15th May

LGBT people born today:

1842 – Archduke Ludwig Viktor – Austrian Aristocrat – Died 18^th January 1919

1930 – Jasper Johns – US Artist

1935 – Maruyama Akihiro [aka Akihiro Miwa] - Japanese Drag Queen / Singer / Actor / Director

1938 – Nancy Garden – US Author

1939 – Barbara Hammer – US Director

1945 – Bill Rosendahl – US Politician / Teacher / Presenter

1946 – Frank Sanders – Dutch Actor / Singer / Dancer / Director

1954 – Boze Hadleigh – US Journalist

1956 – Ricky Ian Gordon – US Composer

1965 – Rustom Padilla – [aka BeBe Gandanghari ] Filipino Actor / Reality TV

1967 – Andy Towle – US Blogger / Editor

1981 – Spencer Herbert – Canadian Politician

1985 – Fred Martinez – US Hate Crime Victim – Died 16^th June 2001

And those who died:

1972 – Nigel Green – UK Actor – Born 15^th October 1924

1985 – Jackie Curtis – US Actress / Poet / Playwright – Born 19^th February 1947

1990 – Peter Grimwade – UK Screenwriter / Director – Born 8^th June 1942

2004 – Gloria E Anzaldua – US Author / Poet / Activist – Born 26^th September 1942

2009 – Rodger McFarlane – US Activist / Author – Born 25^th February 1955

Events in LGBT history:

2007 – Montana Pride held in Billings, Montana, USA

2008 – California State Supreme Court strikes down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, making them available from June 2008

2009 – Same-sex couples in Finland allowed to legally adopt a biological child [no full adoption]