Friday 30 September 2011

30th September

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LGBT People Born 30th September:


1924 – Truman Capote – US Actor / Author – Died 25th August 1984


1935 – Johnny Mathis – US Singer


1960 – Nicola Griffith – UK Author / Editor


1971 – Miguel Leon – Venezuelan Porn


1971 – Jeff Whitty – US Playwright / Librettist


1977 – Maia Brewton – US Actress


1986 – James Barnett – US Activist / Entrepreneur



And Those Who Died:


1955 – James Dean – US Actor – Born 8th February 1931


1987 – Geoffrey Burridge – UK Actor – Born 1948/9


1989 – Virgil Thomson – US Composer – Born 25th November 1896


1990 – Patrick White – Australian Author – Born 28th May 1912


1997 – Ernst van Heerden – South African Poet – Born 20th March 1916



Events in LGBT History:


2008 – Civil Unions legalised in Ecuador


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Thursday 29 September 2011

29th September

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LGBT People Born 29th September:


1955 – Ann Bancroft – US Polar Explorer / Author / Teacher


1956 – Carol Blazejowski – US Basketball


1958 – Jahna Steele – US Entertainer – Died 24th January 2008


1961 – Stephanie Miller – US Presenter / Comedian


1964 – Trojan Rock – UK Porn / Producer


1965 – Boris Izaguirre – Venezuelan / Spanish Screenwriter / Author / Journalist


1967 – Brett Anderson – UK Singer / Songwriter / Musician


1969 – Kelly Robbins – US Golf


1984 – Jonathan Agassi – Israeli Porn


???? – Kalman Faludi – Hungarian Porn



And Those Who Died:


1967 – Carson McCullers – US Author / Playwright – Born 19th February 1917


1973 – WH Auden – UK / USA Poet – Born 21st February 1907


1987 – Elizabeth Eden – US Transsexual – Born 19th August 1946


2006 – Jan Werner Danielsen – Norwegian Singer – Born 10th April 1976



Events in LGBT History:

2007 – Johannesburg Pride, Gauteng, South Africa

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Wednesday 28 September 2011

28th September

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LGBT People Born 28th September:


1952 – Kurt van Eegham – Belgian Singer / Presenter


1953 – Keith McDermott – US Actor / Author


1969 – John Perez – US Politician


1970/7 – Chad Adams – US? Porn



And Those Who Died:


1986 – Sir Robert Helpmann – Australian Dancer / Choreographer / Actor - Born 9th April 1909


2004 – FannyAnn Eddy – Sierra Leone Activist / Hate Crime Victim – Born 14th June 1974


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Tuesday 27 September 2011

27th September

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LGBT People Born 27th September:


1937 – Robert Patrick – US Playwright / Poet / Author / Songwriter


1939 – Nicholas Haslam – UK Interior Designer / Hairdresser


1940 – Rudolph Moshammer – German Fashion Designer / Murder Victim – Died 14th January 2005


1965 – Rhona Cameron – UK Comedian / Presenter


1974 – Carrie Brownstein – US Musician / Actress / Blogger


1975 – Tim Campbell – Australian Actor




And Those Who Died:


1961 – Hilda Doolittle – US Poet / Author – Born 10th September 1886


1992 – Keith Prentice – US Actor – Born 21st February 1940


2001 – Dafydd Jenkins – UK Club Manager / Editor – Born 20th December 1944


2002 – Charles Henri Ford – US Author / Poet / Director / Photographer / Artist / Editor – Born 10th February 1913


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Monday 26 September 2011

26th September

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LGBT People Born 26th September:


1907 – Anthony Blunt – UK Spy / Historian / Professor – Died 26th March 1983


1937 – Joop Admiraal – Dutch Actor – Died 25th March 2006


1942 – Gloria E Anzaldua – US Author / Poet / Activist – Died 15th May 2004


1946 – Andrea Dworkin – US Author / Activist – Died 9th April 2005


1947 – Arnie Zane – US Photographer / Dancer / Choreographer – Died 30th March 1988


