Wednesday 31 August 2011

31st August

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LGBT people born 31st August:


1942 – George & Mike Kuchar – US Directors


1954 – Caroline “Tula” Cossey – UK Model


1963 – Todd Wilson – US Director – Died 4th September 2005


1969 – Andrew Cunanan – US Serial Killer – Died 23rd July 1997


1974 – Flores “Flo” McGarrell – US Artist / Director / Author – Died 12th January 2010


1977 – Del Marquis – US Musician


1979/80 – Gage Powers – US Porn / Director / Photographer


1981 – Gareth Pugh – UK Fashion Designer


1987 – Anye Elite – US Singer / Songwriter / Activist



And those who died:


1941 – Marina Tsvetaeva – Russian Poet / Author – Born 8th October 1892 [or 26th September]



Events in LGBT History:

2007 - Kansas state governor issues executive order banning discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in the public sector

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Tuesday 30 August 2011

30th August

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LGBT people born 30th August:


1907 – Leonor Fini – Argentine Painter – Died 18th January 1996


1960 – Ben Bradshaw – UK Politician


1970 – Tony Buff – US Porn


1971 – Jeff Bowen – US Actor / Composer / Lyricist



And those who died:


1963 – Guy Burgess – UK Journalist / Producer / Spy – Born 16th April 1911


1994 – Lindsay Anderson – UK Director – Born 17th April 1923


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Monday 29 August 2011

29th August

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LGBT people born 29th August:


1844 – Edward Carpenter – UK Poet / Philosopher / Activist / Author – Died 29th June 1929


1855 – Jean Lorrain – French Author / Poet – Died 30th June 1906


1880 – Elisabeth Irwin – US Psychologist – Died 16th October 1942


1922 – Richard Blackwell – US Journalist / Fashion Designer / Fashion Critic / Presenter / Artist / Actor – Died 19th October 2008


1929 – Thom Gunn – UK / US Poet – Died 25th April 2004


1933 – Ramses Shaffy – Dutch Singer / Actor – 1st December 2009


1939 – Joel Schumacher – US Director / Producer


1956 – Mark Morris – US Dancer / Choreographer / Director


1962 – David Charlebois – US Pilot – Died 11th September 2001 [9/11]


1968 – Meshell Ndegoecello – US Singer / Songwriter / Musician



And those who died:


1971 – Nathan Leopold – US Murderer – Born 19th November 1904


1974 – Judith Furse – UK Actress – Born 4th March 1912


1993 – Dorian Corey – US Drag Queen – Born 1937


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Sunday 28 August 2011

28th August

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LGBT people born 28th August:


1825 – Karl Heinrich Ulrichs – German Activist / Author – Died 14th July 1895


1957 – Phranc – US Singer / Songwriter / Musician


1965 – Keith Boykin – US Author / Presenter


1962 – Manuela Trasobares – Spanish Artist / Singer / Politician


1969 – Josh Kilmer-Purcell – US Actor / Drag Queen [Aquadisiac]


1979 – David Graham – Australian Model / Reality TV [Big Brother/Dancing with the Stars]



And those who died:


1988 – Guy Hocquenghem – French Author – Born 3rd December 1946


1989 – Joseph Alsop – US Journalist – Born 11th October 1910


1990 – Rosely Roth – Brazilian Activist – Born 21st August 1959



Events in LGBT History:


1982 – First Gay Games start in San Francisco, California, USA (ran until 2nd September 1982)


2010 – Queeruption 11, Manchester, UK (ran until 29th August 2010)


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Saturday 27 August 2011

27th August

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LGBT people born 27th August:


1903 – Xavier Villarrutia – Mexican Poet / Playwright – Died 31st December 1950


1943 – Luis Caballero Holguin – Colombian Painter – Died 19th June 1995


1958 – Tom Lanoye – Belgian Poet / Author / Playwright


1959 – Denice Denton – US University Chancellor – Died 24th June 2006


1959 – Jeanette Winterson – UK Author


1961 – Tom Ford – US Fashion Designer


1965 – D Scott Dibble – US Politician


1970 – Leanna Creel – US Actress / Producer / Director / Screenwriter / Photographer


1979 – Clint Walters – UK Activist – Died 4th April 2010


1992 – Kim Petras – German Singer



And those who died:


