3rd August

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LGBT people born 3rd August:

1887 – Rupert Brooke – UK Poet – Died 23^rd April 1915

1916 – Gordon Merrick – US Actor / Author – Died 27^th March 1988

1956 – Kirk Brandon – UK Musician

1959 – Lee Ryder – US Porn – Died 10^th July 1991

1964 – Daniella Somers – Belgian Boxer

1967 – Skin – UK Singer

1970 – Mike Chavez – Mexican Porn

1971 – Steven Howard – US Politician

1981 – Michelle Courtens – Dutch Singer

1982 – Robert Stadlober – Austrian Actor / Musician

And those who died:

1916 – Roger Casement – Irish Poet / Terrorist – Born 1^st September 1864

1932 – Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson – UK Historian / Activist – Born 6^th August 1862

1954 – Colette – French Author – Born 28^th January 1873

1983 – Jobraith – US Singer – Born 14^th December 1946

2009 – Allen Thornell – US Activist – Born 1970 / 1971

Events in LGBT History:

2007 – Christopher Street Day Hamburg, Germany [ran until 5^th August 2007]

2007 – Amsterdam Gay Pride, Netherlands [ran until 5^th August 2007]

2009 – Wisconsin legalises same-sex marriages effective this date

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