1953 – David Clarenbach – US Politician


1958 – Darby Crash – US Singer / Musician – Died 7th December 1980


1962 – Patrick Bristow – US Actor


1966 – Scott Heim – US Author


1967 – Rich Merritt – US Marine / Lawyer / Blogger / Activist


1976 – Orville Lloyd Douglas – Canadian Poet / Author



And Those Who Died:


1937 – Bessie Smith – US Singer / Actress – Born 15th April 1894


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Sunday 25 September 2011

25th September

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LGBT People Born 25th September:


1914 – Robert Wright – US Librettist – Died 27th July 2005


1937 – Ronald Robertson – US Figure Skater – Died 4th February 2000


1952 – Cherrie Moraga – US Author / Playwright / Poet / Activist


1962 – David Bedella – US Actor / Singer


1968 – Mark Slade – US Porn


1974 – Sebastian Cole – Australian Porn


1977 – Oras Tynkkynen – Finnish Politician


1981 – Danny Hunter – US Porn




And Those Who Died:


1626 – Theophile de Viau – French Poet / Playwright – Born 1590


1967 – Lota de Macedo Soares – Brazilian Aesthete – Born 1910


1968 – Cornell Woolrich – US Author – Born 4th December 1903


1987 – Gerald Chapman – UK Director – Born 8th November 1949


1987 – Emlyn Williams – UK Actor / Playwright – Born 26th November 1905


1989 – Jack Smith – US Actor / Playwright / Director / Photographer – Born 14th November 1932



Events in LGBT History:


2011 - Sunderland Pride, UK


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Saturday 24 September 2011

24th September

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LGBT People Born 24th September:


1899 – Sir William Dobell – Australian Sculptor / Painter – Died 13th May 1970


1923 – Louis Edmonds – US Actor – Died 3rd March 2001


1940 – Yves Navarre – French Author – Died 24th January 1994


1949 – Pedro Almodovar – Spanish Director / Producer / Screenwriter [or 25th September 1949]


1951 – Mark Leno – US Politician


1954 – Eric Stryker – US Porn – Died 19th February 1988


1961 – John Logan – US Screenwriter / Playwright


1969 – Chad Beguelin – US Playwright


1976 – Michelle Ferris – Australian Cyclist


1979 – Casey Johnson – US Socialite / Actress / Model / Author – Died 4th January 2010


1979 – Ross Matthews – US Presenter


???? – Jake Gianelli – US Porn / Bodybuilder



And Those Who Died:


1494 – Poliziano – Italian Poet – Born 14th July 1454


1963 – Una Vincenzo – UK Sculptor / Translator – Born 8th March 1887


1981 – Patsy Kelly – US Actress / Singer / Comedian – Born 12th January 1910


1996 – Zeki Muren – Turkish Poet / Singer / Composer / Actor – Born 6th December 1931


2006 – Patrick Quinn – US Actor – Born 12th February 1950


2009 – Emile Norman – US Artist – Born 22nd April 1918


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Friday 23 September 2011

23rd September

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LGBT People Born 23rd September:


1923 – Anita Cornwell – US Author


1954 – George C Wolfe – US Playwright / Director


1965 – Manvendra Singh Gohil – Indian Prince / Reality TV [Undercover Princes]


1967 – Michael Soldier – US Porn / Actor / Drag Queen / Musician / Singer


1968 – Adam Price – UK Politician / Columnist


1970 – Ani DiFranco – US Singer / Songwriter / Musician


1972 – Sarah Bettens – Belgian Singer / Musician



And Those Who Died:


2004 – Margaret Sloan-Hunter – US Activist / Poet / Journalist – Born 1947



Events in LGBT History:


1999 – First Celebrate Bisexuality Day in the USA (annually thereafter)


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Thursday 22 September 2011

22nd September

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LGBT People Born 22nd September:


1900 – William Spratling – US Artist – Died 7th August 1967


1910 – Gyorgy Faludy – Hungarian Poet / Author / Translator – Died 1st September 2006


