Saturday 30 April 2011

30th April

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LGBT people born 30th April:


1877 – Alice B Toklas – US Author – Died 7th March 1967


1946 – Paul Haenen – Dutch Comedian / Playwright / Author


1951 – Craig Lucas – US Actor / Singer / Playwright / Screenwriter / Director


1959 – Gina Genovese – US Businesswoman / Politician


1964 – Kent James [aka Nick Name] – US Singer / Songwriter / Musician / Actor



And those who died:


1936 – A. E. Housman – UK Poet – Born 26th March 1859


1989 – Albert Kennedy – UK Homeless Person – Born 31st January 1973


1990 – Michael Boothe – UK Actor / Hate Crime Victim – Born ????


1999 – Nik Moore – UK Murder Victim [Admiral Duncan bombing] – Born ????


2002 – Charlotte von Mahlsdorf – German Museum Founder – Born 18th March 1928


2003 – Eric Gupton – US Actor / Singer / Dancer – Born 1960?


2006 – Tamsin Wilton – UK Activist / Author / Cartoonist – Born 1952


2010 – Antony Grey – UK Activist – Born 6th October 1927



Events in LGBT History:


1999 – Nail bomb explodes in the Admiral Duncan pub in Old Compton Street, London killing 3 people and injuring approximately 70


2007 – Queen Day in Amsterdam, Netherlands


2007 – Discrimination banned regarding sexual orientation in the provision of goods, facilities and services in the UK

2009 – Iowa, USA officials begin issuing same-sex marriage licences

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Friday 29 April 2011

29th April

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LGBT people born 29th April:


1863 – Konstantinos Kavafis – Greek Poet – Died 29th April 1933


1930 – Jim Toy – US Activist


1933 – Rod McKuen – US Poet / Composer / Singer


1945 – Richard Warwick – UK Actor – Died 16th December 1997


1955 – Leslie Jordan – US Actor / Playwright


1960 – Gerard Joling – Dutch Singer / Presenter


1966 – Michael Alig – US Party Promoter / Murderer


1968 – Alex Munter – Canadian Newspaper Editor / Politician


1969 – Jack Mackenroth – US Swimmer / Model / Reality TV [Project Runway] / Fashion Designer


1975 – Garrison Starr – US Singer



And those who died:


1933 – Konstantinos Kavafis – Greek Poet – Born 29th April 1863


1951 – Ludwig Wittgenstein – Austrian Philosopher – Born 26th April 1889


1966 – Eugene O’Brien – US Actor – Born 14th November 1880


1986 – Glen Byam Shaw – UK Actor / Director – Born 13th December 1904



Events in LGBT History:


2007 – AIDS Walk Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA


2011 – Student Pride Brighton, UK [runs until 30th April 2011]


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Thursday 28 April 2011

28th April

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LGBT people born 28th April:


1901 – Weaver W Adams – US Chess Player – Died 6th January 1963


1929 – John Paul Hudson – US Journalist / Activist – Died 20th February 2002


1981 – Fredy Costa – Hungarian Porn


1981 – Ryan Skipper – US Hate Crime Victim – Died 14th March 2007




And those who died:


1992 – Francis Bacon – UK Painter – Born 28th October 1909


1992 – Brian Pockar – Canadian Figure Skater – Born 27th October 1959


1994 – John Preston – US Author / Editor – Born 11th December 1945


2008 - Eudy Simelane - South African Footballer / Murder Victim - Born 1977




Events in LGBT History:


2000 – Millennium March on Washington [begins this date and runs to 30th March 2000]


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Wednesday 27 April 2011

27th April

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LGBT people born 27th April:


1906 – Friedrich-Paul von Groszheim – German Imprisoned for homosexuality


1911 – Jack Cole – US Dancer / Choreographer / Director – Died 17th February 1974


1917 – Mary Meigs – US Painter / Author – Died 15th November 2002


1920 – Edwin Morgan – UK Poet / Translator / Soldier – 17th August 2010


1929 – Kenward Elmslie – US Author / Editor / Publisher


1937 – Sandy Dennis – US Actress – Died 2nd March 1992


1947 – Astrid Roemer – Surinam / Dutch Author / Politician


1948 – Kate Pierson – US Singer


1951 – Luis Zapata – Mexican Author


1956 – Douglas P – UK Musician / Record Label Owner / Photographer / Actor


1963 – Russell T Davies – UK Screenwriter / Producer


1978 – Sebastian Bonnet – Slovakian Porn [or 3rd May 1978


1985 – Johan Volny – Czech Porn



And those who died:


