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(Cover image: Nan Goldin).
(Cover image: Nan Goldin).
American Lesbionic tennis player and activist Billie Jean King was BOTD in 1943, turning 82 today. #billiejeanking #bornonthisday #supergays
Billie Jean King
American tennis player and activist Billie Jean King was BOTD in 1943. Born Billie Jean Moffitt in Long Beach California, she was a star athlete as a child, switching from baseball to tennis at 11 …
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November 22, 2025 at 7:01 AM
American Lesbionic tennis player and activist Billie Jean King was BOTD in 1943, turning 82 today. #billiejeanking #bornonthisday #supergays
English composer and conductor Benjamin Britten, whose operas “Peter Grimes”, “Billy Budd” and “Death in Venice” gave voice to his own anguished desires for young boys, was BOTD in 1913. #benjaminbritten #bornonthisday #badgays
Benjamin Britten
English composer and conductor Benjamin Britten was BOTD in 1913. Born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, he showed an early talent for music, studying performance and composition with composer Frank Bridges b…
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November 22, 2025 at 6:59 AM
English composer and conductor Benjamin Britten, whose operas “Peter Grimes”, “Billy Budd” and “Death in Venice” gave voice to his own anguished desires for young boys, was BOTD in 1913. #benjaminbritten #bornonthisday #badgays
New Zealand journalist and writer Douglas Lloyd Jenkins was BOTD in 1963, turning 62 today. #douglaslloydjenkins #newzealand #bornonthisday
Douglas Lloyd Jenkins
New Zealand writer Douglas Lloyd Jenkins was BOTD in 1963. Born in Auckland, he studied at the University of Auckland before studying furniture design at Carrington Polytechnic. After graduating, h…
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November 22, 2025 at 6:56 AM
New Zealand journalist and writer Douglas Lloyd Jenkins was BOTD in 1963, turning 62 today. #douglaslloydjenkins #newzealand #bornonthisday
French writer, literary lion and self-described pederast André Gide was BOTD in 1869. #andregide #badgays #bornonthisday
André Gide
French writer André Gide was BOTD in 1869. Born in Paris to a bourgeois family, he was raised in Normandy. He published his first novel Les cahiers d’André Walter (The Notebooks of André Walt…
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November 22, 2025 at 6:55 AM
French writer, literary lion and self-described pederast André Gide was BOTD in 1869. #andregide #badgays #bornonthisday
Fruity American writer Andrew Sean Greer, best known for his Pulitzer Prize winning novel “Less”, was BOTD in 1970, turning 55 today. #andrewseangreer #less #bornonthisday #supergays
Andrew Sean Greer
American writer Andrew Sean Greer was BOTD in 1970. Born in Washington, D.C. to a middle-class family, he grew up in Rockville, Maryland. He studied at Brown University, where he was mentored by wr…
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November 21, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Fruity American writer Andrew Sean Greer, best known for his Pulitzer Prize winning novel “Less”, was BOTD in 1970, turning 55 today. #andrewseangreer #less #bornonthisday #supergays
American actress, model and writer Hari Nef, best known for her roles in “Transparent” and “Barbie”, was BOTD in 1992, turning 33 today. #harinef #trans #bornonthisday
Hari Nef
American actress, model and writer Hari Nef was BOTD in 1992. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to a middle-class Jewish family, she was assigned male at birth. After her parents’ divorce, s…
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November 21, 2025 at 6:33 AM
American actress, model and writer Hari Nef, best known for her roles in “Transparent” and “Barbie”, was BOTD in 1992, turning 33 today. #harinef #trans #bornonthisday
Fruity English actor Nickolas Grace, best known as the stammering pansy Anthony Blanche in 1981’s “Brideshead Revisited”, was BOTD in 1947, turning 78 today. #nickolasgrace #anthonyblanche #bridesheadrevisited #supergays #bornonthisday
Nickolas Grace
English actor Nickolas Grace was BOTD in 1947. Born in West Kirby, Wirral, he was educated at private schools, moving to London to study at the Central School of Speech and Drama. After working in …
