Happy May Birthdays!
Born This Way On This Day
May isn’t just a month of blooming flowers and warmer days—it’s also a time to celebrate the birthdays of some LGBTQ historical heroes and Queer Pioneers:
05-01 = Enoé Uranga (1963- ) = Mexican politician
05-01 = Mary MacLane (1881-1929) = Canadian-American writer
05-01 = Michael Dillon (1915-1962) = British physician and author
05-01 = Romaine Brooks (1874-1970) = American painter
05-02 = Catherine Opie (1961- ) = American photographer
05-02 = Lesley Gore (1946-2015) = American pop singer
05-03 = Raffi Freedman-Gurspan (1987- ) = American political activist
05-03 = Robert De Niro Sr. (1922-1993) = American artist
05-03 = Sandi Toksvig (1958- ) = Danish-British comedienne and TV personality
05-03 = William Inge (1913-1973) = American playwright and novelist
05-04 = Keith Haring (1958-1990) = American artist
05-05 = Del Martin (1921-2008) = American feminist and gay rights activist
05-05 = James Beard (1903-1985) = American chef, author, and tv personality
05-05 = Robert Vano (1948- ) = Slovak photographer living in Prague
05-06 = Mary Lowndes (1857-1929) = British artist and suffragist
05-07 = Angélica Lozano Correa (1975- ) = Colombian lawyer and politician
05-07 = Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) = Russian composer
05-08 = Gary Snyder (1930- ) = American poet
05-08 = Jessica Platt (1989- ) = Canadian professional hockey player
05-08 = Tom of Finland (1920-1991) = Finnish artist
05-09 = Alan Bennett (1934- ) = English writer and actor
05-09 = Marieke Wijsman (1975- ) = Dutch Olympic speed skater
05-09 = Wendy Crewson (1956- ) = Canadian actor and producer
05-10 = Andrea Jenkins (1961- ) = American politician, writer, and artist
05-10 = Scott Brison (1967- ) = Canadian politician
05-10 = Steve Gunderson (1951- ) = American politician and executive
05-11 = Bernice Bing (1936-1998) = American artist
05-11 = Christopher Bailey (1971- ) = English fashion designer and Burberry CEO
05-11 = Dick Leitsch (1935-2018) = American activist
05-11 = Eleanor Butler (1739-1829) = Irish aristocrat and socialite
05-11 = Salvador Dali (1904-1989) = Spanish artist
05-11 = Valentino (1932- ) = Italian fashion designer
05-12 = Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) = British nurse and social reformer
05-12 = Gerry Studds (1937-2006) = American politician
05-12 = Jared Polis (1975- ) = American politician and businessman
05-12 = Lola Flash (1959- ) = American photographer and activist
05-12 = Margaret Cuthbert (1887-1968) = Canadian-American radio broadcaster
05-12 = Robbie Rogers (1987- ) = American professional soccer player
05-13 = Alan Ball (1957- ) = American film/tv writer and director
05-13 = Armistead Maupin (1944- ) = American writer
05-13 = Cheryl Dunye (1966- ) = American filmmaker
05-13 = Réal Ménard (1962- ) = Canadian politician, political scientist, and lawyer
05-14 = Magnus Hirschfeld (1868-1935) = German physician and researcher
05-15 = Archduke Ludwig Viktor Of Austria (1842-1919) = Austrian royal
05-15 = Barbara Hammer (1939-2019) = American filmmaker
05-15 = Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu (1972- ) = Native Hawaiian activist
05-15 = Jackie Shane (1940-2019) = Canadian-American soul singer
05-15 = Jasper Johns (1930- ) = American artist
05-15 = Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762) = English aristocrat and writer
05-15 = Richard Avedon (1923-2004) = American photographer
05-15 = Stella Maxwell (1990- ) = Belgian-New Zealander fashion model
05-16 = Adrienne Rich (1929-2012) = American poet, essayist and feminist
05-16 = Anya Gallaccio (1963- ) = British artist
05-16 = Joey Graceffa (1991- ) = American YouTuber
05-16 = Liberace (1919-1987) = American entertainer and pianist
05-16 = Tamara De Lempicka (1898-1980) = Polish artist
