31st May

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LGBT people born 31st May:

1819 – Walt Whitman – US Poet / Author / Journalist – Died 26^th March 1892

1922 – Denholm Elliott – UK Actor – Died 6^th October 1992

1945 – Rainer Werner Fassbinder – German Director / Playwright / Composer / Actor – Died 10^th June 1982

1953 – Louise Frevert – Danish Politician

1954 – Lissy Groner – German Politician

1965 – Todd McKenney – Australian Entertainer

And those who died:

1963 – Edith Hamilton – German / US Author – Born 12^th August 1867

1967 – Billy Strayhorn – US Composer / Pianist / Arranger – Born 29^th November 1915

1978 – Hannah Hoch – German Artist – Born 1^st November 1889

1991 – Sir Angus Wilson – UK Author / Journalist / Playwright – Born 11^th August 1913

1993 – Anji Xtravaganza – US Entertainer – Born 1966

2009 – Danny LaRue – Irish Female Impersonator / Singer – Born 26^th July 1927

2010 – Donald Windham – US Author / Playwright – Born 2^nd July 1920

Events in LGBT History:

2003 – National Queer Arts Festival in San Francisco, California, USA [ran until 29^th June 2003]

2007 – Newfest – NY LGBT Film Festival, USA [ran until 10^th June 2007]

2009 – National Queer Arts Festival in San Francisco, California, USA [ran until 11^th July 2009]

2011 – First ever Montenegro Pride

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