2nd February

LGBT people born today:

1882 – James Joyce – Irish Author / Poet – Died 13^th January 1941

1916 – Xuan Dieu – Vietnamese Poet – Died 18^th December 1985

1923 – Liz Smith – US Columnist

1935 – Jane Wagner – US Author / Director / Producer / Screenwriter

1940 – Thomas M Disch – US Author / Poet – Died 4^th July 2008

1946 – J. E. Freeman – US Actor

1954 – Frank Ferri – US Politician / Businessman

1958 – Michel Marc Bouchard – Canadian Playwright

1959 – Hella von Sinnen – German Comedian

1972 – Dana International – Israeli Singer

1979 – David Paisley – UK Actor

1985 – Jeff Whittington – New Zealand Hate Crime Victim – Died 8^th May 1999

???? – Brian Hansen - ? Porn

And those who died:

1945 – Adolf Brand – German Author / Anarchist / Activist – Born 14^th November 1874

1958 – John Menlove Edwards – UK Rock Climber – Born 18^th June 1910

1972 – Natalie Clifford Barney – US Playwright / Poet / Author – Born 31^st October 1876

1989 – Ondrej Nepala – Czechoslovakian Figure Skater – Born 22^nd January 1951

1989 - Oliver Sipple – US Soldier – Born 20^th November 1941

2003 – Lou Harrison – US Composer – Born 14^th May 1917