05-17 = Annise Parker (1956- ) = American politician and Mayor of Houston
05-17 = Howard Ashman (1950-1991) = American playwright and lyricist
05-17 = Lena Waithe (1984- ) = American screenwriter, producer, and actor
05-17 = Robin Maugham (1916-1981) = British writer
05-17 = Rose Troche (1964- ) = American filmmaker
05-18 = Charles Trenet (1913-2001) = French singer and songwriter
05-18 = Don Bachardy (1934- ) = American portrait artist
05-18 = Felicia Pearson (1980- ) = American actor, author and rapper
05-18 = John Koch (1909-1978) = American artist
05-18 = Miriam Margolyes (1941- ) = English-Australian actor and voice artist
05-19 = Charles Sorley (1895-1915) = Scottish war poet
05-19 = Gee Vaucher (1945- ) = British artist
05-19 = Grethe Jürgens (1910-1997) = German painter
05-19 = Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965) = American playwright
05-19 = Michael McConnell (1942- ) = American activist
05-19 = Pete Townshend (1945- ) = English singer-songwriter
05-19 = Sam Smith (1992- ) = British singer-songwriter
05-20 = Gregory Gray (1959-2019) = Northern Irish singer-songwriter
05-20 = Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) = French novelist and playwright
05-20 = Karl M. Baer (1885-1956) = German-Israeli author and social worker
05-21 = Anika Moa (1980- ) = New Zealander singer-songwriter
05-21 = Frank Kameny (1925-2011) = American astronomer and activist
05-21 = Frederick of Hohenau (1857-1914) = German aristocrat
05-21 = Kathleen Wynne (1953- ) = Canadian politician
05-21 = Raymond Burr (1917-1993) = Canadian actor
05-21 = Tom Daley (1994- ) = British diver and television personality
05-22 = Harvey Milk (1930-1978) = American politician
05-22 = Morrissey (1959- ) = English singer-songwriter
05-23 = Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908-1942) = Swiss writer and journalist
05-23 = Guinevere Turner (1968- ) = American actor and screenwriter
05-23 = Lea DeLaria (1958- ) = American comedian, actor and jazz musician
05-23 = Lotte Hahm (1890-1967) = German activist
05-23 = Maya Keyes (1985- ) = American social and political activist
05-24 = Greg Berlanti (1972- ) = American television writer, producer, and director
05-24 = Yoshiko Kawashima (1907-1948) = Japanese princess and spy
05-25 = Anette Trettebergstuen (1981- ) = Norwegian politician
05-25 = Ian McKellen (1939- ) = English actor
05-25 = Robert Ross (1869-1918) = Canadian journalist and art critic
05-26 = Alan Hollinghurst (1954- ) = English writer
05-26 = Kim Coco Iwamoto (1968- ) = Hawaiian-American politician and activist
05-26 = Mathilde de Morny (1863-1944) = French noblewoman and artist
05-26 = Sally Ride (1951-2012) = American astronaut
05-26 = Ulrike Lunacek (1957- ) = Austrian politician
05-27 = Chris Colfer (1990- ) = American actor
05-27 = Marijane Meaker (1927- ) = American writer
05-27 = Vincent Price (1911-1993) = American actor
05-28 = Corine Mauch (1960- ) = Swiss politician and Mayor of Zurich
05-29 = Beatrice Lillie (1894-1989) = American actor and singer
05-29 = Gene Robinson (1947- ) = American Episcopalian bishop
05-29 = Laverne Cox (1972- ) = American actor activist
05-29 = Melissa Etheridge (1961- ) = American singer-songwriter
05-29 = Nancy Cárdenas (1954- ) = Mexican actor, writer, and activist
05-29 = Rupert Everett (1959- ) = English actor
05-30 = Bertrand Delanoë (1950- ) = French politician and former Mayor of Paris
05-30 = Christine Jorgensen (1926-1989) = American actor and singer
05-30 = Countee Cullen (1903-1946) = American poet
05-31 = Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2015) = American painter and sculptor
05-31 = Lissy Gröner (1954- ) = German politician
05-31 = Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945-1982) = German filmmaker
05-31 = Walt Whitman (1819-1892) = American poet, essayist and journalist
BORN (THIS WAY) ON THIS DAY