Thursday 31 March 2011

31st March

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LGBT people born 31st March:


1872 – Sergei Diaghilev – Russian Art Critic – Died 19th August 1929


1934 – Richard Chamberlain – US Actor


1940 – Barney Frank – US Politician


1957 – Alan Duncan – UK Politician


1961 – Jake Heggie – US Composer / Musician


1961 – Suzanne Westenhoefer – US Comedian / Actress


1972 – Alejandro Amenabar – Chilean Director


1972 – Scott Rennie – UK Reverend


1974 – Stefan Olsdal – Swedish Musician


1978 – Romaine Patterson – US Author / Presenter / Activist


???? – Shane Rollins – US Porn



And those who died:


1996 – Dario Bellezza – Italian Author / Poet / Playwright – Born 5th September 1944


2000 – Gisele Freund – French Photographer – Born 19th November 1908/12


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Wednesday 30 March 2011

30th March

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LGBT People born 30th March:


1844 – Paul Verlaine – French Poet – Died 8th January 1896


1903 – Countee Cullen – US Poet – Died 9th January 1946


1927 – Leen Jongewaard – Dutch Actor / Singer / Comedian – Died 4th June 1996


1933 – Jean-Claude Brialy – French Actor / Director – Died 30th May 2007


1944 – Gerrit Komrij – Dutch Author / Poet / Playwright / Critic


1953 – Cydney Bernard – US Producer


1964 – Tracy Chapman – US Singer / Songwriter / Musician


1967 – Richard Bluestein – US Entertainer


1967 – Gerald McCullouch – US Actor / Singer / Screenwriter / Director / Boxer


1967 – Cliff Parker – US Porn


1973 – Lazaro Carrera – Argentine Porn



And those who died:


1984 – Gaetan Dugas – Canadian Flight Attendant [Alleged Patient Zero for AIDS] – Born 20th February 1953


1988 – Arnie Zane – US Photographer / Dancer / Choreographer – Born 26th September 1947


2003 – Nick Enright – Australian Playwright / Author – Born 22nd December 1950


2003 – Michael Jeter – US Actor – Born 26th August 1952


2006 – Rupesh Mandal – Nepalese Hate Crime Victim – Born ?


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Tuesday 29 March 2011

29th March

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LGBT people born 29th March:


1893 – Dora Carrington – UK Painter – Died 11th March 1932


1936 – Sir Richard Rodney Bennett – UK Composer


1950 – John Laird – US Politician / Activist


1958 – Victor Salva – US Director


1960 – Paddy Chew – Singaporean Choreographer / Actor / Activist – Died 21st August 1999


1966 – Matt McCoy – US Politician


1971 – Aaron Lawrence – US Porn


1975 – Thomas Bickman [aka Tomboy] – Danish Reality TV [Big Brother] / Presenter / Singer


1982 – Jay Brannan – US Actor / Singer / Songwriter


???? – Lex Sabre - ?? Porn



And those who died:


1974 – Karl Meier – Swiss Entertainer / Director / Editor – Died 16th March 1897


1985 – The Singing Nun – Belgian Nun / Singer – Born 17th October 1933


1995 – Antony Hamilton – Australian Actor / Model / Dancer – Born 4th May 1952


2001 – Hollis Sigler – US Painter – Born 2nd March 1948



Events in LGBT History:

2007 – Phuket Pride in Thailand [ran until 1st April 2007]
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Monday 28 March 2011

28th March

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LGBT people born 28th March:


1921 – Sir Dirk Bogarde – UK Actor – Died 8th May 1999


1931 – Jane Rule – Canadian Author – Died 27th November 2007


1933 – James Bidgood – US Artist / Photographer


1951 – James E West – US Army / Politician – Died 22nd July 2006


1962 – Alexandra Billings – US Actress


1964 – Faith Soloway – US Singer / Songwriter / Musician / Comedian


1974 – Scott Mills – UK Presenter


1976 – Angelo Garcia – US Singer / Songwriter


1980 – Hunter James – US Porn


1986 – Lady Gaga – US Singer / Songwriter / Musician



And those who died:


1929 – Katharine Lee Bates – US Author – Born 12th August 1859


1937 – Karol Szymanowski – Polish Composer / Pianist – Born 3rd October 1882


1941 – Virginia Woolf – UK Author – Born 25th January 1882


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Sunday 27 March 2011

27th March

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LGBT people born 27th March:

1915 – Denton Welch – UK Author / Painter – Died 30th December 1948

1926 – Frank O’Hara – US Poet – Died 25th July 1966

1952 – Maria Schneider – French Actress – 3rd February 2011

1960 – Reed Gusciora – US Politician

1960 – Johannes Kerkorrel – South African Singer / Journalist – Died 12th November 2002

1960 – Renato Russo – Brazilian Singer – Died 11th October 1996

1963 – Dave Koz – US Musician / Presenter

1971 – Thom Barron – German Porn

1975 – Stacy Ann Ferguson [Fergie] – US Singer / Songwriter / Rapper / Model / Actress

1975 – Jeff Palmer – US Porn / Singer

1987 – Sanne van Kerkhof – Dutch Speed Skater

And those who died:

1625 – James I – English Monarch – Born 19th June 1566

1988 – Gordon Merrick – US Actor / Author – Born 3rd August 1916

1993 – Ed Savitz – US Businessman – Born 22nd February 1942

Events in LGBT History:

2009 – Japan acknowledges its nationals same-sex marriages to foreigners from countries or states where same-sex marriages are legal

2010 – First ever Exeter Pride, Devon, UK

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Saturday 26 March 2011

26th March

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LGBT people born 26th March:

1859 – A. E. Housman – UK Poet – Died 30th April 1936

1911 – Tennessee Williams – US Playwright – Died 25th February 1983

1953 – Billy Lyall – UK Musician – Died 1st December 1989

1936 – James L White – US Poet / Editor / Teacher – Died ?? July 1981

1954 – Dorothy Porter – Australian Poet / Librettist / Author – Died 10th December 2008

1961 – Leigh Bowery – Australian Performance Artist – Died 31st December 1994

1962 – Paul de Leeuw – Dutch Comedian / Actor / Singer / Presenter

1966 – Bonnie Curtis – US Producer

1971 – Rennae Stubbs – Australian Tennis

1973 – T. R. Knight – US Actor

1978 – Ben Damon - US Porn

1979 – Daniel Boys – UK Actor / Singer / Reality TV

1981 – Cory Koons - US Porn

1985 – Jonathan Groff – US Actor / Singer / Songwriter

And those who died:

1892 – Walt Whitman – US Poet / Author / Journalist – Born 31st May 1819

1902 – Cecil Rhodes – South African Politician – Born 5th July 1853

1923 – Sarah Bernhardt – Dutch / French Actress – Born 23rd October 1844

1973 – Sir Noel Coward – UK Actor / Author / Musician – Born 16th December 1899

1979 – Beauford Delaney – US Painter – Born 30th December 1901

1983 – Anthony Blunt – UK Spy / Historian / Professor – Born 26th September 1907

1990 – Halston – US Fashion Designer – Born 23rd April 1932

1993 – Anselmo Feleppa – Brazilian Fashion Designer – Born 21st August 1956

1997 – Marshall Herff Applewhite – US Cult Leader – Born 17th May 1931

???? – Myl’ne – Ecuadorean Murder Victim – Born ?

Events in LGBT History:

2009 – Lawmakers in Serbia give final approval to ban discrimination whether based on race, religion, sexual orientation, gender or other factors

2009 – New Hampshire House votes for same-sex marriage (after first voting against it) (USA)
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Friday 25 March 2011

25th March

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LGBT people born 25th March:

1922 – Tobias Schneebaum – US Artist / Activist – Died 20th September 2005

1929 – Cecil Taylor – US Pianist / Poet [or 15th March 1929]

1934 – Bernard King – Australian Actor / Chef / Presenter – Died 20th December 2002

1947 – Elton John – UK Musician / Singer / Songwriter

1958 – Susie Bright – US Author / Presenter / Activist

1958 – John Maybury – UK Director / Screenwriter

1962 – Thom Bierdz – US Actor / Author / Painter

1971 – Sheryl Swoopes – US Basketball

1976 – Ramon te Wake – New Zealand Presenter / Singer / Songwriter

1981 – Daniel Vosovic – US Reality TV [Project: Runway] / Fashion Designer

1983 – Andrew Goldstein – US Lacrosse

And those who died:

1980 – Roland Barthes – French Literary Critic / Philosopher – Born 12th November 1915

