29th January

LGBT people born today:

1858 – Edward Irenaeus Prime-Stevenson – US Author – Died 23^rd July 1942

1946 – Ian Meldrum – Australian Presenter

1960 – Gia Carangi – US Model – Died 18^th November 1986

1960 – Greg Louganis – US Diver

1969 - Mirjam Muntefering – German Author

1971 – Clare Balding – UK Jockey / Presenter

1975 – Sara Gilbert – US Actress

1979 – Francesco D’Macho – Italian Porn / Director / Model

1982 – Adam Lambert – US Singer / Actor

1985 – Todd Herzog – US Reality TV [Survivor]

And those who died:

1912 – Herman Bang – Dutch Author – Born 20^th April 1857

1999 – Benjamin Smoke – US Musician – Born 28^th January 1960

2008 – Paco Vidarte – Spanish Author / Activist / Philosopher – Born 1^st March 1970

Events in LGBT history:

2007 – Israeli couple (Avi & Binyamin Rose) become first gay couple to legally register in Jerusalem after the Supreme Court ruled in their favour