1938 – Hilton Brown – US Artist / Activist


1946 – Maurice Richard – Canadian Politician


1953 – Richard Fairbrass – UK Singer / Presenter / Activist


1955 – Lilo Wanders – German Actor


1958 – Tim Miller – US Performance Artist / Author


1965 – Dan Bucatinsky – US Actor / Screenwriter / Producer


1969 – Sue Perkins – UK Comedian / Presenter / Actress / Scriptwriter


1972 – Matthew Rush – US Porn / Personal Trainer / Actor


1979 – Ron Link – Dutch Actor / Singer


1984 – Ole Henrik Gronn – Norwegian Politician

???? [or April 1983] – Sebastian Rivers – US Porn

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Wednesday 21 September 2011

21st September

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LGBT People Born 21st September:


1898 – Pavel Tchelitchew – Russian / US Painter – Died 31st July 1957


1902 – Luis Cernuda – Spanish Poet / Literary Critic – Died 5th November 1963


1926 – Don Dunstan – Australian Politician – Died 6th February 1999


1944 – Fannie Flagg – US Actress / Author


1945 – Kay Ryan – US Poet / Teacher


1967 – Christopher Price – UK Presenter – Died 22nd April 2002


1967 – Alan G Rogers – US Soldier / Activist / Pastor – Died 27th January 2008


1968 – Jinx Titanic [John Patrick Kamys] – US Composer / Singer / Songwriter / Author / Actor / Comedian / Presenter


1970 – Melissa Ferrick – US Singer


1977 – Johnny Hazzard – US Porn / Singer


1983 – Scott Evans – US Actor


1984 – Jonny Makeup – US Musician / Presenter / Columnist



And Those Who Died:


1327 – Edward II – English Monarch – Born 25th April 1284


1996 – Henri Nouwen – Dutch / Canadian Priest / Author / Theologian – Born 24th January 1932


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Tuesday 20 September 2011

20th September

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LGBT people born 20th September:


1869 – Emma Willits – US Physician – Died 9th April 1965


1918 – Gordon Heath – US Singer / Actor / Director – Died 27th August 1991


1918 – George Mosse – German / US Historian / Author – Died 22nd January 1999


1924 – William John Christopher Vassall – UK RAF / Spy – Died 18th November 1996


1925 – James Bernard – UK Composer – Died 12th July 2001


1930 – Richard Montague – US Mathematician – Died 7th March 1971


1948 – Chuck Panozzo – US Musician


1952 – Molly Cutpurse – UK Author


1955 – Jamie Lee Hamilton – Canadian Politician / Activist / Author / Entertainer / Lecturer


1958 – Mike Roberts – US Porn


1961 – Bo Dixon – US Porn


1976 – Lesley Brehm – Dutch Presenter


1976/7 – Lane Fuller – US Porn



And those who died:


2005 – Tobias Schneebaum – US Artist / Activist – Born 25th March 1922



Events in LGBT History:

2011 – “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repealed in the US military

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Monday 19 September 2011

19th September

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LGBT People Born 19th September:


1876 – Ethel Mars – US Artist – Died 1956


1910 – Margaret Lindsay – US Actress – Died 9th May 1981


1934 – Brian Epstein – UK Artists’ Manager – Died 27th August 1967


1947 – Nimrod Ping – UK Architect / Politician – Died 3rd July 2006


1962 – Gottfried von Bismarck – German Aristocrat – Died 30th June 2007


1963 – Inge Diepman – Dutch Presenter


1969 – LeRoy Whitfield – US Journalist / Activist – Died 9th October 2005


1974 – Sam Jensen Page – US Journalist / Personal Trainer


1978 – Michael Bihary – Slovakian / Dutch Singer


1980 – Tegan & Sara Quinn – Canadian Singers / Songwriters / Musicians



And Those Who Died:


1990 – Stephen F Kolzak – US Director – Born 19th February 1953


1992 – Frederick Combs – US Actor – Born 11th October 1935


2002 – Andreas Burnier – Dutch Author – Born 3rd July 1931



Events in LGBT History:


1993 – Hamilton Square Baptist Church protests in San Francisco, California, USA


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Sunday 18 September 2011

18th September

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LGBT People Born 18th September:


