August 11th

08-11-1993   Alyson Stoner – Born in Toledo, Ohio. She is an American actress, singer, dancer, and model. In 2001, Stoner became the co-host of Disney’s Mike’s Super Short Show. Her film and television credits include, Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), Alice Upside Down (2007),  The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (2005-2007), and the Step Up series (2006, 2010, 2014). Stoner is the dance editor for KEWL Magazine. In March 2018, Stoner came out in an article on Teen Vogue, stating she was “attracted to men, women, and people who identify in other ways.” 

08-11-1885 – 08-26-1933 Sophia Parnok – Born in Taganrog, Russian Empire. She was a Russian poet and translator, sister of poet Valentin Parnakh, and children’s author Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya. She was called the “Russia’s Sappho” after a relationship with fellow Russian poet Marina Tsvetaeva. At the beginning of WWI, she met the young poet Marina Tsvetaeva, with whom she had a love affair that left important imprints on the poetry of both women. The lyrics in Parnok’s poems presented the first, non-decadent, lesbian-desiring subject ever to be heard in a book of Russian poetry. Soviet censorship decided that Parnok’s poetic voice was “unlawful,” and she was unable to publish after 1928. She made her living translating poems by Charles Baudelaire, novels by Romain Rolland, Marcel Proust, Henri Barbusse, and others.

08-11-1913 – 05-31-1991 Sir Angus Johnstone-Wilson, CBE – Born in Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, England. He was an English novelist and short-story writer. He was awarded the 1958 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for The Middle Age of Mrs. Eliot and later received a knighthood for his services to literature. During WWII, he worked in the Naval section at the code-breaking establishment, Bletchley Park, translating Italian Naval codes. A wearer of large, brightly colored bow-ties, he was one of the “famous homosexuals” at Bletchley. After the War, he returned to his job as a librarian in the British Museum’s Department of Printed Books. It was there that he met Tony Garrett (born in 1929), who was to be his companion for the rest of his life.

08-11-1978   M.A. Fortin (Mark Alexandre) – Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is a Canadian screenwriter and producer. He co-writes with his life partner Joshua John Miller. Together, they wrote the screenplay for the 2015 comedy The Final Girls, and the pilot of the USA Network drama series Queen of the South. The couple have been together since 2013.