04-21-1914 – 06-07-2006 Muriel Inez Crawford – Born in Washington, D.C. She and her partner for almost 57 years, Anyda Marchant (pen name Sarah Aldridge) were pioneering lesbian-feminist publishers. In…
04-20-1937 George Takei – Born in Boyle Heights, California. He is an American actor best known for his role in the TV series Star Trek, in which he played Hikaru…
04-19-1930 – 07-08-1994 Dick Sargent – Born in Carmel, California. He was an American actor, notable as the second actor to portray Darrin Stephens on TV series Bewitched. On National…
04-18-1918 – 10-11-2011 Roberta Cowell (born Robert Marshall Cowell) – Born in Croydon, United Kingdom. She was a racing driver and World War II fighter pilot and transgender pioneer. Cowell was…
04-17-1897 – 12-07-1975 Thornton Wilder – Born in Madison, Wisconsin. He was an American playwright and novelist. He won three Pulitzer Prizes – for the novel The Bridge of San Luis…
04-17-2013 New Zealand becomes the 14th country in the world to approve of marriage equality. The law will take effect in August of 2013. New Zealand had allowed civil unions…
04-16-1939 – 03-02-1999 Dusty Springfield – (born Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O’Brien) Born in West Hampstead, London, England. She was an English pop singer and record producer whose career extended…
04-15-1894 – 09-26-1937 Bessie Smith – Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She was an American blues singer. Nicknamed “The Empress of the Blues” she was the most popular female blues singer…
04-15-2013 A judge ruled a Hawaii bed and breakfast violated the law when two women were denied a room because they are gay. The Hawaii Civil Rights Commission joined the…
