Thursday, 6 October 2011

6th October

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LGBT People Born 6th October:


1847 – Adolf von Hildebrand – German[?] Sculptor / Architect – Died 18th January 1921


1866 – John Gambril Nicholson – UK Poet / Teacher / Photographer – Died 1st July 1931


1872 – Mikhail Kuzmin – Russian Poet / Musician [or 18th October 1872] – Died 1st March 1936


1898 – Mitchell Leisen – US Director / Costume Designer – Died 28th October 1972


1902 – Bruno Balz – German Songwriter – Died 14th March 1988


1927 – Antony Grey – UK Activist – Died 30th April 2010


1955 – Richard Berkowitz – US Author / Activist


1955 – Peter McGehee – US / Canadian Author – Died 13th September 1991


1961 – Ben Summerskill – UK Journalist / Activist


1965 – Kate Fleming – US Actress / Producer – Died 14th December 2006


1970/1 – Peter Raeg – Australian Porn


1976 – Carlo Masi – Italian Porn


1979 – Owen Hawk – US Porn



And Those Who Died:


1923 – Oscar Browning – UK Author / Historian – Born 17th January 1837


1973 – Dennis Price – UK Actor – Born 23rd June 1915


1979 – Elizabeth Bishop – US Poet – Born 8th February 1911


1992 – Denholm Elliott – UK Actor – Born 31st May 1922


2008 – Kim Ji-hoo – South Korean Actor / Model – Born 5th April 1985


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Wednesday, 5 October 2011

5th October

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LGBT People Born 5th October:


1840 – John Addington Symonds – UK Poet / Literary Critic – Died 19th April 1893


1928 – Louise Fitzhugh – US Author / Illustrator – Died 19th November 1974


1939 – Marie-Claire Blais – Canadian Author / Playwright


1945 – Carlos Castro – Portuguese Presenter / Journalist / Murder Victim – Died 7th January 2011


1949 – Peter Ackroyd – UK Author


1952 – Clive Barker – UK Author / Director


1952 – Hermes Phettberg – Austrian Artist / Comedian / Actor / Author / Presenter


1956 – Ron Nyswaner – US Screenwriter / Director


1972 – Thomas Roberts – US Presenter


1973 – Titof – French Porn


1977 – Szymon Niemiec – Polish Journalist / Activist / Politician


1982 – Francisco Bosch – Spanish Actor / Dancer



And Those Who Died:


1918 – Robbie Ross – Canadian Journalist / Art Critic – Born 25th May 1869


1962 – Sylvia Beach – US Author – Born 14th March 1887


2000 – Ruth Ellis – US Activist – Born 23rd July 1899


2009 - Kevin McGee – UK Producer – Born 1977



Events in LGBT History:


2002 – Azedine Berkane attempted to assassinate Bertrand Delanoe in Paris, France


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Tuesday, 4 October 2011

4th October

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LGBT People Born 4th October:


1890 – Alan L Hart – US Physician / Author – Died 4th July 1962


1907 – Alain Danielou – French Historian / Author – Died 27th January 1994


1919 – CA Tripp – US Psychologist / Author / Activist – Died 17th May 2003


1972 – Van Darkholme – US Porn / Actor / Director / Photographer [or 24th October]


???? – Cort Stevens – US Porn [or 20th January 1981]



And Those Who Died:


1902 – Lionel Pigot Johnson – UK Poet / Author / Journalist – Born 15th March 1867


1970 – Janis Joplin – US Singer – Born 19th January 1943


1989 – Graham Chapman – UK Actor / Screenwriter – Born 8th January 1941


1996 – Alma Routsong [Isabel Miller] – US Author – Born 26th November 1924



Events in LGBT History:


2007 – Tampa International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Florida, USA [ran until 14th October 2007]


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Monday, 3 October 2011

3rd October

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LGBT People Born 3rd October:


1858 – Eleonora Duse – Italian Actress – Died 21st April 1924


1877 – Virginia Gildersleeve – US College Dean – Died 7th July 1965


1882 – Karol Szymanowski – Polish Composer / Pianist – Died 28th March 1937


1897 – Louis Aragon – French Author / Poet – Died 24th December 1982


1908 – David Herbert – UK Author / Socialite / Interior Designer – Died 3rd April 1995


1915 – Anthony Forwood – UK Actor / Actor’s Manager – Died 18th May 1988


1922 – John Craxton – UK Painter – Died 17th November 2009


1925 – Gore Vidal – US Author / Playwright


1928 – Erik Bruhn – Danish Ballet / Choreographer / Actor / Director / Author – Died 1st April 1986


