1st March

LGBT people born today:

1866 – Jacob Schorer – Dutch Lawyer / Activist – Died 18^th August 1957

1880 – Lytton Strachey – UK Author / Poet / Critic – Died 21^st January 1932

1893 – Mercedes de Acosta – Cuban / US Poet / Playwright – Died 9^th May 1968

1896 – Dimitri Mitropoulos – Greek Conductor – Died 2^nd November 1960

1899 – Oliver Baldwin, 2^nd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley – UK Politician – Died 10^th August 1958

1940 – Nuala O’Faolain – Irish Journalist / Author – Died 9^th May 2008

1961 – Mike Lyons – US? Partner of John Keohane – Died 1^st March 2002

1961 – Michael Sundin – UK Trampolinist / Actor / Presenter / Dancer – Died 23^rd July 1989

1962 – Kevin Tsai – Chinese Presenter

1963 – Bryan Batt – US Actor

1963 – Miss Shangay Lily – Spanish Drag Queen / Writer / Director / Actor

1970 – Paco Vidarte – Spanish Author / Activist / Philosopher – Died 29^th January 2008

1971 – Thomas Ades – UK Composer / Pianist / Conductor

And those who died:

1936 – Mikhail Kuzmin – Russian Poet / Musician – Born 6^th/18^th October 1872

1982 – Frank Sargeson – New Zealand Author – Born 21^st March 1903

2002 – Mike Lyons – US? Partner of John Keohane – Died 1^st March 1961

???? – Michelle Lee – US Murder Victim – Born ?

Events in LGBT history:

1972 – The Body Politic magazine first published (Canada)

1982 – Anti-discrimination laws introduced covering employment and provision of goods & services in Norway

1986 – Anti-discrimination laws introduced covering all other areas not already covered in Norway

2008 – Homosexuality legalised for the second time in Nicaragua

2008 – Homosexuality legalised in Panama