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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