10th May

LGBT people born today:

1866 – Leon Bakst – Russian Painter / Costume Designer – Died 28^th December 1924

1901 – Max Lorenz – German Singer – Died 11^th January 1975

1904 – Frieda Belinfante – Dutch Cellist / Conductor – Died 26^th April 1995

1951 – Steve Gunderson – US Politician

1952 – Robert Triptow – US Journalist / Comic Book Artist

1961 – Blyth Tait – New Zealand Equestrian

1967 – Scott Brison – Canadian Politician

1972 – Josh Weston – US Porn [or 20^th January 1973]

1977 – Michele van Gorp – US Basketball

1978 – Todd Gloria – US Politician / Activist

1980 – Quentin Elias – French Model / Singer / Actor / Porn

And those who died:

1994 – John Wayne Gacy – US Serial Killer – Born 17^th March 1942

2000 – Kiyoshi Kuromiya – US Activist – Born 9^th May 1943

2009 – James Kirkup – UK Poet / Translator / Travel Writer – Born 23^rd April 1918

Events in LGBT history:

2007 – Police in Esfahan, Iran raid a birthday party and arrest 87 people including 80 suspected gay men. All but 17 released. These 17 were believed to have been wearing women’s clothing.