1967 – Brian Epstein – UK Artists’ Manager – Born 19th September 1934


1969 – Erika Mann – German Actress / Journalist / Author – Born 9th November 1905


1991 – Gordon Heath – US Singer / Actor / Director – Born 20th September 1918


2006 – Tee Corinne – US Photographer / Author / Activist / Artist – Born 3rd November 1943


2007 – Ivan Bussens – UK Water Polo / Activist / Co-founder of Out for Sports – Born 3rd June 1960


2008 – Del Martin – US Activist – Born 5th May 1921


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Friday 26 August 2011

26th August

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LGBT people born 26th August:


1884 – Nancy Cook – US Suffragette – Died 16th August 1962


1904 – Christopher Isherwood – UK / US Author – Died 4th January 1986


1919 – Esme Langley – UK Author / Activist – Born 20th August 1991


1923 – Mel Roberts – US Photographer / Activist


1945 – Jim Graham – US Politician


1951 – Roger Karoutchi – French Politician


1952 – Michael Jeter – US Actor – Died 30th March 2003


1957 – Floris Michiels van Kessenich – Dutch Activist – Died 15th December 1991


1958 – Randy Stone – US Actor / Casting Director – Died 12th February 2007


1958 – Nichi Vendola – Italian Politician


1981 – Nico Muhly – US Musician / Composer



And those who died:


1933 – Sophia Parnok – Russian Poet – Born 11th August 1885


2005 – Robert Denning – US Interior Designer – Born 13th March 1927


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Thursday 25 August 2011

25th August

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LGBT people born 25th August:


1900 – Newton Arvin – [or 23rd August 1900] US Author – Died 21st March 1963


1916 – Van Johnson – US Actor / Dancer – Died 12th December 2008


1918 – Leonard Bernstein – US Conductor / Composer / Author / Pianist – Died 14th October 1990


1929 – Dominique Fernandez – French Author


1937 – Dirk Dirksen – US Music Promoter – Died 20th November 2006


1939 – Chris Dickerson – US Bodybuilder / Singer


1951 – Rob Halford – UK Singer / Songwriter


1957 – Christer Bjorkman – Swedish Singer / Hairdresser


1965 – Adriano Marquez - Spanish Porn / Model [or 1st January 1965]


1974 – Eric Millegan – US Actor



And those who died:


1956 – Alfred Kinsey – US Biologist – Born 23rd June 1894


1984 – Truman Capote – US Author / Actor – Born 30th September 1924


1999 – David March – UK Actor – Born 18th February 1925


2004 – Karen Dior – US Porn / Director / Singer – Born 14th February 1967


2006 – John Blankenstein – Dutch Football Referee – Born 12th February 1949


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Wednesday 24 August 2011

24th August

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LGBT people born 24th August:


1929 – Betty Dodson – US Author / Artist


1935 – Andrew Kopkind – US Journalist / Presenter – Died 23rd October 1994


1949 – Junior Vasquez – US Record Producer / DJ


1957 – Stephen Fry – UK Actor / Comedian / Presenter / Author


1964 – Julie Cypher – US Director / Activist


1965 – Gro Skartveit – Norwegian Politician


1966 – Nick Denton – UK Journalist


1979 – Katja Nyberg – Swedish / Norwegian Handball


???? – Christian Taylor – US Porn



And those who died:


1987 – Bayard Rustin – US Activist – Born 17th March 1912


1988 – Leonard Frey – US Actor – Born 4th September 1938


1994 – Peggy Fears – US Actress – Born 1st June 1903


1995 – Killer Karl Krupp – Dutch / US Wrestler – Born 13th May 1934


2008 – Tad Mosel – US Playwright / Screenwriter – Born 1st May 1922


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Tuesday 23 August 2011

23rd August

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LGBT people born 23rd August:


1900 – Newton Arvin [or 25th August 1900] - US Author – Died 21st March 1963


1912 – Keith Vaughan – UK Painter – Died 4th November 1977


1931 – Coccinelle – French Actress / Entertainer – Died 9th October 2006


1933 – Peter Wyngarde – UK / French Actor


1954 – Charles Busch – US Actor / Author


1954 – Terry Wolverton – US Author / Poet / Editor


1958 – Neil Bartlett – UK Actor / Director / Playwright


1960 – Rod Phillips – US Porn – Died 24th May 1993


1981 – Carmen Luvana – US Porn


???? – Adam Wolfe – US Porn [or 23rd July ????]



