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Gay literature is a collective term for literature produced by or for the gay community which involves characters, plot lines, and/or themes portraying male homosexual behavior. (Full article...)

Barney in 1898

Natalie Clifford Barney (October 31, 1876 – February 2, 1972) was an American writer who hosted a literary salon at her home in Paris that brought together French and international writers. She influenced other authors through her salon and also with her poetry, plays, and epigrams, often thematically tied to her lesbianism and feminism.

Barney was born into a wealthy family. She was partly educated in France, and expressed a desire from a young age to live openly as a lesbian. She moved to France with her first romantic partner, Eva Palmer. Inspired by the work of Sappho, Barney began publishing love poems to women under her own name as early as 1900. Writing in both French and English, she supported feminism and pacifism. She opposed monogamy and had many overlapping long and short-term relationships, including on-and-off romances with poet Renée Vivien and courtesan Liane de Pougy and longer relationships with writer Élisabeth de Gramont and painter Romaine Brooks. (Full article...)

• ... that when reporter George Crile compared San Francisco to Sodom and Gomorrah when interviewing Dianne Feinstein for the CBS documentary Gay Power, Gay Politics, she threw him out of her office?
• ... that Dan Savage indulged in the seven deadly sins during research for his book Skipping Towards Gomorrah?
• ... that Bethany Black has been described as "Britain's only goth, lesbian, transsexual comedian"?
• ... that drag entertainer José Sarria was the first openly gay candidate for public office in the United States, garnering some 6,000 votes in his 1961 campaign for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors?
• ... that ABC moved the Roseanne episode "December Bride", which featured a same-sex wedding, from its usual broadcast time slot to one 90 minutes later, citing the episode's "adult humor"?

• 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

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