19th August

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LGBT people born 19th August:

1909 – Jerzy Andrzejewski – Polish Author – Died 19^th April 1983

1919 – Malcolm Forbes – US Publisher – Died 24^th February 1990

1934 – Renee Richards – US Tennis / Author / Surgeon

1946 – Elizabeth Eden – US transsexual – Died 29^th September 1987

1946 – Rob Tielman – Dutch Author

1954 – Roger Kusch – German Politician

1957 – Gerda Verburg – Dutch Politician

1962 – Tammy Bruce – US Author / Presenter

1970 – Scott McCoy – US Politician

1983 – Missy Higgins – Australian Singer

1984 – Gregory Paul Soriano – US Reality TV [Beauty & the Geek / Cake Boss: Next Great Baker]

And those who died:

1929 – Sergei Diaghilev – Russian Art Critic – Born 31^st March 1872

1936 – Federico Garcia Lorca – Spanish Poet / Musician / Director / Playwright / Murder Victim – Born 5^th June 1898

2008 – Leo Abse – UK Politician / Lawyer / Activist – Born 22^nd April 1917

Events in LGBT History:

2008 - First nationwide gay rights measures implemented in Argentina with same-sex couples gaining the right to claim their deceased partners' pensions

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