26th March

LGBT people born today:

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

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

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

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

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

1961 – Leigh Bowery – Australian Performance Artist – Died 31^st 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 [Any Dream Will Do]

And those who died:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1997 – Marshall Herff Applewhite – US Cult Leader – Born 17^th 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)