1932 – Hart Crane – US Poet – Born 21st July 1899


1993 – Kris Kirk – UK Author / Journalist / Activist – Born 1950


1997 – Bunny Roger – UK Fashion Designer – Born 9th June 1911


2003 – Craig Armet – UK Presenter / DJ – Born 2nd June 1961



Events in LGBT History:


2007 – Pink Loerie Mardi Gras in Knysna, Western Cape Town, South Africa


2007 – Gay & Lesbian Film Festival in Miami, Florida, USA [ran until 6th May 2007]


2009 – Same-sex marriage effective this day in Iowa, USA


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Tuesday 26 April 2011

26th April

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LGBT people born 26th April:


1863 – Charles Haslewood Shannon – UK Artist – Died 18th March 1937


1872 – William Desmond Taylor – US Director / Murder Victim – Died 1st February 1922


1886 – Ma Rainey – US Singer – Died 22nd December 1939


1889 – Ludwig Wittgenstein – Austrian Philosopher – Died 29th April 1951


1892 – Adrienne Monnier – French Author / Publisher – Died 19th June 1955


1898 – Vicente Aleixandre – Spanish Poet – Died 13th December 1984


1935 – Conrad Susa – US Composer


1951 – Billy Newton-Davis – Canadian Singer / Songwriter


1960 – Jonathan Rauch – US Author / Journalist / Activist


1977 – Tag Eriksson [Fredrik Eklund] – Swedish / US Porn / Businessman



And those who died:


1895 – Eric Stenbock – German Author / Poet – Born 12th March 1860


1945 – Lucie Delarue-Mardus – French Author – Born 7th November 1874


1995 – Frieda Belinfante – Dutch Cellist / Conductor – Born 10th May 1904



Events in LGBT History:


1975 – Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard launched in UK


2007 – Final approval for same-sex domestic partnerships passed in New Hampshire, USA


2007 – Philly Black Gay Pride, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA


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Monday 25 April 2011

25th April

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LGBT people born 25th April:


1284 – Edward II – English Monarch – Died 21st September 1327


1918 – Graham Payn – UK Actor / Singer – Died 4th November 2005


1935 – April Ashley – UK Model


1962 – Flex Deon Blake – US Porn


1964 – Andy Bell – UK Singer


1964 – Anne Fleming – Canadian Author / Presenter / Ice Hockey


1965 – Simon Fowler – UK Singer / Musician / Journalist


1965 – Trey Rexx – US Porn / Dancer / Choreographer


1974 – Dean Phoenix – Mexican Porn



And those who died:


1933 – Franz Nopcsa von Felso-Szilvas – Hungarian Adventurer / Palaeontologist – Born 3rd May 1877


1963 – Sonja Sekula – Swiss / US Artist – Died 8th April 1918


1988 – Valerie Solanas – US Author / Attempted Murderer – Died 9th April 1936


1991 – Michael Kuhnen – German Neo-Nazi – Born 21st June 1955


2004 – Thom Gunn – UK / US Poet – Born 29th August 1929



Events in LGBT History:


1993 – March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay & Bi Equal Rights & Liberation


2008 – National Day of Silence in the USA


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Sunday 24 April 2011

24th April

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LGBT people born 24th April:


1926 – Otis Charles – US Bishop


1936 – Tucker Smith – US Actor / Dancer / Singer – Died 22nd December 1988


1940 – Trevor Kent – Australian Actor – Died 4th November 1988


1952 – Jean-Paul Gaultier – French Fashion Designer / Presenter


1955 – John Epperson – US Drag Queen [aka Lypsinka] / Actor / Singer / Pianist / Author


1958 – Brian Paddick – UK Police / Politician


1966 – Ty Fox [aka J Steele] – US Porn


1967 – Patty Schemel – US Musician


1969 – Dean Coulter – US Porn


1973 – Colby Taylor – US Porn


1974 – Matthias von Fistenberg [aka Matthew Green] - ? Porn / Producer / Porn Studio Owner [or 14th April ????]



