SuperGays Born On This Day

Luca Guadagnino Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino was BOTD in 1971. Born in Palermo, Sicily to an Italian father and an Algerian mother, he spent his early life in Ethiopia before returning to Sicily. He studied b…

Foxy Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino, best known for his films “I Am Love”, “Call Me By Your Name”, “Challengers” and “Queer”, was BOTD in 1971, turning 54 today. #lucaguadagnino #bornonthisday #supergays

Antonio Banderas Spanish actor Antonio Banderas was BOTD in 1960. Born in Málaga, Andalusía, he trained to become a professional football player before a foot injury at 15 ended his career. He began studying acting…

Foxy Spanish actor Antonio Banderas was BOTD in 1960, turning 65 today. He earns Honorary SuperGay Status for fearlessly playing a gallery of horny gay sluts, perverts and closet cases in the films of #PedroAlmodovar #andoniobanderas #honorarysupergay #bornonthisday

Andrew Sullivan Anglo-American journalist and commentator Andrew Sullivan was BOTD in 1963. Born in South Godstone, Surrey, he was educated at private schools, and studied at Oxford University, where he became a s…

Anglo-American journalist and conservative commentator Andrew Sullivan, best known for critiquing the left-wing gay activists who fought for his HIV medication, his right to get married and to become a US citizen, was BOTD in 1963, turning 62 today. #andrewsullivan #badgays #bornonthisday

Nicholas Ray American filmmaker Nicholas Ray was BOTD in 1911. Born in Galesville, Wisconsin, he grew up in La Crosse and studied at the University of Chicago. He moved to New York City in the 1930s, joining a …

Eyepatch-wearing bisexual American filmmaker Nicholas Ray, best known for his 1955 film “Rebel Without a Cause”, was BOTD [7 August] in 1911. #nicholasray #supergay #bornonthisday

Mark Doty American writer Mark Doty was BOTD in 1953. Born in Maryville, Tennessee, he studied at Drake University in Iowa and Goddard College in Vermont. He published his first poetry collection, Turtle, Sw…

American poet and essayist Mark Doty, best known for his 1993 poetry collection “My Alexandria”, written at the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, was BOTD in 1953, turning 72 today. #markdoty #supergays #bornonthisday #myalexandria

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Rudi Gernreich Austrian-American fashion designer Rudi Gernreich was BOTD in 1922. Born in Vienna to a wealthy industrialist family, his father committed suicide when he was eight. He was raised by his mother and…

Discreetly gay Austrian-American fashion designer Rudi Gernreich, best known for designing the “monokini”, a topless women’s bathing suit, was BOTD [8 August] in 1922. #rudigernreich #supergays #bornonthisday #monokini

Daniel Levy Canadian actor, screenwriter and director Daniel Levy was BOTD in 1983. Born in Toronto, he is the son of comedian Eugene Levy, from whom he inherited his eyebrows. He began his career as a host on…

Foxy gay Canadian actor, screenwriter and director Daniel Levy, best known as the creator and co-star of beloved TV series “Schitt’s Creek”, was BOTD in 1983, turning 42 today. #daniellevy #schittscreek #supergay #bornonthisday

Jean Lorrain French writer, journalist and socialite Jean Lorrain was BOTD in 1855. Born Paul Alexandre Deval in Fécamp, Normandy to a wealthy industrialist family, he was educated at the Lycée de Prince impéri…

French writer, journalist, socialite, rampant homosexual and drug addict Jean Larraín, who fought duels with Proust, drank ether, contracted syphilis and lived with his mother, was BOTD in 1855. #jeanlorrain #supergays #bornonthisday

P. L. Travers Anglo-Australian writer Pamela Travers, better known by her pen-name P. L. Travers, was BOTD in 1899. Born Helen Goff in Maryborough in rural Queensland to English-born parents, her bank manager fa…

Lesbian-adjacent and famously misanthropic Anglo-Australian writer Pamela (P. L.) Travers was BOTD in 1899. Best known as the author of “Mary Poppins”, she sneered at #WaltDisney’s musical of her book, but still cashed the royalty cheques. #pltravers #maybegays #bornonthisday #marypoppins

Tove Jansson Finnish writer and artist Tove Jansson was BOTD in 1914. Born in Helsinki in the Grand Duchy of Finland (then part of the Russian Empire), her family was part of the Swedish-speaking minority of Fi…