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November 21, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Fruity English actor Nickolas Grace, best known as the stammering pansy Anthony Blanche in 1981’s “Brideshead Revisited”, was BOTD in 1947, turning 78 today. #nickolasgrace #anthonyblanche #bridesheadrevisited #supergays #bornonthisday
French writer, philosopher and Maybe Gay François-Marie Arouet, better known by his pseudonym Voltaire, was BOTD in 1694. #Voltaire #maybegay #bornonthisday
Voltaire
French writer and philosopher François-Marie Arouet, better known by his pseudonym Voltaire, was BOTD in 1694. Born in Paris to the minor nobility, he was educated at the Jesuit college of Louis-le…
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November 21, 2025 at 6:26 AM
French writer, philosopher and Maybe Gay François-Marie Arouet, better known by his pseudonym Voltaire, was BOTD in 1694. #Voltaire #maybegay #bornonthisday
Tony Award winning American actress and honking great dyke Cherry Jones, best known for her roles in “24”, “Transparent” and “Succession”, was BOTD in 1956, turning 69 today. #cherryjones #bornonthisday #supergays
Cherry Jones
American actress Cherry Jones was BOTD in 1956. Born in Paris, Tennessee, she studied drama at Carnegie Mellon School of Drama in Pittsburgh. After graduating, she co-founded the American Repertory…
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November 21, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Tony Award winning American actress and honking great dyke Cherry Jones, best known for her roles in “24”, “Transparent” and “Succession”, was BOTD in 1956, turning 69 today. #cherryjones #bornonthisday #supergays
American filmmaker Ira Sachs, best known for his gay-themed films “Keep the Lights On”, “Love is Strange”, “Passages” and “Peter Hujar’s Day”, was BOTD in 1965, turning 60 today. #irasachs #supergays #bornonthisday
Ira Sachs
American filmmaker Ira Sachs was BOTD in 1965. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, he grew up in Park City. After studying at Yale University, he applied unsuccessfully to several film schools, eventually …
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November 21, 2025 at 6:22 AM
American filmmaker Ira Sachs, best known for his gay-themed films “Keep the Lights On”, “Love is Strange”, “Passages” and “Peter Hujar’s Day”, was BOTD in 1965, turning 60 today. #irasachs #supergays #bornonthisday
Bisexual English diplomat, politician, writer and gardener Harold Nicholson, best known for his chaotic open marriage with writer #VitaSackvilleWest, was BOTD in 1886. #haroldnicholson #bornonthisday #sissinghurst #chaoticbisexuals
Harold Nicholson
English diplomat, politician and writer Harold Nicholson was BOTD in 1886. Born in Tehran, Iran, where his father Baron Carnock was posted as a diplomat, he had an itinerant childhood, returning to…
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November 21, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Bisexual English diplomat, politician, writer and gardener Harold Nicholson, best known for his chaotic open marriage with writer #VitaSackvilleWest, was BOTD in 1886. #haroldnicholson #bornonthisday #sissinghurst #chaoticbisexuals
Brilliantly bonkers Icelandic singer-songwriter, actress and queer icon Björk Guðmundsdóttir was BOTD in 1965, turning 60 today. #bjork #iceland #gayicon #queericon #bornonthisday
Björk
Icelandic singer-songwriter Björk Guðmundsdóttir was BOTD in 1965. Born in Reykjavík, she entered a children’s music school aged five and recorded an album of folk music aged 11, co-produced …
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November 21, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Brilliantly bonkers Icelandic singer-songwriter, actress and queer icon Björk Guðmundsdóttir was BOTD in 1965, turning 60 today. #bjork #iceland #gayicon #queericon #bornonthisday
SuperDyke American film producer Christine Vachon, who nurtured New Queer Cinema filmmakers #ToddHaynes, #TomKalin, #KimberlyPeirce and #JohnCameronMitchell, was BOTD in 1962, turning 63 today. #christinevachon #supergays #bornonthisday #newqueercinema
Christine Vachon
American film producer Christine Vachon was BOTD in 1962. Born in New York City, she studied at Brown University where she befriended director Todd Haynes. In 1987, she co-produced Haynes’ sh…
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November 21, 2025 at 6:13 AM