And those who died:


1941 – Karin Boye – Swedish Poet / Author – Born 26th October 1900


1947 – Willa Cather – US Author – Born 7th December 1873


1962 – Emilio Prados – Spanish Poet / Editor – Born 4th March 1899


2002 – Nishit Saran – Indian Director / Activist – Born 21st May 1976


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Saturday 23 April 2011

23rd April

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LGBT people born 23rd April:


1858 – Ethel Smyth – UK Composer / Suffragette – Died 8th May 1944


1875 – Elisabeth de Gramont – French Author – Died 6th December 1954


1882 – Augusto d’Halmar – Chilean Author – Died 27th January 1950


1918 – James Kirkup – UK Poet / Translator / Travel Writer – Died 10th May 2009


1932 – Halston – US Fashion Designer – Died 26th March 1990


1947 – Fred Goldhaber – US Teacher – Died 15th November 2010


1961 – Dirk Bach – German Actor


1975 – Jon Birgisson – Icelandic Musician / Singer


1975 – Bradley Traynor – US Drag Queen [aka Wanda Wisdom] / Presenter



And those who died:


1915 – Rupert Brooke – UK Poet – Born 3rd August 1887


2008 – Jean-Daniel Cadinot – French Porn Director – Born 10th February 1944


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Friday 22 April 2011

22nd April

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LGBT people born 22nd April:


1891 – Laura Gilpin – US Photographer – Died 30th November 1979


1917 – Leo Abse – UK Politician / Lawyer / Activist – Died 19th August 2008


1918 – Emile Norman – US Artist – Died 24th September 2009


1946 – John Waters – US Director / Screenwriter / Actor


1949 – Diana Nyad – US Long Distance Swimmer / Presenter


1956 – Phill Wilson – US Activist


1961 – Ruslan Sharipov – Uzbek Journalist / Activist


1964 – Estelle Asmodelle – Australian Model / Belly Dancer / Screenwriter / Musician / Actress


1978 – Krystian Legierski – German Politician / Activist


1985 – Andrea Gabrielle Gibson – US Reality TV [Transgeneration]


1986 – Amber Heard – US Actress / Model



And those who died:


1976 – Colin MacInnes – UK Author – Born 20th August 1914


1978 – Will Geer – US Actor / Singer – Born 9th March 1902


2002 – Albrecht Becker – German Actor / Photographer / Production Designer – Born 14th November 1906


2002 – Christopher Price – UK Presenter – Born 21st September 1967


2004 – Patrick Trevor-Roper – UK Surgeon / Activist – Born 7th June 1916


2009 – George C Rawlings – US Musician / Singer / Songwriter / Record Producer – Born 7th November 1921



Events in LGBT History:

2007 – 18th AIDS Walk Miami, Florida, USA

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Thursday 21 April 2011

21st April

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LGBT people born 21st April:


1906 – Stephen Tennant – UK Aristocrat – Died 28th February 1987


1920 – Ronald Magill – UK Actor – Died 6th September 2007


1945 – Ronnie Tober – Dutch Singer


1955 – Murathan Mungan – Turkish Poet / Author / Playwright


1957 – Viola Canales – US Author


1962 – Peter Bacanovic – US Stockbroker


1963 – John Cameron Mitchell – US Actor / Director / Screenwriter / Author


1970 – Alice Wu – US Director / Screenwriter


1982 – Chagmion Antoine – US Presenter / Journalist


???? – Edu Boxer - Spanish Porn



And those who died:


1924 – Eleonora Duse – Italian Actress – Born 3rd October 1858


1946 – John Maynard Keynes – UK Economist / Mathematician – Born 5th June 1883


1971 – Edmund Lowe – US Actor – Born 3rd March 1890


1985 – Rudi Gernreich – Austrian Fashion Designer / Activist / Dancer – Born 8th August 1922


1989 – James Kirkwood Jr – US Author / Playwright – Born 22nd August 1924


2002 – Frank C Moore – US Painter – Born 28th May 1953



Events in LGBT History:


2007 – March for Tolerance in Cracow, Poland


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Wednesday 20 April 2011

20th April

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LGBT people born 20th April:


1492 – Pietro Aretino – Italian Author / Playwright / Poet – Died 21st October 1556


1857 – Herman Bang – Dutch Author – Died 29th January 1912


1935 – Warren Casey – US Composer / Lyricist / Author / Activist – Died 8th November 1988


