Portal:LGBTQ

The lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community in San Francisco is one of the largest and most prominent LGBT communities in the United States, and is one of the most important in the history of American LGBTQ rights and activism alongside New York City. The city itself has been described as "the original 'gay-friendly city'". LGBTQ culture is also active within companies that are based in Silicon Valley, which is located within the southern San Francisco Bay Area. (Full article...)

Warhol in 1980

Andy Warhol (/ˈwɔːrhɒl/ ^ⓘ; born Andrew Warhola Jr.; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American artist and filmmaker. Widely regarded as the most important artist of the second half of the 20th century, Warhol's practice spanned various media, including painting, filmmaking, photography, publishing, and performance art. A leading figure in the pop art movement, his work explores the relationship between advertising, consumerism, mass media, and celebrity culture. His embrace of mechanical reproduction challenged traditional boundaries between high and low culture. He is also credited with popularizing the expression "15 minutes of fame".

Born to working-class Rusyn immigrant parents in Pittsburgh, Warhol began his career as a commercial artist in New York before transitioning to fine art. Among his best-known early silkscreen paintings are Campbell's Soup Can (1961–62), Marilyn Diptych (1962), and Coca-Cola (3) (1962). In the mid-1960s, Warhol began devoting his attention to creating experimental films such as Blow Job (1964) and Empire (1965). He subsequently directed a number of underground films—including Chelsea Girls (1966), Four Stars (1967), and Blue Movie (1969)—featuring a shifting group of personalities known as Warhol superstars. His studio, the Factory, became a hub for avant-garde experimentation, bringing together drag queens, poets, bohemians, musicians, and wealthy patrons. Warhol also managed the influential rock band the Velvet Underground, who performed at his Exploding Plastic Inevitable (1966–67) multimedia events. (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 – Gus Kenworthy (1991–) British-American freestyle skier
• 1 – Adam Ellis (1986–) American artist
• 1 – Klaus Wowereit (1953–), German politician and former Governing Mayor of Berlin
• 2 – Annie Leibovitz (1949–), American portrait photographer
• 3 – Noah Schnapp (2004–), American actor
• 3 – Erik Bruhn (1928–1986), Danish ballet dancer, choreographer, artistic director, actor, and author
• 3 – Eleonora Duse (1858–1924), Italian actress
• 3 – Gore Vidal (1925–2012), American author, essayist, and political activist
• 4 – Alan L. Hart (1890–1962), American physician, radiologist, tuberculosis researcher, and novelist
• 4 – Terri L. Jewell (1954–1995), American author, poet and Black lesbian activist
• 4 – Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (1942–), Icelandic politician, former Prime Minister of Iceland, world's first openly gay head of government
• 5 – Chevalier d'Éon (1728-1810), French diplomat, spy, and soldier
• 5 – John Addington Symonds (1840–1893), English poet and literary critic
• 6 – Bruno Balz (1902–1988), German songwriter
• 6 – Karol Szymanowski (1882–1937), Polish composer and pianist
• 7 – Dan Savage (1964–), American sex advice columnist
• 8 – Kristanna Loken (1979–), American model and actress
• 10 – Wade MacLauchlan (1954–), Canadian politician, Premier of Prince Edward Island
• 11 – Jerome Robbins (1918–1998), American theater producer, director, and choreographer
• 11 – Matt Bomer (1977–), American actor
• 11 – Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962), former First Lady of the United States and human rights activist
• 12 – Xulhaz Mannan (1976–2016), Bangladeshi magazine editor and LGBT activist
• 12 – Brian J Smith (1981–), American film, stage, and television actor
• 13 – Ian Thorpe (1982–), Australian freestyle swimmer, five-time Olympic Gold Medalist (2000 & 2004)
• 14 – Isaac Mizrahi (1961–), American fashion designer & TV presenter
• 14 – Ben Whishaw (1980–), English actor
• 15 – Michel Foucault (1926–1984), French philosopher
• 15 – Jenna Talackova, Canadian beauty pageant contestant, model and TV personality
• 16 – Oscar Wilde (1854–1900), Irish writer, poet, and aesthete
• 16 – Matt Bernstein (1998–), American activist and make-up artist
• 16 – Lawrence Chaney (1996–), Scottish drag performer
• 16 – Cressida Dick (1960–), British police commissioner
• 17 – Montgomery Clift (1920–1966), American actor
• 17 – Mark Gatiss (1966–), English actor, screenwriter and novelist
• 17 – Ryan McGinley (1977–), American photographer
• 17 – Laura Nyro (1947–1997), American songwriter, singer, and pianist
• 18 – Uzi Even (1940–), Israeli professor, former politician and first openly gay member of Israeli parliament
• 18 – Brittney Griner (1990–), American basketball player
• 18 – Martina Navratilova (1956–), American tennis player
• 19 – George Nader (1921–2002), American actor
• 19 – Robert Reed (1932–1992), American actor
• 20 – Arthur Rimbaud (1854–1891), French poet
• 21 – William Dale Jennings (1917–2000), American LGBT rights activist, playwright, and author
• 21 – Peter Mandelson (1953–), British Labour politician and former European Commissioner for Trade
• 21 – Megan Smith (1964–), American technology corporate executive, and former Chief Technology Officer of the United States (2014-2017)
• 21 – Andrew Scott (1976–), Irish actor
• 21 – Matt Dallas (1982–), American actor 
• 22 – Bruno Alcantara (1988–), Brazilian model
• 22 – Jesse Tyler Ferguson (1975–), American actor
• 22 – Todd Oldham (1961–), American fashion designee
• 22 – Brian Boitano, American figure skater, 1988 Olympic Gold Medalist
• 22 – Saffron Burrows (1972–), English actress
• 22 – Lord Alfred Douglas (1870–1945), British poet and translator
• 22 – Marc Shaiman (1959–), American film/TV/theatre composer, lyricist & arranger
• 23 – Jean Acker (1893–1978), American actress
• 23 – Ireland Baldwin (1995–), American model
• 23 – Lilyan Tashman (1896–1934), American actress
• 24 – Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois (1895–1964), French aristocrat & Monegasque royalty
• 24 – August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796–1835), German poet
• 24 – Zac Posen (1980–), American fashion designer
• 25 – David Furnish (1962–), Canadian CEO, filmmaker, artist and manager, husband of Elton John
• 25 – Claude Cahun (1894–1954), French artist, photographer, and writer
• 25 – Chely Wright (1970–), American country singer-songwriter
• 26 – Liliane Maestrini (1987–), Brazilian beach volleyball player
• 26 – Anthony Rapp (1971–) American actor
• 26 – Greg Zuerlain (1988–) American figure skater
• 26 – Glen Murray (1957–), Canadian politician, world's first openly gay mayor of a major city (Winnipeg, MB)
• 27 – Katherine Bradley (1846–1914), English poet
• 28 – Francis Bacon (1909–1992), Irish painter
• 28 – Caitlyn Jenner (1949–), American TV personality & Olympic Gold Medalist in Decathlon (1976)
• 28 – Frank Ocean (1987–), American singer-songwriter
• 29 – Michelle Brooke-Marciniak (1973–), American business executive and former WNBA basketball player
• 29 – Ann-Marie MacDonald (1958–), Canadian playwright, novelist, actress & broadcast journalist
• 30 – Timothy Findley (1930–2002), Canadian novelist & playwright
• 31 – David Ogden Stiers (1942–2018), American actor and conductor
• 31 – Natalie Clifford Barney (1876–1972), American playwright, poet and novelist
• 31 – Brandon Black (1988–), American actor

• 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