SuperDyke American film producer Christine Vachon, who nurtured New Queer Cinema filmmakers #ToddHaynes, #TomKalin, #KimberlyPeirce and #JohnCameronMitchell, was BOTD in 1962, turning 63 today. #christinevachon #supergays #bornonthisday #newqueercinema
Venezuelan director and playwright Moisés Kaufman, best known for his verbatim play “The Laramie Project”, was BOTD in 1963, turning 62 today. #moiseskaufman #bornonthisday #supergays #thelaramieproject
Moises Kaufman
Venezuelan director and playwright Moisés Kaufman was BOTD in 1963. Born and raised in Caracas, he studied theatre before emigrating to the United States, where he graduated from New York Universit…
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November 21, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Venezuelan director and playwright Moisés Kaufman, best known for his verbatim play “The Laramie Project”, was BOTD in 1963, turning 62 today. #moiseskaufman #bornonthisday #supergays #thelaramieproject
English performer and celebrity cross-dresser Frederick Park was BOTD in 1846. Known as “Fanny”, he and #ErnestBoulton (Stella) were tried for attempting to commit sodomy, later moving to New York where Park died of syphilis aged 33. #frederickpark #bornonthisday #supergays #fannyandstella
Frederick Park
English performer Frederick Park was BOTD in 1846. Born in London to an upper-middle-class family, his mother died when he was three, and he was raised and educated by governesses. In 1857, his eld…
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November 21, 2025 at 6:06 AM
English performer and celebrity cross-dresser Frederick Park was BOTD in 1846. Known as “Fanny”, he and #ErnestBoulton (Stella) were tried for attempting to commit sodomy, later moving to New York where Park died of syphilis aged 33. #frederickpark #bornonthisday #supergays #fannyandstella
Foxy Armenian-Egyptian photographer Van Leo was BOTD in 1921. #vanleo #egypt #bornonthisday #supergays
Van Leo
Armenian-Egyptian photographer Van Leo was BOTD in 1921. Born Levon Boyadjian in Ceyhan, Turkey to Armenian parents, his father worked for the German-owned Berlin Baghdad Railway, ensuring the fami…
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November 20, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Foxy Armenian-Egyptian photographer Van Leo was BOTD in 1921. #vanleo #egypt #bornonthisday #supergays
American activist, writer and cleric Pauli Murray, a camels figure in the American Black civil rights and feminist movements, was BOTD in 1910. #paulimurray #trans #bornonthisday #supergays
Pauli Murray
American activist, writer and cleric Pauli Murray was BOTD in 1910. Born Anna Pauline Murray in Baltimore, Maryland, she was orphaned in early childhood and raised by relatives in North Carolina. S…
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November 20, 2025 at 12:13 AM
American activist, writer and cleric Pauli Murray, a camels figure in the American Black civil rights and feminist movements, was BOTD in 1910. #paulimurray #trans #bornonthisday #supergays
Swedish lesbionic writer Selma Lagerlöf, the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, was BOTD in 1858. #selmalagerlof #supergays #bornonthisday #nobelprize
Selma Lagerlöf
Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf was BOTD in 1858. Born in Mårbacka to a military family, she was often ill as a child, developing a deep love of reading. Despite her father’s objections, she pursued …
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November 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Swedish lesbionic writer Selma Lagerlöf, the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, was BOTD in 1858. #selmalagerlof #supergays #bornonthisday #nobelprize
The fabulous bisexual Russian poet and playwright Zinaida Gippius was BOTD in 1869. #zinaidagippius #bornonthisday #fromrussiawithlove
Zinaida Gippius
Russian poet and playwright Zinaida Gippius was BOTD in 1869. Born in Belyov, Tula to a middle-class family, she had a nomadic childhood, moving frequently for her father’s job, and was educa…
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November 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The fabulous bisexual Russian poet and playwright Zinaida Gippius was BOTD in 1869. #zinaidagippius #bornonthisday #fromrussiawithlove
English writer, historian and notorious homosexual James Pope-Hennessy was BOTD in 1916, dying in 1974 after being attacked by three young men he picked up at a bar. #jamespopehennessy #bornonthisday #sadgays
