Happy September Birthdays!
Born This Way On This Day
September isn’t about Indian Summers and changing leaves—it’s also a time to celebrate the birthdays of some LGBTQ historical heroes and Queer Pioneers:
09-01 = Adolph De Meyer (1868-1946) = French-American photographer
09-01 = Jeffrey Buttle (1982- ) = Canadian figure skater
09-01 = Leslie Feinberg (1949-2014) = American transgender activist and author
09-01 = Lily Tomlin (1939- ) = American actor, comedian, writer, and producer
09-01 = Roger Casement (1864-1916) = Irish nationalist and diplomat
09-01 = Ronald Wright (1929-2020) = British artist, model, and writer (Sir Gay)
09-02 = Elizabeth Birch (1956- ) = American attorney and activist
09-02 = Ferdinand Karsch (1853-1936) = German zoologist and sexologist
09-03 = Michael Huffington (1947- ) = American politician and film producer
09-03 = Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) = American writer and poet
09-04 = George Hoyningen Huene (1900-1968) = American photographer
09-04 = Mary Renault (1905-1983) = English novelist
09-05 = Freddie Mercury (1946-1991) = British musician
09-05 = John Cage (1912-1992) = American composer and music theorist
09-06 = Jane Addams (1860-1935) = American social worker and Nobel Laureate
09-06 = Julien Green (1900-1998) = American writer
09-06 = Sylvester (1947-1988) American singer
09-06 = Tseng Kwong Chi (1950-1990) = Chinese-American photographer
09-07 = Evan Rachel Wood (1987- ) = American actor
09-07 = Michael Feinstein (1956- ) = American singer and pianist
09-07 = Paul Iacono (1988- ) = American actor
09-07 = Peter Wheatley (1947- ) = English Anglican bishop
09-07 = Rudy Galindo (1969- ) = American figure skater
09-07 = Valerie Taylor (1913-1997) = American pulp fiction author
09-08 = Dema Harshbarger (1884-1964) = American talent manager
09-08 = Mark Foley (1954- ) = American politician
09-08 = Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) = English poet, author, and soldier
09-09 = David McDiarmid (1952-1995) = Australian artist and activist
09-09 = John Curry (1949-1994) = British figure skater
09-09 = Paul Goodman (1911-1972) = American sociologist and poet
09-10 = Alison Bechdel (1960- ) = American cartoonist
09-10 = Daniel Defert (1937-2022) = French sociologist and activist
09-10 = H.D. (1886-1961) = American writer
09-10 = Karl Lagerfeld (1933-2019) = German fashion designer
09-10 = Pope Julius III (1487-1555) = Head of the Roman Catholic church
09-11 = D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930) = English writer
09-11 = Karel Kovář (1996- ) = Czech YouTube personality (Kovy)
09-11 = Kristy McNichol (1962- ) = American actor
09-12 = Chip Kidd (1964- ) = American graphic designer and book cover artist
09-12 = David Hurles (1944-2023) = American photographer
09-12 = Leslie Cheung (1956-2003) = Hong Kong film actor and musician
09-12 = Nan Goldin (1953- ) = American photographer
09-13 = Alain Locke (1885-1954) = American writer, philosopher and educator
09-13 = Claudette Colbert (1903-1996) = French-American actor
09-13 = Nell Carter (1948-2003) = American actor and singer
09-13 = Robert Indiana (1928-2018) = American artist
09-14 = Alexander Von Humboldt (1769-1859) = German polymath
09-14 = David Wojnarowicz (1954-1992) = American artist and activist
09-14 = Ifti Nasim (1946-2011) = Pakistani-American artist and advocate
09-14 = Kate Millett (1934-2017) = American feminist writer and activist
09-14 = Michael Patrick King (1954- ) = American screenwriter and director
09-14 = Pier Vittorio Tondelli (1955-1991) = Italian novelist
09-14 = Rob McCall (1958-1991) = Canadian ice dancer
09-15 = Ann Bannon (1932- ) = American author
09-15 = Jeffrey Schwarz (1969- ) = American filmmaker and activist
09-15 = Umberto II Of Italy (1904-1983) = Italian royal (last King of Italy)
09-16 = Wilhelm von Gloeden (1856-1931) = German photographer
09-17 = Friedrich Wilhelm Von Steuben (1730-1794) = Prussian-American military officer, credited with helping to train the Continental Army
09-17 = Gilbert Proesch (1943- ) = British artist (Gilbert & George)
09-18 = Edward Sagarin (1913-1986) = American writer (Donald Webster Cory)
09-18 = Eugenia Rasponi (1873-1958) = Italian aristocrat and suffragist
09-18 = Greta Garbo (1905-1990) = Swedish actor
09-18 = Matěj Stropnický (1983- ) = Czech left-wing politician
09-18 = Trajan (53-117) = Roman emperor
09-19 = Brian Epstein (1934-1967) = English music manager (The Beatles)
09-19 = Riyad Vinci Wadia (1967-2003) = Indian independent filmmaker
09-19 = Sara Quin (1980- ) = Canadian singer-songwriter (Tegan and Sara)
09-19 = Soni Wolf (1948-2018) = American activist (Dykes on Bikes co-founder)
09-19 = Tegan Quin (1980- ) = Canadian singer-songwriter (Tegan and Sara)
09-20 = Sascha Schneider (1870-1927) = German artist known for homoerotic art
09-21 = Anne Burrell (1969- ) = American chef and TV personality
09-21 = Billy Porter (1969- ) American actor, singer, writer, and director
09-21 = Edgars Rinkēvičs (1973- ) = Latvian politician
09-21 = Fannie Flagg (1944- ) = American actor, comedian and author
09-21 = Pavel Tchelitchew (1989-1957) = Russian-born painter
09-21 = Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1640-1701) = French royal
09-23 = Manvendra Singh Gohil (1965- ) = Indian Prince
09-24 = William Dobell (1899-1970) = Australian artist
09-25 = Clea Duvall (1977- ) = American actor and filmmaker
09-25 = Pedro Almodóvar (1949- ) = Spanish film director and producer
09-25 = Roni Horn (1955- ) = American artist
09-26 = Andrea Dworkin (1946-2005) = American writer and activist
09-26 = Gloria Anzaldúa (1942-2004) = American scholar
09-27 = Alice Rahon (1904-1987) = French-Mexican artist
09-27 = Carrie Brownstein (1974- ) = American musician, writer, and actor
09-28 = St. Vincent (1982- ) = American singer-songwriter
09-29 = Caravaggio (1571-1610) = Italian painter, known for chiaroscuro style
09-29 = Danica Roem (1984- ) = American journalist and politician
09-29 = William Thomas Beckford (1760-1844) = English writer
09-30 = Truman Capote (1924-1984) = American writer