Saturday 19 February 2011

19th February

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LGBT people born 19th February:

1902 – F. O. Matthiessen – US Historian / Literary Critic – Died 1st April 1950

1917 – Carson McCullers – US Author / Playwright – Died 29th September 1967

1920 – George Rose – UK Actor / Murder Victim – Died 5th May 1988

1921 – Dudley Cave – UK Activist – Died 19th May 1999

1947 – Stuart Challender – Australian Conductor – Died 13th December 1991

1947 – Jackie Curtis – US Actress / Poet / Playwright – Died 15th May 1985

1948 – Pim Fortuyn – Dutch Politician – Died 6th May 2002

1952 – Lari Pittman – US Artist

1953 – Stephen F Kolzak – US Director – Died 19th September 1990

1959/61Justin Fashanu – UK Footballer – Died 2nd May 1998

1965 – Jaime Bayly – Peruvian / US Author / Journalist / Presenter

1968 – Dallas Angguish – Australian Author / Poet

1981 – Beth Ditto – US Singer

And those who died:

1951 – Andre Gide – French Author – Born 22nd November 1869

1972 – Suzanne Malherbe – French Artist – Born 19th July 1892

1988 – Eric Stryker – US Porn – Born 24th September 1954

1994 – Derek Jarman – UK Director / Screenwriter – Born 31st January 1942

2001 – Charles Trenet – French Singer / Author – Born 18th May 1913

2002 – Sylvia Rivera – US Activist – Born 2nd July 1951

Events in LGBT history:

2009 – North Dakota Senate votes to include LGBT in the Human Rights Act

2010 – Football V Homophobia launches in the UK

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