James Pope-Hennessy
English writer and historian James Pope-Hennessy was BOTD in 1916. Born in London to an Irish military family, he and his elder brother John were educated at private schools and studied at Oxford U…
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November 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
English writer, historian and notorious homosexual James Pope-Hennessy was BOTD in 1916, dying in 1974 after being attacked by three young men he picked up at a bar. #jamespopehennessy #bornonthisday #sadgays
Tragic English fashion editor and celebrity fag hag Isabella Blow, best known for supporting the early careers of designers #PhilipTreacy and the treacherous #AlexanderMcQueen, was BOTD in 1958, dying by suicide in 2007, aged 48. #isabellablow #bornonthisday #gayicons
Isabella Blow
English fashion editor Isabella Blow was BOTD in 1958. Born Isabella Broughton in London to an aristocratic family, she had a turbulent childhood, marked by the death of her younger brother and her…
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November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Tragic English fashion editor and celebrity fag hag Isabella Blow, best known for supporting the early careers of designers #PhilipTreacy and the treacherous #AlexanderMcQueen, was BOTD in 1958, dying by suicide in 2007, aged 48. #isabellablow #bornonthisday #gayicons
American fashion designer Calvin Klein, whose sleek androgynous designs and omnipresent fragrances personified the 1990s, was BOTD in 1942, turning 83 today. #calvinklein #bornonthisday #supergays
Calvin Klein
American fashion designer Calvin Klein was BOTD in 1942. Born in the Bronx in New York City to Hungarian immigrant parents, he studied fashion in his teens, apprenticing with a men’s suit man…
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November 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
American fashion designer Calvin Klein, whose sleek androgynous designs and omnipresent fragrances personified the 1990s, was BOTD in 1942, turning 83 today. #calvinklein #bornonthisday #supergays
English socialite, musician and notorious homosexual David Plunket Greene, best known for his family’s long association with writer #EvelynWaugh, was BOTD in 1904. #davidplunketgreene #supergays #bornonthisday
David Plunket Greene
English socialite and musician David Plunket Greene was BOTD in 1904. Born in London to a musical family, his father was a professional singer and his grandfather the composer Hubert Parry. He and …
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November 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
English socialite, musician and notorious homosexual David Plunket Greene, best known for his family’s long association with writer #EvelynWaugh, was BOTD in 1904. #davidplunketgreene #supergays #bornonthisday
Australian actor and writer Timothy Conigrave, best known for his heartbreaking memoir “Holding the Man”, was BOTD in 1959, dying of AIDS in 1994, aged 34. #timothyconigrave #holdingtheman #aids #supergays #bornonthisday
Timothy Conigrave
Australian actor and memoirist Timothy Conigrave was BOTD in 1959. Born in Melbourne, Victoria, he attended a Catholic high school, where he met his future life partner John Caleo. He and Caleo mov…
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November 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Australian actor and writer Timothy Conigrave, best known for his heartbreaking memoir “Holding the Man”, was BOTD in 1959, dying of AIDS in 1994, aged 34. #timothyconigrave #holdingtheman #aids #supergays #bornonthisday
American murderer Nathan Leopold, whose murder trial with his lover #RichardLoeb became “The Crime of the Century”, was BOTD in 1904. #nathanleopold #bornonthisday #badgays #leopoldandloeb
Nathan Leopold
American murderer Nathan Leopold was BOTD in 1904. Born in Chicago, Illinois to a wealthy middle-class family, he was a child prodigy, graduating with top honours from Chicago University in his tee…
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November 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
American murderer Nathan Leopold, whose murder trial with his lover #RichardLoeb became “The Crime of the Century”, was BOTD in 1904. #nathanleopold #bornonthisday #badgays #leopoldandloeb