6th October

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LGBT People Born 6th October:

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

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

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

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

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

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

1955 – Richard Berkowitz – US Author / Activist

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

1961 – Ben Summerskill – UK Journalist / Activist

1965 – Kate Fleming – US Actress / Producer – Died 14^th 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 17^th January 1837

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

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

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

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

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5th October

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LGBT People Born 5th October:

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

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

1939 – Marie-Claire Blais – Canadian Author / Playwright

1945 – Carlos Castro – Portuguese Presenter / Journalist / Murder Victim – Died 7^th 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 25^th May 1869

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

2000 – Ruth Ellis – US Activist – Born 23^rd 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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4th October

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LGBT People Born 4th October:

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

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

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

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

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

And Those Who Died:

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

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

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

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

Events in LGBT History:

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

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3rd October

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LGBT People Born 3rd October:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1925 – Gore Vidal – US Author / Playwright

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

1930 – Nicholas Eden – UK Politician – Died 17^th 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 17^th September 1994

1967 – David “Sinders” Morley – UK Pub Landlord / Admiral Duncan bombing survivor / Murder Victim – Born 30^th 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 4^th December 1903

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

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

2005 – Guillaume Dustan – French Author / Journalist – Born 29^th 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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2nd October

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LGBT People Born 2nd October:

1866 – Charles Ricketts – UK Artist / Illustrator / Author / Painter – Died 7^th 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 1^st October 1959]

1961 – Sir Simon Milton – UK Politician – Died 11^th 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 11^th September 1911

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

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

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

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

Events in LGBT History:

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

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1st October

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LGBT People Born 1st October:

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

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

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

1928 – Laurence Harvey – Lithuanian / UK / South African Actor – Died 25^th 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 17^th August 1885

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

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

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

2008 – Robert Arthur – US Actor – Born 18^th 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 7^th 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 23^rd May ????]

And Those Who Died:

1942 – Bernard Natan – Romanian / French Director / Actor / Concentration Camp Victim – Born 14^th 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?)