19th February

LGBT people born today:

1917 – Carson McCullers – US Author / Playwright – Died 29^th September 1967

1920 – George Rose – UK Actor / Murder Victim – Died 5^th May 1988

1921 – Dudley Cave – UK Activist – Died 19^th May 1999

1947 - Stuart Challender - Australian Composer - Died 13th December 1991

1947 – Jackie Curtis – US Actress / Poet / Playwright – Died 15^th May 1985

1948 – Pim Fortuyn – Dutch Politician – Died 6^th May 2002

1952 – Lari Pittman – US Artist

1953 – Stephen F Kolzak – US Director – Died 19^th September 1990

1959/61 – Justin Fashanu – UK Footballer – Died 2^nd May 1998

1965 – Jaime Bayly – Peruvian / US Author / Journalist / Presenter

1968 – Dallas Angguish – Australian Author / Poet

1981 – Beth Ditto – US Singer

And those who died:

1951 – Andre Gide – French Author – Born 22^nd November 1869

1972 – Suzanne Malherbe – French Artist – Born 19^th July 1892

1988 – Eric Stryker – US Porn – Born 24^th September 1954

1994 – Derek Jarman – UK Director / Screenwriter – Born 31^st January 1942

2001 – Charles Trenet – French Singer / Author – Born 18^th May 1913

2002 – Sylvia Rivera – US Activist – Born 2^nd July 1951

Events in LGBT history:

2009 – North Dakota Senate votes to include LGBT in the Human Rights Act

2010 – Football V Homophobia launches in the UK