Saturday 6 August 2011

6th August

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LGBT people born 6th August:


1857 – Christian Wilhelm Allers – German Painter / Printmaker – Died 19th October 1915


1862 – Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson – UK Historian / Activist – Died 3rd August 1932


1862 – Elizabeth Robins – US Actress / Playwright / Author / Suffragette – Died 8th May 1952


1893 – Guthrie McClintic – US Director / Producer – Died 29th October 1961


1903 – Bunny Breckinridge – US Actor – Died 5th November 1996


1908 – Helen Hull Jacobs – US Tennis – Died 2nd June 1997


1923 – Jess Collins – US Artist – Died 2nd January 2004


1928 – Andy Warhol – US Painter / Printmaker / Photographer / Director – Died 22nd February 1987


1930 – Martin Duberman - US Playwright / Philosopher / Activist / Historian


1932 – Sir Howard Hodgkin – UK Painter / Printmaker


1938 – Paul Bartel – US Actor / Director / Screenwriter – Died 13th May 2000


1946 – Bruce Benderson – US Author


1946 – Ron Davies – UK Politician


1950 – Carole Pope – Canadian Singer / Songwriter / Musician


1957 – Jim McGreevey – US Politician


1958 – Lorne Saxberg – Canadian Presenter / Journalist – Died 6th May 2006


1963 – Gwendolyn Graham – US Serial Killer


1964 – Lord Black of Brentwood – UK Politician


1966 – Sarah Pettit – US Journalist – Died 22nd January 2003


1978/80 – David Taylor – US Marine / Model / Porn / Actor


1982 – Adrianne Curry – US Model / Reality TV [ANTM-1]




And those who died:


1983 – Klaus Nomi – German Singer / Actor – Born 24th January 1944


1996 – Ossie Clark – UK Fashion Designer – Born 9th June 1942


1999 – Louis Dusee – Dutch Singer / Actor / Playwright / Presenter – Born 9th February 1930




Events in LGBT History:


2011 – Amsterdam Gay Pride


2011 - Liverpool Pride


2011 - Swindon & Wiltshire Pride


2011 - Cotswold Pride, Cheltenham, UK


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