1937 – George Takei – US Actor


1939 – Wayson Ghoy – Canadian Author


1943 – Jamie Gillis – US Porn / Actor / Director – Died 19th February 2010


1947 – Andrew Tobias – US Journalist / Author / Columnist


1949 – Toller Cranston – Canadian Figure Skater


1951 – Luther Vandross – US Singer – Died 1st July 2005


1974 – Mathias Holmgren – Swedish Singer


1980 – Vibeke Skofterud – Norwegian Cross-country Skier


1983 – Marco Jaye Sabba – UK Reality TV [Big Brother]



And those who died:


1921 – Tony Jackson – US Pianist / Singer / Composer – Born 5th June 1876


1994 – Dennis Cleveland Stewart – US Actor / Dancer – Born 29th July 1947



Events in LGBT History:


2009 – Registered Partnership Bill 2009 passes Parliament in Hungary [becoming effective 1st July 2009]


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Tuesday 19 April 2011

19th April

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LGBT people born 19th April:


1834 – Prince Edmond de Polignac – French Composer – Died 8th August 1901


1930 – Dick Sargent – US Actor – Died 8th July 1994


1958 – Steve Antin – US Actor / Stuntman / Screenwriter / Producer / Director


1973 – Tzipora Obziler – Israeli Tennis


1976 – Max Veneziano – Italian Porn


???? – Jacob Slader – US Porn





And those who died:


1689 – Queen Christina of Sweden – Swedish Monarch – Born 8th December 1626


1824 – Lord George Byron – UK Poet – Born 22nd January 1788


1893 – John Addington Symonds – UK Poet / Literary Critic – Born 5th October 1840


1950 – Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson Berners – UK Composer / Author / Painter – Born 18th September 1883


1983 – Jerzy Andrzejewski – Polish Author – Born 19th August 1909


1989 – Daphne du Maurier – UK Author – Born 13th May 1907


1992 – Frankie Howerd – UK Comedian / Actor – Born 6th March 1917


2009 – Tharon Musser – US Lighting Technician – Born 8th January 1925



Events in LGBT History:


2007 – FilmOut San Diego, California, USA [ran until 22nd April 2007]


2007 – 22nd International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival in Turin, Piemonte, Italy [ran until 26th April 2007]


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Monday 18 April 2011

18th April

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LGBT people born 18th April:


1947 – Kathy Acker – US Author / Poet / Playwright – Died 30th November 1997


1969 – Drew Andrews – US Porn


1969 – C Dale Young – US Poet / Physician / Editor


1972 – Roeland Fernhout – Dutch Actor / Director / Presenter


1972 – Louise Pratt – Australian Politician


1976 – Gavin Creel – US Actor / Singer



And those who died:


1986 – Joey Yale – US Porn – Born 25th December 1949


1987 – Vincent Hanley – Irish Presenter – Died ?? April 1954


2001 – Alexander Stephanovich – Belarusian Hate Crime Victim – Born ?


2009 – Yankel Feather – UK Painter – Born 21st June 1920



Events in LGBT history:


2007 – Erin Davis’ VW Beetle found vandalised sparking her Fagbug tour and video project


2009 – National Day of Silence in USA


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Sunday 17 April 2011

17th April

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LGBT people born 17th April:


1897 – Thornton Wilder – US Author / Playwright / Soldier – Died 7th December 1975


1919 – Chavela Vargas – Mexican / Costa Rican Singer


1923 – Lindsay Anderson – UK Director – Died 30th August 1994


1923 – Lon McCallister – US Actor / Real Estate Manager – Died 11th June 2005


1941 – Irena Klepfisz – Polish / US Columnist / Activist / Editor / Poet


1943 – Tommy Nutter – UK Tailor – Died 17th August 1992


1955 – Erin Moure – Canadian Poet / Translator


1973 – Sandra Alland – UK / Canadian Artist / Publisher / Activist


1986 – Carter Longway [aka Jarod Steel] - ? Porn [or 10th April 1986]



And those who died:


1987 – Willi Smith – US Fashion Designer – Born 29th February 1948


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Saturday 16 April 2011

16th April

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LGBT people born 16th April:


1911 – Guy Burgess – UK Journalist / Producer / Spy – Died 30th August 1963


1919 – Merce Cunningham – US Dancer / Choreographer – Died 26th July 2009


1939 – Dusty Springfield – UK Singer – Died 2nd March 1999


1940 – Joan Snyder – US Painter


1949 – Astrid Nijhoff – Dutch Author


1949 – Pirkko Saisio – Finnish Author / Playwright / Actress


1957 – Essex Hemphill – US Poet / Activist – Died 4th November 1995


1969 – Charles Chauvel – New Zealand Politician


1972 – Conchita Martinez – Spanish Tennis


1984 – Amelia Atwater-Rhodes – US Author



And those who died:


1689 – Aphra Behn – UK Author / Playwright – Born 10th July 1640


1988 – Youri Egorov – Russian Pianist – Born 28th May 1954


1989 – Thierry Paulin – French Serial Killer – Born 28th November 1963


1994 – Ron Vawter – US Actor – Born 9th December 1948


2006 – Richard Bloom – South African Fashion Designer – Born ????


2006 – Brett Goldin – South African Actor / Murder Victim – Born 1977



Events in LGBT History:


2007 – Soulforce Equality Ride visits Brigham Young University, Idaho, USA


2009 - Washington Governor Chris Gregoire signed 3rd stage of the “everything but marriage” domestic partnership bill [becoming effective 1st June 2009]


2010 – National Day of Silence in the USA


2010 – Miami Beach Gay Pride, Florida, USA [ran until 18th April 2010]


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Friday 15 April 2011

15th April

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LGBT people born 15th April:


1452 – Leonardo da Vinci – Italian Scientist / Mathematician / Engineer / Inventor / Painter / Sculptor / Architect / Botanist / Musician / Author – Died 2nd May 1519


1843 – Henry James – US / UK Philosopher / Psychologist – Died 28th February 1916


1876 – Friedrich Radszuweit – German Author – Died 15th March 1932


1894 – Bessie Smith – US Singer / Actress – Died 26th September 1937


1907 – George Platt Lynes – US Photographer – Died 6th December 1955


1924 – Howard Junior Brown – US Activist – Died 1st February 1975


1931 – Sally Miller Gearhart – US Author / Teacher / Activist


1949 – Craig Zadan – US Producer / Director


1952 – Glenn Shadix – US Actor – 7th September 2010


1960 – Paul Harland – Dutch Author / Photographer / Murder Victim – Died 17th June 2003


1965 – Linda Perry – US Singer / Songwriter / Record Producer / Musician


1966 – Samantha Fox – UK Model / Presenter / Singer / Actress


1973 – Paulao DoPicao - ? Porn


1977 – Eddie Stone – Canadian Porn


???? – Anthony Cox – US Porn



And those who died:


1925 – Fritz Haarmann – German Serial Killer – Born 25th October 1879


1986 – Jean Genet – French Poet / Author / Playwright – Born 19th December 1910


1988 – Kenneth Williams – UK Actor / Comedian – Born 22nd February 1926


1990 – Greta Garbo – Swedish / US Actress – Born 18th September 1905


1994 – John Curry – UK Figure Skater – Born 9th September 1949


2003 – Reg Bundy [Regina Fong] – UK Drag Queen / Dancer / Actor – Born 26th May 1941



Events in LGBT History:


2011 – North Wales Mardi Gras, UK [runs until 17th April 2011]


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Thursday 14 April 2011

14th April

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LGBT people born 14th April:


1904 – Sir John Gielgud – UK Actor – Died 21st May 2000


1948 – Claude Vivier – Canadian Composer – Died 7th March 1983


1948 – June Millington – US Singer / Musician


1949 – Mary Wings – US Author / Artist / Musician


1951 – Jose Maria Mendiluce – Spanish Politician


1958 – Andrew Boff – UK Politician


1966 – Andre Boisclair – Canadian Politician


1972 – Paul Denyer – Australian Serial Killer


1984 – Carim Bouzian – Belgian Politician


1987 – Sam Brodie – UK Reality TV [Big Brother]


???? – Matthias von Fistenberg [aka Matthew Green] - ? Porn / Producer / Porn Studio Owner [or 24th April 1974]



And those who died:


1945 – Maurice Sachs – French Author – Born 1906


1986 – Simone de Beauvoir – French Author / Philosopher – Born 9th January 1908


1988 – Daniel Guerin – French Anarchist / Author – Born 19th May 1904



Events in LGBT History:


2007 – Phoenix Pride, Arizona, USA


2011 – Pitea Winter Pride, Sweden [runs until 17th April 2011]


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