53 – Trajan – Roman Emperor – Died 8th August 117


1883 – Baron Berners (Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson) – UK Composer / Author / Painter – Died 19th April 1950


1905 – Greta Garbo – Swedish / US Actress – Died 15th April 1990


1925 – Pia Beck – Dutch Pianist – Died 26th November 2009


1928 – Jack Robinson – US Photographer – Died 15th December 1997



And Those Who Died:


1935 – Alice Dunbar Nelson – US Poet / Journalist / Activist – Born 19th July 1875


1983 – Jose Perez Ocana – Spanish Painter / Drag Queen – Born 24th March 1947


2009 – Peter Denyer – UK Actor – Born 20th August 1947


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Saturday 17 September 2011

17th September

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LGBT People Born 17th September:


1884 – Charles Griffes – US Composer / Pianist – Died 8th April 1920


1904 – Sir Frederick Ashton – Ecuadorian Dancer / Choreographer – Died 18th October 1988


1928 – Roddy McDowell – UK Actor – Died 3rd October 1998


1943 – Gilbert Proesch – Italian Artist


1958 – Chris Burns – US Porn – Died 26th February 1995


1962 – Michael French – UK Actor


1963 – Tim van Zandt – US Politician / Nurse / Accountant


1965 – Bryan Singer – US Director / Producer


1971 – Nate Berkus – US Interior Designer / Presenter


1974 – Mirah – US Singer / Songwriter / Musician


1975 – Jade Esteban Estrada – US Singer / Comedian / Actor / Dancer / Choreographer / Author



And Those Who Died:


1907 – Edmonia Lewis – US Sculptor – Born 4th July 1845


1921 – Philip, Prince of Eulenburg – German Politician – Born 12th February 1847


1948 – Ruth Benedict – US Anthropologist / Author – Born 5th June 1887


1994 – Glenn Steers – US / UK Porn – Born 3rd October 1958


???? – Lisa D – US Murder Victim – Born ????


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Friday 16 September 2011

16th September

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LGBT People Born 16th September:


1882 – Freda du Faur – Australian Mountain Climber – Died 11th September 1935


1922 – David Noyes Jackson – US Author / Artist – Died 13th July 2001


1934 – George Chakiris – US Actor / Dancer


1954 – Michael Nava – US Lawyer / Author


1970 – Sandi Simcha DuBowski – US Director / Producer


1974 – Monique Brumby – Australian Musician / Singer / Songwriter / Music Producer


1977 – Justin Deabler – US Reality TV [Real World: Hawaii]



And Those Who Died:


1994 – Richard A Heyman – US Politician – Born 1935


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Thursday 15 September 2011

15th September

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LGBT people born 15th September:


1889 – Claude McKay – Jamaican / US Author / Poet – Died 22nd May 1948


1932 – Ann Bannon – US Author / Professor


1937 – Jacques D’Ancona – Dutch Journalist


1956 – Cathy Connolly – US Professor / Politician


1967 – Jerry Dixon – US Actor / Songwriter / Musician



And those who died:


1983 – Beverley Nichols – UK Author / Playwright / Actor / Composer – Born 9th September 1898


2007 – Osvan Inacio dos Santos – Brazilian Hate Crime Victim – Born 1987 / 1988


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Wednesday 14 September 2011

14th September

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LGBT people born 14th September:


1769 – Alexander von Humboldt – German Explorer – Died 6th May 1859


1908 – Peter Watson – UK Art Collector – Died 3rd May 1956


1916 – Eric Bentley – UK / US Actor / Singer / Playwright / Critic / Translator / Editor


1930 – Allan Bloom – US Author / Philosopher – Died 7th October 1992


1934 – Kate Millett – US Sculptor / Author


1935 – Amanda Barrie – UK Actress


1954 – Michael Patrick King – US Director / Producer / Screenwriter


1954 – David Wojnarowicz – US Painter / Photographer / Author / Director / Activist – Died 22nd July 1992