1988 – Robert Joffrey – US Dancer / Choreographer / Director – Born 24th December 1928/30

2006 – Joop Admiraal – Dutch Actor – Born 26th September 1937

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Thursday 24 March 2011

24th March

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LGBT people born 24th March:

1930 – Kenneth Nelson – US Actor – Died 7th October 1993

1942 – Margarethe Cammermeyer – Norwegian / US National Guard / Activist / Politician

1947 – Jose Perez Ocana – Spanish Painter / Drag Queen – Died 18th September 1983

1950 – Andrea Goldsmith – Australian Author

1960 – Grayson Perry – UK Artist

1967 – Mark Anthony – UK Porn

1976 – Ivo Chundro – Dutch Singer / Actor

And those who died:

1996 – Bob Mellors – UK Activist / Murder Victim – Born 1950

2004 – Dominic Agostino – Canadian Politician – Born 14th October 1959

Events in LGBT History:

2010 – 24th Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, London, UK

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Wednesday 23 March 2011

23rd March

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LGBT people born 23rd March:

1874 – J. C. Leyendecker – German / US Illustrator – Died 25th July 1951

1896 – George Hopkins – US Set Designer – Died 11th February 1985

1920 – Jimmy Edwards – UK Actor / Scriptwriter / Musician – 7th July 1988

1947 – Diane Sands – US Politician

1948 – Bruce Bastion – US Computer Programmer / Businessman / Activist

1951 – Jac Goderic – Dutch Presenter / Columnist

1956 – Steven Saylor – US Author

1958 – Pekka Haavisto – Finnish Politician

1960 – Terry Sweeney – US Actor / Comedian / Screenwriter

1961 – George Weber – US Presenter / Murder Victim – Died 20th March 2009

1962 – Marc Cherry – US Producer / Screenwriter

1968 – Mitch Cullin – US Author

1968 – Erki Pehk – Estonian Conductor

1975 – Collin O’Neal – US Porn

1978 – Perez Hilton – US Blogger / Cultural Commentator

And those who died:

1555 – Julius III – Italian Pope – Born 10th September 1487

1972 – Cristobal Balenciaga – Spanish Fashion Designer – Born 21st January 1895

1992 – Shaun McGill – Canadian Figure Skater – Born 1961

1997 – Benno Premsela – Dutch Designer / Activist – Born 4th May 1920

2006 – Eloy de la Iglesia – Spanish Director – Born 1st January 1944

2008 – Shaun Fitzpatrick – UK Hate Crime Victim – Born ?

Events in LGBT History:

2009 – Vermont Senate passes a bill legalising same-sex marriages (USA)

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Tuesday 22 March 2011

22nd March

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LGBT people born 22nd March:

1912 – Wilfrid Brambell – UK Actor – Died 18th January 1985

1930 – Stephen Sondheim – US Composer

1943 – Robert Chesley – US Playwright / Composer / Theatre Critic / Teacher – Died 5th December 1990

1956 – Ilana Kloss – South African Tennis

1961 – Antonia San Juan – Spanish Actress / Director / Screenwriter

1969 – Meghan Chevalier – US Actress / Author / Singer

1971 – Guillermo Diaz – US Actor

And those who died:

1687 – Jean-Baptiste Lully – French Composer – Born 28th November 1632

1994 – Dan Hartman – US Singer / Producer – Born 8th December 1950

1996 – Ian Stephens – Canadian Poet / Journalist / Musician – Born ??
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Monday 21 March 2011

21st March

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LGBT people born 21st March:

1903 – Frank Sargeson – New Zealand Author – Died 1st March 1982

1928 – Ruth Anderson – US Composer / Flautist

1930 – James Coco – US Actor – Died 25th February 1987

1935 – Hubert Fichte – German Author – Died 8th March 1986

1944 – Gaye Adegbalola – US Singer / Musician / Photographer

1962 – Zackie Achmat – South African Activist / Author / Director

1962 – Rosie O’Donnell – US Actress / Presenter

1964 – Austin Masters – US Porn

1966 – Perry Dossett – Dutch Singer / Dancer / Choreographer

1968 – Jaye Davidson – UK / US Actor

1976/7 – Alec Martinez – Puerto Rican Porn

And those who died:

1934 – Lilyan Tashman – US Actress – Born 23rd October 1896

1963 – Newton Arvin – US Author – Born 23rd August 1900

1974 – Candy Darling – US Actress – Born 24th November 1944

1985 – Michael Redgrave – UK Actor / Author / Director – Died 20th March 1908

1994 – Dack Rambo – US Actor – Born 13th November 1941

2006 – Melissa “Mo” Green – US Murder Victim – Born ?

