Portal:LGBTQ

Cover of the first edition

The Well of Loneliness is a lesbian novel by British author Radclyffe Hall that was first published in 1928 by Jonathan Cape. It follows the life of Stephen Gordon, an Englishwoman from an upper-class family whose "sexual inversion" (homosexuality) is apparent from an early age. She finds love with Mary Llewellyn, whom she meets while serving as an ambulance driver during the First World War, but their happiness together is marred by social isolation and rejection, which Hall depicts as the typical sufferings of "inverts", with predictably debilitating effects. The novel portrays "inversion" as a natural, God-given state and makes an explicit plea: "Give us also the right to our existence".

Shortly after the book's publication, it became the target of a campaign by James Douglas, editor of the Sunday Express. Douglas wrote that "I would rather give a healthy boy or a healthy girl a phial of prussic acid than this novel." A British court judged it obscene because it defended "unnatural practices between women"; it was not published again in England until 1949. In the United States, the book survived legal challenges in New York state and in Customs Court. (Full article...)

Foster at the 2026 New York Film Festival

Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress and filmmaker. Foster started her career as a child actor before establishing herself as a leading actress in film. She is recognized for her versatility, having received multiple accolades including two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the Honorary Palme d'Or.

Foster began her career as a child model and gained recognition as a teen idol through Disney films, including Napoleon and Samantha (1972) and Freaky Friday (1976). She appeared in Martin Scorsese's comedy-drama Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as a 12-year-old prostitute in his film Taxi Driver (1976). (Full article...)

• ... that when Dan Savage's book Savage Love was published, his advice column of the same name had 4 million readers?
• ... that Anita Bryant's participation in Save Our Children, a coalition working to overturn gay rights ordinances in Miami and other cities in 1977 and 1978, destroyed her career?
• ...that the GayFest of 2005 was the first LGBT pride parade in Romania?
• ... that African American civil rights activist Mel Boozer was the first openly gay person nominated for the office of Vice President of the United States?
• ... that the first same-sex kiss on an American soap opera was between fictional characters Lena Kundera and Bianca Montgomery in 2003, who were also American soap opera's first lesbian couple?

• 1 – Tim Cook (1960–), American business executive, CEO of Apple Inc.
• 1 – Sophie B. Hawkins (1967–), American singer-songwriter and musician
• 1 – Tom Waddell (1937–1987), American decathlete & physician, founder of the Gay Games
• 2 – k.d. lang (1961–), Canadian singer-songwriter
• 2 – Luchino Visconti (1906–1976), Italian director
• 2 – Darren Young (1979–), American professional wrestler
• 3 – Benvenuto Cellini (1500–1571), Italian sculptor
• 3 – Miloš Havel (1899–1968), Czech film producer
• 4 – Robert Mapplethorpe (1946–1989), American photographer
• 4 – Yemi A.D. (1981–), Czech choreographer, art director, performer, correspondent and artist
• 4 – Owen Thiele (1996–), American actor
• 5 – Simon Huck (1983–), Canadian-American executive
• 6 – Michael Cunningham (1952–), American novelist
• 6 – Torben Lund (1950–), Danish politician
• 6 – Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse (1896–1980), German aristocrat
• 7 – Agnès Maltais (1956–), Canadian politician
• 7 – Reid Ewing (1988–), American actor
• 8 – Sam Sparro (1982–), Australian singer
• 8 – Charles Demuth (1883–1935), American painter
• 8 – Judith Gough (1972–), British diplomat, and U.K. Ambassador to Sweden
• 8 – María Rachid (1974–), Argentinian politician, social leader and LGBTQ activist
• 9 – Ti-Grace Atkinson (1938–), American radical feminist author and philosopher
• 9 – Marie Dressler (1868–1934), Canadian-American actress
• 10 – Diplo (1978–), American DJ and record producer
• 10 – Phyllis Lyon (1924–2020), American feminist and gay rights activist
• 10 – Heather Matarazzo (1982–), American actress
• 11 – Patrick Starrr (1989–), Filipino-American make-up artist and influencer
• 12 – Mary Baxter Ellis (1892-1968), British commanding officer of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY)
• 12 – AustinShow (1993–), American Twitch streamer and Youtuber
• 12 – Roland Barthes (1915–1980), French literary theorist and philosopher
• 13 – Rosie Jones (1959–), American golfer
• 14 – Adolf Brand (1874–1945), German gay rights advocate
• 14 – Aaron Copland (1900–1990), American composer, writer and conductor
• 14 – Louise Brooks (1906–1985), American dancer and actress
• 14 – Wendy Carlos (1939–), American composer and electronic musician
• 14 – Stefano Gabbana (1962–), Italian fashion designer (Dolce & Gabbana)
• 14 – Tomoya Hosoda (1991–), Japanese politician
• 15 – François Ozon (1967–), French film director and screenwriter
• 16 – Jamie Babbit (1970–), American film director, producer and screenwriter
• 16 – Glenn Burke (1952–1995), American Major League Baseball player
• 17 – Rock Hudson (1925–1985), American actor
• 17 – RuPaul (1960–), American drag queen, TV personality, singer, actor, author and model
• 18 – Christian Siriano (1985–), American fashion designer
• 19 – Jodie Foster (1962–), American actress, film director and producer
• 19 – Clifton Webb (1889–1966), American actor, dancer, and singer
• 19 – Timothy Conigrave (1959–1994), Australian actor, writer and activist
• 20 – Grace Darmond (1893–1963), Canadian-American actress
• 20 – Noel Mewton-Wood (1922–1953), Australian-born concert pianist
• 21 – Cherry Jones (1956–), American actress
• 21 – Laurier LaPierre (1929–2012), Canadian Senator, professor, broadcaster, journalist and author
• 22 – Benjamin Britten (1913–1976), English composer, conductor and pianist
• 22 – André Gide (1869–1951), French writer
• 22 – Billie Jean King (1943–), American former professional tennis player
• 23 – Virginia Prince (1912-2009), American pharmacologist, publisher, and transgender activist
• 23 – Robin Roberts (1960–), American TV broadcaster
• 24 – Jiří Pospíšil (1975–), Czech politician
• 25 – Rosa von Praunheim (1942–), German film director and gay rights activist
• 25 – Zane Phillips (1992–), American actor
• 26 – John Amaechi (1970–), English retired basketball player
• 26 – Tammy Lynn Michaels (1974–), American actress
• 26 – Emma Portner (1994–), Canadian dancer and choreographer
• 27 – Antinous (111-130), Lover of Roman Emperor Hadrian
• 27 – Jani Toivola (1977), Finnish politician, actor, and dancer
• 28 – Rita Mae Brown (1944–), American writer and feminist
• 28 – Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–1687), Italian-born French composer
• 29 – Public Universal Friend (1752-1819), American preacher

• Timeline of LGBTQ history
• List of LGBTQ events
• List of LGBTQ rights activists
• List of years in LGBTQ rights
• List of LGBTQ bookstores
• Lists of LGBTQ people
• List of African-American LGBTQ people
• List of LGBTQ writers
• List of LGBTQ artists
• List of drag queens