08-29-1857 – 08-29-1928 Mary Garrett Hay – Born in Charlestown, Indiana. She was a suffragist, community organizer, and president of the Women’s City Club of New York and the Woman…
08-28-1921 – 03-03-1991 Nancy Kulp – Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She was an American character actress best known as Miss Jane Hathaway on the CBS television series The Beverly Hillbillies….
08-27-1961 Tom Ford (born Thomas Carlyle Ford) – Born in Austin, Texas. He is an American fashion designer and film director. He gained international fame for his saving of Gucci…
08-27-2013 The Bernalillo County clerk’s office in Albuquerque, New Mexico begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, joining two other counties. …
08-26-1904 – 01-04-1986 Christopher Isherwood – Born in Wyberslegh Hall, High Lane, Cheshire, England. He was an English novelist who embraced his attraction to men at an early age. While…
08-26-2013 New Mexico State District Judge Alan Malott rules that New Mexico’s constitution prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. The judge declared same-sex marriage legal, ordering the clerk…
08-25-1918 – 10-14-1990 Leonard Bernstein – Born in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He was an American composer, conductor, author, music lecturer, and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated…
08-25-1939 The Wizard of Oz is released. A favorite of the gay community. Saying “I’m a friend of Dorothy’s” was a way to let others know you were gay in…
08-24-1944 – 07-06-1992 Marsha P. Johnson – Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey. She was an African-American drag queen and gay liberation activist. Named Malcolm Michaels, Jr. at birth, she became…
India’s Supreme Court declares that an individual’s sexual orientation is protected under the country’s Right to Privacy law. “Sexual orientation is an essential attribute of privacy,” the decision reads. “Discrimination…
