / US Author – Died 9th October 1954

1904 – W Dorr Legg – US Landscape Architect / Activist / Author – Died 26th July 1994

1913 – Muriel Rukeyser – US Poet / Activist – Died 12th February 1980

1941 – Tom Ammiano – US Politician / Teacher / Activist / Comedian

1958 – Alfredo Ormando – Italian Author – Died 23rd January 1998

1959 – Donna Brazile – US Politician / Activist

1961 – David N Cicilline – US Politician

1974 – Ion Davidov – Romanian Porn

1978 – Will Wikle – US Reality TV [Big Brother] / Presenter / Actor / Nurse

And those who died:

1962 – Charles Laughton – UK/US Actor / Director – Born 1st July 1899

1986 – Serge Lifar – Russian Ballet – Born 2nd April 1905

1991 – Floris Michiels van Kessenich – Dutch Activist – Born 26th August 1957

1997 – Jack Robinson – US Photographer – Born 18th September 1928

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Tuesday 14 December 2010

14th December

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LGBT people born 14th December:

1903 – David Lewis – US Producer – Died 13th March 1987

1923 – Gerard Reve – Dutch Author – Died 8th April 2006

1946 – Jobraith – US Singer – Died 3rd August 1983

1948 – Boudewijn Buch – Dutch Author / Presenter – Died 23rd November 2002

1951 – Paul Zaloom – US Puppeteer / Actor

1955 – Herve Guibert – French Author / Photographer / Journalist – Died 27th December 1991

1957 – Kerryn Phelps – Australian Presenter

1959 – Bob Paris – US Bodybuilder

1962 – Doug Blasdell – US Personal Trainer / Reality TV [Work Out] – Died 22nd January 2007

???? – Julio Duran - ?? Porn

And those who died:

1993 – Lee Kok Cheong – Singapore Teacher / Hate Crime Victim – Born 1939

2006 – Kate Fleming – US Actress / Producer – Born 6th October 1965

2009 – Dennis deLeon – US Activist – Born 16th July 1948

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