06-04-1975 Angelina Jolie – Born in Los Angeles, California. Jolie is the daughter of actors Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand. She is an American actress, filmmaker, and humanitarian. Her acting…
06-03-1967 Anderson Cooper – Born in New York, New York. He is the son of Gloria Vanderbilt. American journalist, author and TV personality and reality television personality. He is the…
06-02-1951 – 03-31-2017 Gilbert Baker – Born in Chanute, Kansas. Baker was an openly gay artist and civil rights activist who in 1978 designed and made the Rainbow Flag, sometimes called…
06-01-1926 – 08-05-1962 Marilyn Monroe – She was an American actress and model. Famous for playing “dumb blonde” characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the…
06-01-2003 Belgium legalizes same-sex marriage. It becomes the second country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage, after the Netherlands. “Statutory cohabitation,” open to any two persons living together was…
05-31-1819 – 03-26-1892 Walt Whitman – Born in West Hills, Huntington, Long Island, New York. American poet, essayist, and journalist. A humanist, he was part of the transition between transcendentalism…
05-31-2013 Rev. Guy Erwin – A native of Oklahoma, he is an active member of the Osage Nation of Native Americans. Erwin is the first openly gay Lutheran Bishop elected…
05-30-1926 – 05-03-1989 Christine Jorgensen – Born in The Bronx, New York City, New York. As an American transgender pioneer, she was the first person to become widely known in…
