11th May

LGBT people born today:

1896 – Filippo de Pisis – Italian Painter – Died 2^nd April 1956

1926 – Frank Thring – Australian Actor – Died 29^th December 1994

1932 – Valentino Garavani – Italian Fashion Designer

1933 – Mychal F Judge – US Firefighter / Priest / 9/11 Hero – Died 11^th September 2001

1954 – Logan Carter – US Actor / Entertainer / Model – Died 23^rd June 1988

1954 – Daniel Conahan – US Serial Killer

1957 – Peter North – US Porn

1961 – Ken Cheuvront – US Politician

1964 – Billy Bean – US Baseball

1973 – Ferenc Botos – Hungarian Porn

1980 – Patrick Boothe – US Singer

1986 – Aaron Tyler – US Porn [or 29^th August 1985]

???? – Jett Allen – Canadian Porn

And those who died:

1994 – Wick Ederveen – Dutch Actor / Director – Born 24^th June 1953

2000 – William Dale Jennings – US Author / Activist – Born 21^st October 1917

2002 – Patrick Fyffe [aka Dame Hilda Bracket] – UK Comedian / Singer / Entertainer – Born 23^rd January 1942

2003 – Sakia Gunn – US Hate Crime Victim – Born 26^th May 1987

Events in LGBT history:

2001 – 52 people arrested on “The Queen Boat” moored in the Nile, Cairo. 50 charged with “habitual debauchery” & “obscene behaviour” and 2 charged with “contempt of religion.”

2008 – Australian Capital Territory legalises civil partnerships [effective 19^th May 2008]