Events in LGBT history:

2007 – 21st London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival in UK

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Sunday 20 March 2011

20th March

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LGBT people born 20th March:

1891 – Edmund Goulding – US Director – Died 24th December 1959

1894 – Eyre de Lanux – US Author / Artist – Died 8th September 1996

1908 – Michael Redgrave – UK Actor / Author / Director – Died 21st March 1985

1915 – Sviatoslav Richter – Soviet Pianist – Died 1st August 1997

1916 – Ernst van Heerden – South African Poet – Died 30th September 1997

1928 – Anthony Blond – UK Author / Publisher – Died 27th February 2008

1939 – Coos Huijsen – Dutch Politician

1943 – Jaime Chavarri – Spanish Actor / Director / Screenwriter [or 18th March 1943]

1947 – John Boswell – UK Author / Historian / Professor – Died 24th December 1994

1947 – Sue Sanders – UK Activist / Teacher

1950 – Paula Aboud – US Politician

1966 – Alexandra Potvin – Belgian Presenter

1970 – Cathy DeBuono – US Actress

1981 – Declan Bennett – UK Singer

1986 – Ruby Rose – Australian Model / Presenter

1989 – Xavier Dolan – Canadian Actor / Director

???? – Paul Johnson – US Army / Porn

And those who died:

1945 – Lord Alfred Douglas – UK Author / Poet / Translator – Born 22nd October 1870

1964 – Brendan Behan – Irish Poet / Author / Playwright – Born 9th February 1923

1998 – Agustin Gomez-Arcos – Spanish Author – Born 15th January 1939

2009 – George Weber – US Presenter / Murder Victim – Born 23rd March 1961

Events in LGBT History:

2009 – Adoption by same-sex couples legalised in Denmark

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Saturday 19 March 2011

19th March

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LGBT people born 19th March:

1894 – Jackie “Moms” Mabley – US Comedian – Died 23rd May 1975

1945 – Randy Steven Kraft – US Serial Killer

1953 – Ricky Wilson – US Musician / Singer – Died 12th October 1985

1968 – Diane Anderson-Minshall – US Journalist

And those who died:

2008 – Arthur C Clarke – UK Author / Presenter – Born 16th December 1917

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Friday 18 March 2011

18th March

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LGBT people born 18th March:

1790 – Marquis de Custine – French Author – Died 18th October 1857

1893 – Wilfred Owen – UK Poet / Soldier – Died 4th November 1918

1910 – Pepi Lederer – US Actress / Author – Died 11th June 1935

1927 – John Kander – US Composer / Songwriter

1928 – Charlotte von Mahlsdorf – German Museum Founder – Died 30th April 2002

1931 – John Fraser – UK Actor

1939 – Michael Kirby – Australian Judge

1943 – Jaime Chavarri – Spanish Actor / Director / Screenwriter [or 20th March 1943]

1951 – Tret Fure – US Singer / Songwriter

1961 – Grant Hart – US Musician

1966 – Anne Will – German Presenter

1973 – Patrick Harvie – UK Politician

1974 – Kent Larson – US Porn [or 19th March 1974]

1979 – Brandon Lee – US Navy / Composer / Actor / Porn / Hate Crime Victim

1983 – Corbin Michaels – US Porn

1987 – Gari McDonald – Bahaman Beauty Queen / Model

And those who died:

1980 – Tamara de Lempicka – Polish Artist – Born 16th May 1898

2003 – Karl Gorath – German Imprisoned for homosexuality – Born 12th December 1912

2008 – Hazel Barnes – US Philosopher / Author – Born 16th December 1915

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Thursday 17 March 2011

17th March

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LGBT people born 17th March:

1866 – Alice Austen – US Photographer – Died 9th June 1952

1912 – Bayard Rustin – US Activist – Died 24th August 1987

1938 – Rudolf Nurayev – Russian Ballet – Died 6th January 1993

1942 – John Wayne Gacy – US Serial Killer – Died 10th May 1994

1957 – Richard Kwietniowski – UK Director

1961 – Alexander Bard – Swedish Musician / Artist / Music Producer / Philosopher

1966 – Jeremy Sheffield – UK Actor / Dancer

1966 – Chris Steele – US Porn / Director / Producer

1969 – Finnegan the Poet – US Poet / Author / Performance Artist

1969 – Alexander McQueen – UK Fashion Designer – Died 11th February 2010

1976 – Stephen Gately – Irish Singer / Actor / Presenter – Died 10th October 2009

And those who died:

1976 – Luchino Visconti – Italian Director – Born 2nd November 1906

1995 – Ronnie Kray – UK Criminal – Born 24th October 1933

1996 – Perry Watkins – US Soldier / Activist – Born 20th August 1948

1997 – Jermaine Stewart – US Singer / Songwriter / Dancer – Born 7th September 1957

2005 – Phool Chand Yadav – Indian Murder Victim – Born ??

2009 – Clodovil Hernandes – Brazilian Fashion Designer / Politician / Presenter / Actor / Singer – Born 17th June 1937

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Wednesday 16 March 2011

16th March

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LGBT people born 16th March:

1822 – Rosa Bonheur – French Artist – Died 25th May 1899

1885 – IAR Wylie – Australian Author – Died 4th November 1959

1897 – Karl Meier – Swiss Entertainer / Director / Editor – Died 29th March 1974

1911 – Sybille Bedford – UK Author – Died 17th February 2006

1937 – David del Tredici – US Composer / Pianist

1938 – Jack Nichols – US Author / Activist – Died 2nd May 2005

1942 – Jon Hinson – US Politician – Died 21st July 1995

1943 – David Sweetman – UK Author / Poet / Director – Died 7th April 2002

1947 – Erling Lae – Norwegian Politician

1949 – Victor Garber – US Actor / Singer

1962 – Anthony Gallo – Brazilian Porn / Actor

1970 – Pall Oskar [Paul Oscar] – Icelandic Singer / Songwriter / DJ

1977 – Donal Og Cusack – Irish Hurler

1980 – Andrea Zimbardi – US Softball

1982 – Tommy Hansen [Filip Trojovsky] – Czech Porn / Model / Presenter

And those who died:

1932 – Harold Monro – UK Poet – Died 14th March 1879

1959 – Antonio Botto – Portuguese Poet – Born 17th August 1892

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Tuesday 15 March 2011

15th March

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LGBT people born 15th March:

1867 – Lionel Pigot Johnson – UK Poet / Author / Journalist – Died 4th October 1902

1900 – Colin McPhee – Canadian Composer – Died 7th January 1964

1926 – Ruth Simpson – US Author / Activist – Died 8th May 2008

1929 – Cecil Taylor – US Pianist / Poet [or 25th March 1929]

1948 – Kate Bornstein – US Author / Playwright

And those who died:

44BC – Julius Caesar – Roman Emperor – Born 13th July 100BC

1932 – Friedrich Radszuweit – German Author – Born 15th April 1876

Events in LGBT History:

2007 – 17th Queer Film Festival in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia [ran until 25th March 2007]

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Monday 14 March 2011

14th March

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LGBT people born 14th March:

1864 – Alfred Redl – Austrian Soldier – Died 25th May 1913

1879 – Harold Monro – UK Poet – Died 16th March 1932

1887 – Sylvia Beach – US Author – Died 5th October 1962

1945 – Malka Drucker – US Rabbi / Author

1955 – Franco Grillini – Italian Politician / Activist

1956 – Sean Mathias – UK Actor / Director / Screenwriter

1965 – Terry George – UK Entrepreneur / Club Owner / Photographer / Columnist

1965 – Kevin Williamson – US Screenwriter

1969 – Mary Cheney – US Businesswoman

1979 – Kayne Gillaspie – US Reality TV [Project: Runway] / Fashion Designer

And those who died:

1988 – Bruno Balz – German Songwriter – Born 6th October 1902

1991 – Howard Ashman – US Playwright / Songwriter / Director / Producer – Born 17th May 1950

2007 – Ryan Skipper – US Hate Crime Victim – Born 28th April 1981

Events in LGBT history:

2008 – Bill passed in Victoria, Australia to allow registered partnerships (effective 1st December 2008)

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