22nd May

LGBT people born today:

1870 – Eva Gore-Booth – Irish Poet / Playwright / Suffragette – Died 30^th June 1926

1879 – Alla Nazimova – Russian Actress / Producer – Died 13^th July 1945

1905 – Tom Driberg, Baron Bradwell – UK Journalist – Died 12^th August 1976

1930 – Harvey Milk – US Politician – Died 27^th November 1978

1931 – Henrietta Moraes – UK Socialite / Artist’s Muse – Died 6^th January 1999

1939 – Paul Winfield – US Actor – Died 7^th March 2004

1955 – Dale Winton – UK Presenter

1956 – Dirk Tanghe – Belgian Actor / Director

1970 – Mark Bingham – US PR Executive / 9/11 Hero – Died 11^th September 2001

1983 – Natasha Kai – US Footballer

1985 – Chris Salvatore – US Actor / Singer

And those who died:

1939 – Willem de Merode – Dutch Poet – Born 2^nd September 1887

1948 – Claude McKay – Jamaican / US Author / Poet – Born 15^th September 1889

1967 – Langston Hughes – US Author / Poet – Born 1^st February 1902

1971 – A.H. Nijhoff-Wind – Dutch Author – Born 9^th June 1897

1989 – Karen Ulane – US Airline Pilot – Born 1949

2003 – Elula Perrin – Vietnamese / French Author – Born 1929

2005 – Bertha Harris – US Author – Born 17^th December 1937

2008 – Paul Patrick – UK Teacher / Activist – Born 23^rd July 1950

Events in LGBT history:

2007 – Vermont bans gender identity discrimination in the private sector

2010 – Inaugural Harvey Milk Day, USA