December 20th

12-21-1943 Steve Abbott – Place of birth unknown. He was an American bisexual writer. After his wife died in a car accident, he moved to San Francisco with his two year old daughter. Alyssa, his daughter, was taken to raucous parties and was introduced to a world of artists, thinkers, and writers. She wrote a memoir, Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father that is a memoir about growing up motherless during the 1970s and 80s in San Francisco with an openly gay father. In the book she writes, “When my parents first met at an SDS (Students for a Democratic Society) party and my father told my mother that he was bisexual, she answered,”That means you can love all of humanity instead of just half to it.”

12-21-1961 Gordon D. Fox – Born in Providence, Rhode Island. Member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives and 222nd Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from Feb. 11. 2010 to March 22, 2014. Fox resigned as House Speaker the day after his home and office were searched by U.S. Attorneys, the FBI, the IRS, and the State Police. On March 3, 2015, Fox pleaded guilty to wire fraud, bribery and filing a false tax return. He came out gay publicly in 2004 and is in long-term relationship with Marcus LaFond. The couple married on November 12, 2013.

12-21-1965 Andy Dick – Born in Charleston, South Carolina. He is an American comedian, actor, musician and television, and film producer. Best known as a comic, he is also known for his eccentric and controversial behavior. He briefly had his own program, The Andy Dick Show on MTV. He has been married to a woman. In a 2006 interview with the Washington Post, he stated that he was bisexual.