1955 – Pier Vittorio Tondelli – Italian Author – Died 16th December 1991


1958 – Robert McCall – Canadian Figure Skater – Died 15th November 1991


1967 – Jacob Anderson-Minshall – US Author / Journalist / Presenter


1976/80 – Rhett O’Hara – US Porn



And those who died:


1927 – Isadora Duncan – US Dancer – Born 26th May 1877


2008 – John Burnside – US Inventor – Born 2nd November 1916



Events in LGBT History:


2009 – Same-sex marriage legalised in Maine from this date, overturned in November by People’s Veto


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Tuesday 13 September 2011

13th September

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LGBT people born 13th September:


1928 – Robert Indiana – US Artist


1944 – Bettina Aptheker – US Author / Activist


1948 – Nell Carter – US Actress – Died 23rd January 2003


1952 – Randy Jones – US Singer [or 23rd July ????]


1973 – Mousbah Baalbaki – Lebanese Belly dancer



And those who died:


1959 – Adrian – US Costume Designer – Born 3rd March 1903


1940 – John Brooks Wheelwright – US Poet – Born 1897


1991 – Peter McGehee – US / Canadian Author – Born 6th October 1955


2007 – Danny Roddick – US Porn – Born 11th June 1976/78


2007 – Gordon Sloan – Australian Architect / Reality TV [Big Brother] – Born 31st October 1972


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Monday 12 September 2011

12th September

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LGBT people born 12th September:


1946 – Minnie Bruce Pratt – US Author / Poet / Teacher / Activist


1954 – Robert Gober – US Artist


1956 – Leslie Cheung – Hong Kong Actor / Singer / Producer / Musician – Died 1st April 2003


1957 – Tony de Vit – UK DJ – Died 2nd July 1998


1963 – Paul Bellini – US Presenter / Journalist


1964 – Chip Kidd – US Author / Editor / Graphic Designer


1970 – Jens Hammer – German Porn



And those who died:


1992 – Anthony Perkins – US Actor – Born 4th April 1932


1993 – Raymond Burr – US Actor – Born 21st May 1917


1995 – Jeremy Brett – UK Actor – Born 3rd November 1933


2010 – Victoria Carmen White – US Model / Murder Victim – Born ????


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Sunday 11 September 2011

Pamela J Boyce

Pamela J Boyce

1958 - 11th September 2001

Pamela was Assistant Vice-President of Accounting for Carr Futures working on the 92nd Floor of 1 World Trade Center, where she was working when the plane struck.
Known for her direct approach, sometimes thought of as harsh, which came from a sense of practicality. She was a hard worker who had recently graduated with a degree in accounting, for which she studied after work at a local community college.
Outside of work she was known for her love of disco dancing, competing competitively, though she also loved to relax.
Leaving behind her partner Catherine Anello, with whom she shared a home in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, she also left behind a family she loved, evidenced by her serving as Lamaze coach for her sister Desiree, at the birth of her niece Kristina.
Catherine has said that Pamela wasn't afraid to die, saying that she knew she was going to a beautiful place. If only we all had that certainty.

Brandhorst-Gamboa Family

Daniel Brandhorst / Ronald Gamboa / David Gamboa-Brandhorst
On this horrid anniversary the story of the Brandhorst-Gamboa family is both a heart-rending and a heart-warming one. Daniel and Ronald met about 13 years prior to 9/11 while living on the US east coast. When Daniel got transferred to a Pricewaterhouse/Cooper office in Los Angeles, the couple moved to facilitate this and with Ronald eventually settling as a manager of The Gap store in Santa Monica. The couple adopted a son, David, through a surrogate mother, looking after her during the pregnancy, birth and afterwards. Initially needing some help as all new parents so, they quickly settled in to become natural parents, Daniel becoming "Papa" and Ronald "Daddy" to the beautiful, bright, energetic and very caring young boy. Daniel was variously described as happy, inspirational, a good friend and generous, but was also the "serious one" in the relationship. Ronald was the joker who could apparently "make a rainy day look happy." Both parents have inspired their co-workers to greater things and are remembered fondly by many of them, some of whom have had their lives changed dramatically by the advice given by the two men. The one thing that can be taken from this terrible day is that in the end the loving family were together.
I would have been honoured to meet the trio who, even though they are gone, stand as examples to show the bigots still out there that a family is what individuals make it and does not need to be formulaic or standardised. Some of the best families are those which are chosen, not moulded. The Brandhorst-Gamboas are fine examples of all that a family can and should be and should be used as role models for gay marriage, gay adoption, happiness and good parenting.