1930 – Nicholas Eden – UK Politician – Died 17th August 1985


1944 – Roy Horn – German Magician


1950 – Christine Kehoe – US Politician


1951 – Bernard Cooper – US Author


1952 – Oyvind Rauset – Norwegian Artist / Musician / Composer


1956 – Peter Frechette – US Actor


1958 – Glenn Steers – US / UK Porn – Died 17th September 1994


1967 – David “Sinders” Morley – UK Pub Landlord / Admiral Duncan bombing survivor / Murder Victim – Born 30th October 2004


1970 – Kobi Israel – Israeli Photographer


1978 – Jake Shears – US Singer


???? – Chris Ward – US[?] Director



And Those Who Died:


1997 – AL Rowse – UK Historian / Poet – Born 4th December 1903


1998 – Roddy McDowell – UK Actor – Born 17th September 1928


2002 – Gwen Araujo – US Hate Crime Victim – Born 24th February 1985


2005 – Guillaume Dustan – French Author / Journalist – Born 29th November 1965



Events in LGBT History:


1973 – Howard Junior Brown came out at a symposium on sexuality at the Carrier Clinic in Belle Mead, New Jersey, USA


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Sunday, 2 October 2011

2nd October

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LGBT People Born 2nd October:


1866 – Charles Ricketts – UK Artist / Illustrator / Author / Painter – Died 7th October 1931


1926 – Jan Morris – UK Historian / Author


1936 – Antonio Gala – Spanish Poet / Playwright / Activist


1946 – Jean-Jacques Aillagon – French Politician


1949 – Annie Leibovitz – US Photographer


1959 – Will West – US Porn [or 1st October 1959]


1961 – Sir Simon Milton – UK Politician – Died 11th April 2011


1966 – Chip Arndt – US Reality TV [Amazing Race 4 / Real Gay] / Activist


1973 – Andriy Danylko [aka Verka Serduchka] – Russian Drag Queen / Singer


1979 – Maja Ivarsson – Swedish Singer


1986 / 1987 – Ashton Star – US Porn



And Those Who Died:


1971 – Bola de Nieve – Cuban Musician / Singer – Born 11th September 1911


1985 – Rock Hudson – US Actor – Born 17th November 1925


2004 – Daniel Fetty – US Hate Crime Victim – Born 1966


2007 – George Grizzard – US Actor – Born 1st April 1928


2007 – Herbert Muschamp – US Architectural Critic – Born 28th November 1947



Events in LGBT History:

2009 – Out on Film [Atlanta LGBT Film Festival] ran until 8th October 2009

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Saturday, 1 October 2011

1st October

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LGBT People Born 1st October:


1760 – William Thomas Beckford – UK Author / Art Critic / Politician – Died 2nd May 1844


1867 – George Cecil Ives – German / UK Poet / Author / Activist – Died 4th June 1950


1903 – Vladimir Horowitz – Russian Pianist – Died 5th November 1989


1928 – Laurence Harvey – Lithuanian / UK / South African Actor – Died 25th November 1973


1931 – Sylvano Bussotti – Italian Composer


1953 – Klaus Wowereit – German Politician


1969 – Marc LaSalle – US Porn


1970 – Martin Andreasson – Swedish Politician


1985 – Isis King – US Model / Reality TV [America’s Next Top Model]



And Those Who Died:


1972 – Kurt Hiller – German Author / Journalist – Born 17th August 1885


1979 – Dorothy Arzner – US Director – Born 3rd January 1897


2001 – Kenny Greene – US Singer / Songwriter / Record Producer – Born 17th January 1969


2007 – Ned Sherrin – UK Presenter / Author / Director – Born 18th February 1931


2008 – Robert Arthur – US Actor – Born 18th June 1925



Events in LGBT History:


1994 – LGBT History Month launched in the USA


2009 – Nevada, USA legalises domestic partnerships from this date


2010 – Out on Film [Atlanta LGBT Film Festival] begins and runs until 7th October 2010


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October

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LGBT People Born on Unknown Dates in October:


1983 – Suave Rico – US Porn [or 23rd May ????]



And Those Who Died:


1942 – Bernard Natan – Romanian / French Director / Actor / Concentration Camp Victim – Born 14th July 1886


1993 - Tessa Boffin – UK Photographer – Born 1962



Events in LGBT History:


1998 – David Atlanta magazine first published (USA)


2009 – Original Plumbing (magazine by and for transmen) first published (in the US?)