And those who died:


1988 – Laud Humphreys – US Sociologist / Author – Born 16th October 1930


1991 – Brian Coyle – US Politician / Activist – Born 25th June 1944


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Monday 22 August 2011

22nd August

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LGBT people born 22nd August:


1894 – Willem Arondeus – Dutch Artist / Author / Nazi Resistance Fighter – Died 1st July 1943


1915 – Hugh Paddick – UK Actor / Comedian – Died 9th November 2000


1922 – Andre Emile Baudry – French Activist / Author


1924 – James Kirkwood Jr. – US Author / Playwright – Died 21st April 1989


1955 – Tom Tunney – US Politician / Businessman


1958 – Antonio Pagan – US Politician – Died 25th January 2009


1967 – ANT – US Comedian / Actor



And those who died:


1922 – Michael Collins – Irish Politician / Terrorist – Born 16th October 1890


1994 – Leo Lerman – US Author – Born 23rd May 1914


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Sunday 21 August 2011

21st August

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LGBT people born 21st August:


1923 – Don Slater – US Activist – Died 14th February 1997


1935 – Mart Crowley – US Playwright


1936 – Luisa Isabel de Toledo – Spanish Duchess – Died 7th March 2008


1944 – Kari S Tikka – Finnish Scholar / Murder Victim – Died 25th May 2006


1947 – Frederic Mitterand – French Presenter / Politician / Screenwriter / Actor / Director / Producer / Columnist / Teacher / Film Critic


1956 – Anselmo Feleppa – Brazilian Fashion Designer – Died 26th March 1993


1959 – Rosely Roth – Brazilian Activist – Died 28th August 1990


1961 – Mitchell Anderson – US Actor


1962 – Jeff Stryker – US Porn / Actor [or 12th August 1962]


1964 – Eytan Fox – Israeli Director


1965 – Mark Meredith – UK Businessman / Politician


1984 – Robin De Jesus – US Actor



And those who died:


1999 – Paddy Chew – Singaporean Choreographer / Actor / Activist – Born 29th March 1960


2005 – Martin Dillon – US Singer / Musician – Born 17th June 1957


2006 – Martin Barreto – US Politician / Murder Victim – Born ????



Events in LGBT History:


2010 – Bristol Pride Day, UK


2010 – Doncaster Pride, UK


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Saturday 20 August 2011

20th August

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LGBT people born 20th August:


1914 – Colin MacInnes – UK Author – Died 22nd April 1976


1916 – Bernard Archard – UK Actor – Died 1st May 2008


1938 – Anne Cameron – Canadian Author / Poet / Screenwriter


1947 – Peter Denyer – UK Actor – Died 18th September 2009


1948 – Perry Watkins – US Army / Activist – Died 17th March 1996


1955 – Kathleen Sullivan – US Businesswoman / Lawyer / Judge


1958 – Patricia Rozema – Canadian Director / Screenwriter


1963 – Enrique Rodriguez – Puerto Rican Porn


1965 – Steve Cassidy – US Porn


1972 – Danny Rhymes [aka Matt Bixel] – US Porn


1974 – Santino Rice – US Reality TV [Project Runway] / Fashion Designer


1977 – Tiffani Faison – US Reality TV / Chef


1980 – Rickey Lime – US Musician


???? – Kurt Young – US? Porn



And those who died:


1991 – Esme Langley – UK Author / Activist – Born 26th August 1919


1996 – Rio Reiser – German Singer / Musician – Born 9th January 1950



Events in LGBT History:


2010 – Manchester Pride (ran until 30th August 2010)


2011 – UK Black Pride, Birbeck University, London


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Friday 19 August 2011

19th August

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LGBT people born 19th August:


1909 – Jerzy Andrzejewski – Polish Author – Died 19th April 1983


1919 – Malcolm Forbes – US Publisher – Died 24th February 1990


1934 – Renee Richards – US Tennis / Author / Surgeon


1946 – Elizabeth Eden – US transsexual – Died 29th September 1987


1946 – Rob Tielman – Dutch Author


1954 – Roger Kusch – German Politician


1957 – Gerda Verburg – Dutch Politician


1962 – Tammy Bruce – US Author / Presenter


1970 – Scott McCoy – US Politician


1983 – Missy Higgins – Australian Singer


1984 – Gregory Paul Soriano – US Reality TV [Beauty & the Geek / Cake Boss: Next Great Baker]



