Friday 1 July 2011

1st July

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LGBT people born 1st July:


1804 – Amantine Dupin [aka George Sand] – French Author – Died 8th June 1876


1899 – Charles Laughton – UK / US Actor / Director – Died 15th December 1962


1923 – Constance Ford – US Model / Actress – Died 26th February 1993


1925 – Farley Granger – US Actor – Died 27th March 2011


1926 – Hans Werner Henze – German Composer


1944 – David Norris – Irish Politician / Lecturer / Activist


1949 – Carry Slee – Dutch Author


1951 – Fred Schneider – US Singer


1963 – Roddy Bottum – US Singer / Musician


1967 – Joe McDermott – US Politician


???? – Robin De Groot - Canadian Presenter / Designer


???? – Pietro Rosselli – Argentine Porn / Model



And those who died:


1931 – John Gambril Nicholson – UK Poet / Teacher / Photographer – Born 6th October 1866


1943 – Willem Arondeus – Dutch Artist / Author / Nazi Resistance Fighter – Born 22nd August 1894


1999 – Gary Matson – US Hate Crime Victim – Born 1949


1999 – Winfield Mowder – US Hate Crime Victim – Born 1959


2001 – John Maurice Scott – Fijian Director General of Fijian Red Cross / Hate Crime Victim – Born 1948


2001 – Gregory Scrivener - ?? Hate Crime Victim – DOB unknown


2004 – Marlon Brando – US Actor – Born 3rd April 1924


2005 – Luther Vandross – US Singer – Born 20th April 1951



Events in LGBT History:


2000 – Norway allows the right to change legal gender


2009 – Registered Partnership Bill 2009 in effect in Hungary on this date


2009 – Domestic Partners Benefits bill effective today in Colorado


2010 – Gay Pride Madrid, Spain / Orgullo Gay [running until 4th July 2010]


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