To read an incredibly touching tribute to David Gamboa-Brandhorst please visit here.



Please also visit 2996 Project to read about all the other victims of this terrible day. Every one has a story.

Waleska Martinez-Rivera

Waleska Martinez Rivera


Waleska Martinez-Rivera was born in Puerto Rico. She studied computer science and business at the University of Puerto Rico where she graduated first in her class in 1986 before moving on to teaching computer science at two universities. In 1987 she moved to New York and was hired the following year by the US Census Bureau’s regional office, where she was subsequently promoted to supervisory computer specialist recruiting and training other computer specialists. Highly praised by her boss there, Waleska was in 1997 awarded a bronze medal by the Census Bureau for her dedication.





Her work demeanour has been described as friendly but reserved. Outside of work she, without doubt, knew how to enjoy herself, enjoying movies, music, sport, the theatre and entertaining.




She left behind her “longtime partner” Angela Lopez, whose Madonna “Drowned World” baseball cap she had borrowed on the morning she boarded Flight 93, that fateful morning on her way to a conference in San Francisco.

Tuesday Morning

11th September

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LGBT People Born 11th September:


1864 – Marc-Andre Raffalovich – French Poet / Author – Died 14th February 1934


1911 – Bola de Nieve – Cuban Musician / Singer – Died 2nd October 1971


1948 – Jewelle Gomez – US Author / Poet / Playwright / Critic / Activist


1957 – John Moss – UK Musician


1965 – Graeme Obree – UK Cyclist


1965 – Axel Schock – German Journalist / Author


1967/9 – Arpad Miklos – Hungarian Porn


1969 – Gidget Gein – US Musician – Died 8th October 2008


1978 – Shawn Legend – US Porn




And those who died:


1292 – John de Wettre – Belgian Knife-maker executed for homosexuality – Born 1263


1935 – Freda du Faur – Australian Mountain Climber – Born 16th September 1882


1971 – Bella Darvi – French Actress – Born 23rd October 1928


1988 – Forrest Henderson – US Singer / Murder Victim – Born ????


2001 – 9/11 victims


Graham Berkeley – UK – Flight 175 - Born 12th January 1964


Mark Bingham – US PR Executive / Rugby / Hero – Flight 93 - Born 22nd May 1970


Pamela J Boyce – US AVP of Accounting – WTC – Born 1958


Dan Brandhorst – US – Flight 175 – Born ?


David Charlebois – US Pilot – Flight 77 – Born 29th August 1962


Eugene Clark – US – WTC – Born ?


Jeffrey Collman – US Flight Attendant – Flight 11 – Born ?


Luke A Dudek – US Catering Manager – WTC – Born ?


Eddie – US Firefighter – WTC – Born ?


James Joe Ferguson – US – Flight 77 – Born ?


Carol Flyzik – US Nurse – Flight 11 – Born


Ronald Gamboa – US – Flight 175 – Born ?


Sheila Hein – US Army Staff – Pentagon – Born ?


Mychal F Judge – US Priest / Hero / Firefighter – WTC – Born 11th May 1933


Tony Karnes – US – WTC – Born ?


John Keohane – US – WTC – Born ?


Michael Lepore – US – WTC – Born 1962


Waleska Martinez – US – Flight 93 – Born ?


Patricia McAneney – US – WTC – Born ?


Wesley Mercer – US Army / VP of Corporate Security – WTC – Born ?


Seamus O’Neal – US Army / Actor / Dancer – WTC – Born ?


Philip Paul Ognibene – US Bond Trader / Softball – WTC – Born ?


Catherine Smith – US – WTC – Born ?


2008 – Nils Johan Ringdal – Norwegian Author / Historian / Bodybuilder – Born 6th March 1952


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