And those who died:


1929 – Sergei Diaghilev – Russian Art Critic – Born 31st March 1872


1936 – Federico Garcia Lorca – Spanish Poet / Musician / Director / Playwright / Murder Victim – Born 5th June 1898


2008 – Leo Abse – UK Politician / Lawyer / Activist – Born 22nd April 1917



Events in LGBT History:


2008 - First nationwide gay rights measures implemented in Argentina with same-sex couples gaining the right to claim their deceased partners' pensions


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Thursday 18 August 2011

18th August

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LGBT people born 18th August:


1852 – Guglielmo Pluschow – German Photographer – Died 3rd January 1930


1906 – Marcel Carne – French Director – Died 31st October 1996


1966 – Steve Cannon – US Porn


1970 – Josh Zuckerman – US Singer / Songwriter / Musician


1976 – Marland Woods – US Hate Crime Victim – Died 19th December 2009



And those who died:


1957 – Jacob Schorer – Dutch Lawyer / Activist – Born 1st March 1866


1969 – Leslie Hutchinson – UK / Grenadan Musician – Born 7th March 1900


2005 – Randy Turner – US Singer – Born 25th November 1949


2007 – Stephen Bicknell – UK Organ Builder / Author – Born 20th December 1957



Events in LGBT History:


2007 – Capital Pride, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada [ran until 26th August 2007]


2007 – Copenhagen Pride, Denmark [ran until 26th August 2007]


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Wednesday 17 August 2011

17th August

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LGBT people born 17th August:


1885 – Kurt Hiller – German Author / Journalist – Died 1st October 1972


1888 – Monty Woolley – US Actor / Director – Died 6th May 1963


1892 – Antonio Botto – Portuguese Poet – Died 16th March 1959


1907 – Roger Peyrefitte – French Author – Died 5th November 2000


1923 – Larry Rivers – US Artist / Musician / Director / Actor – Died 14th August 2002


1926 – David Watmough – Canadian Playwright / Author


1960 – Lisa Coleman – US Singer / Musician [Wendy & Lisa]


1968 – Jackie Warner – US Reality TV [Work Out] / Personal Trainer / Equestrian


1972 – Ken Ryker – US Porn


1973 – David Bromstad – US Reality TV [Design Star] / Presenter



And those who died:


1965 – Jack Spicer – US Poet – Born 30th January 1925


1973 – Jean Barraque – French Composer / Author – Born 17th January 1928


1985 – Nicholas Eden – UK Politician – Born 3rd October 1930


1992 – Tommy Nutter – UK Tailor – Born 17th April 1943


1992 – Al Parker – US Porn / Producer / Director – Born 25th June 1952


2007 – Edward Avedisian – US Artist – Born 15th June 1936


2007 – Jos Brink – Dutch Actor / Author / Columnist / Producer / Director / Presenter / Minister – Born 19th June 1942


2010 – Edwin Morgan – UK Poet / Translator / Soldier – Born 27th April 1920



Events in LGBT History:


2007 – Manchester Pride, UK [ran until 27th August 2007]


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Tuesday 16 August 2011

16th August

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LGBT people born 16th August:


1902 – Wallace Thurman – US Author / Playwright – Died 21st or 22nd December 1934


1923 – Pierre Seel – French Author – Died 25th November 2005


1940 – Alix Dobkin – US Singer / Songwriter


1946 – Robert Amsel – US Activist


1946 – David Mixner – US Activist / Author


1951 – Richard Hunt – US Puppeteer – Died 7th January 1992


1965 – Jari Sillanpaa – Swedish Singer


1968 – Wolfgang Tillmans – German Photographer


1980 – Vanessa Carlton – US Singer / Songwriter / Musician



And those who died:


1959 – Wanda Landowska – Polish / French Harpsichordist – Born 5th July 1879


1962 – Nancy Cook – US Suffragette – Born 26th August 1884


1978 – Jean Acker – US Actress – Born 23rd October 1893


1989 – Donald Friend – Australian Artist / Author – Born 6th February 1915


2005 – William Corlett – UK Author – Born 8th October 1938



Events in LGBT History:


2007 – Queer Film & Video Festival, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada


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Monday 15 August 2011

15th August

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LGBT people born 15th August:


1907 – Jack Snow – US Author / Playwright – Died 13th July 1956


1953 – Peter Biemans – Dutch TV Editor


1956 – Laurel Hester – US Police Officer – Died 18th February 2006


1964 – Michael Berresse – US Actor / Dancer / Choreographer / Director


1976 – Sipke Jan Bousema – Dutch Presenter


1981 – Johan van der Veen – Dutch Singer



And those who died:


1984 – Bobbi Campbell – US Activist – Born 28th January 1952


2007 – John Wallowitch – US Singer / Songwriter – Born 11th February 1926


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Sunday 14 August 2011

14th August

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LGBT people born 14th August:


1876 – Sibilla Aleramo – Italian Author – Died 13th January 1960


1906 – Horst P Horst – German / US Photographer – Died 18th November 1999


1940 – Tom Eyen – US Playwright / Lyricist / Screenwriter / Director – Died 26th May 1991


1945 – Brenda Benet – US Actress – Died 7th April 1982


1948 – Carole Migden – US Politician


1964 – Mark Pocan – US Politician


1972 – Jay Manuel – Canadian Model / Make-Up Artist / Photographer


1973 – Drubskin – US Fetish Artist / Comic Book Artist


1975 – Jill Bennett – US Actress / Producer / Presenter


1982 – Benjamin Cohen – UK Journalist


1984 – Nick Grimshaw – UK Presenter



And those who died:


1692 – Nicolas Chorier – French Lawyer / Author / Historian – Born 1st September 1612


1905 – Simeon Solomon – UK Painter – Born 9th October 1840


2002 – Larry Rivers – US Artist / Musician / Director / Actor – Born 17th August 1923



Events in LGBT History:


2010 – Black Pride, London, UK


2010 – Bristol Pride Week (running until 22nd August)


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Saturday 13 August 2011

13th August

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LGBT people born 13th August:


1895 – Hannah “Gluck” Gluckstein – UK Painter – Died 10th January 1978


1908 – Gene Raymond – US Actor / Composer / Director / Producer / Pilot – Died 2nd May 1998


1952 – Herb Ritts – US Photographer – Died 26th December 2002


1957 – David Crane – US Screenwriter / Producer


1958 – Domenico Dolce [or 13th September 1958] – Italian Fashion Designer


1961 – Sam Champion – US Presenter


1962 – Richard R Tisei – US Politician


1967 – Jin Xing – Chinese Ballerina / Dancer / Actress / Choreographer


1968 – Carlos Morales – Venezuelan Porn / DJ / Dancer


1969 – Rachel Carns – US Musician / Composer / Artist / Singer


1982 – Robert Arnold – New Zealand Singer / Reality TV [New Zealand Idol] / Actor



And those who died:

1962 – Mabel Dodge Luhan – US Columnist / Playwright – Born 26th February 1879

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Friday 12 August 2011

12th August

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LGBT people born 12th August:


1859 – Katharine Lee Bates – US Author – Died 28th March 1929


1866 – Jacinto Benavente – Spanish Author – Died 14th July 1954


1867 – Edith Hamilton – German / US Author – Died 31st May 1963


1880 – Marguerite Radclyffe-Hall – UK Author – Died 7th October 1943


1907 – Gladys Bentley – US Singer – Died 18th January 1960


1928 – Maureen Colquhoon – UK Politician


1947 – John Nathan-Turner – UK Producer – Died 1st May 2002


1962 – Miss Cleo – US Actress / Producer / Psychic / Shaman


1973 – Latasha Byears – US Basketball


1987 – Mike Verschuur – Dutch Motor Racer



And those who died:


1955 – Thomas Mann – German Author – Born 6th June 1875


1976 – Tom Driberg (Baron Bradwell) – UK Journalist – Born 22nd May 1905


1992 – John Cage – US Composer / Philosopher / Poet / Artist / Printmaker – Born 5th September 1912


1994 – Manfred Salzgeber – German Actor / Producer / Activist – Born 10th January 1943


1999 – Martin Wong – US Painter – Born 11th July 1946


2002 – Ukea Davis – US Hate Crime Victim – Born 16th November 1983


2002 – Stephanie Thomas – US Hate Crime Victim – Born 15th November 1982


2007 – Merv Griffin – US Singer / Actor / Presenter – Born 6th July 1925



Events in LGBT History:


2010 – Fabulous: A City Without Limits – Las Vegas, USA [ran until 15th August 2010]


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