Discreetly lesbian Finnish writer and artist Tove Jansson, best known as the writer-illustrator of the Moomin children’s book series, was BOTD in 1914. #tovejansson #supergays #bornonthisday #moomin

Eileen Gray Irish interior designer and architect Eileen Gray was BOTD in 1878. Born Kathleen Smith in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, to a wealthy Scots aristocratic family, she was raised in her family’s …

Irish interior designer and architect Eileen Gray was BOTD in 1878. Best known for her stunning Art Deco furniture and her modernist villa E-1027 in the Côte d’Azur, her reputation was largely erased by her rival Le Corbusier. #eileengray #bornonthisday #supergay #artdeco #modernism #e1027

Michael Kors American fashion designer Michael Kors was BOTD in 1959. Born Karl Anderson Jr. in Long Island, New York, he renamed himself Michael Kors when he was five after his mother’s remarriage. He showed a…

American fashion designer Michael Kors was BOTD in 1959, turning 66 today. #michaelkors #bornonthisday #supergays

Léonide Massine Russian dancer and choreographer Léonide Massine was BOTD in 1896. Born in Moscow in the Russian Empire, he studied acting and dancing at the Imperial School, and joined the Bolshoi Ballet. In 1913…

Russian dancer and choreographer Léonide Massine was BOTD in 1896. The teen lover of ballet impresario #SergeiDiaghilev, he became lead dancer and choreographer of the Ballets Russes. #leonidemassine #supergays #bornonthisday #balletsrusses

Reynaldo Hahn Venezuelan composer Reynaldo Hahn was BOTD in 1874. Born in Caracas to a wealthy industrialist family in Caracas, his family moved to Paris when he was a child. A musical prodigy, he began performi…

Foxy Franco-Venezuelan composer Reynaldo Hahn was BOTD in 1874. One of the most popular composers of pre- war Paris, he is now best known as the lover and long-term friend of #MarcelProust. #reynaldohahn #nornonthisdsy #supergays

Sara Teasdale American poet Sara Teasdale was BOTD in 1884. Born in St Louis, Missouri to a prosperous middle-class family, she was an invalid for much of her childhood, eventually attending a private girls&#821…

Messily bisexual American poet Sara Teasdale, the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, was BOTD in 1884. #sarateasdale #bornonthisday #supergays

James Lees-Milne English aristocrat, writer and historian (George) James Lees-Milne was BOTD in 1908. Born in Wickhamford, Worchestershire to a prominent industrialist family with aristocratic ancestry, he was rais…

The very gay English writer, historian and memoirist James Lees-Milne, whose diaries chronicled the sexual frolics of hid louche aristocratic circle, was BOTD in 1908. #jamesleesmilne #supergays #bornonthisday #brightyoungthings

John Holmes American porn actor John Holmes was BOTD in 1944. Born in Ashville, Ohio, he grew up in poverty, leaving home at 15 and joining the US Army. After being discharged in 1963, he moved to Los Angeles,…

The exceptionally well-endowed and gay-for-pay American porn actor John Holmes, whose brief horrible life inspired the film “Boogie Nights”, was BOTD in 1944, dying of AIDS in 1988 aged 43. #johnholmes #supergays #badgays #boogienights #bornonthisday #pornstar

Randy Shilts American journalist and activist Randy Shilts was BOTD in 1951. Born in Davenport, Iowa, he studied journalism at the University of Oregon, identifying as gay while an undergraduate and running for…

American journalist, activist and SuperGay Randy Shilts, best known for his biography of #HarveyMilk and “And the Band Played On”, his devastating account of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, was BOTD in 1951, and died of AIDS in 1994, aged 42. #randyshilts #supergays #bornonthisday #andthebandplayedon

Elizabeth Báthory Hungarian aristocrat and folk legend Countess Elizabeth Báthory was BOTD in 1560. Born to a baron and a countess, she was highly educated, learning Hungarian, German, Latin and Greek. In 1573 she m…

Hungarian aristocrat and folk legend Countess Elizabeth Báthory was BOTD in 1560. Put on trial for the torture and murder of 300 servant girls, her story inspired a series of myths about blood-drinking lesbian vampires. #elizabethbathory #bornonthisday #maybegay #lesbian #vampire

Andy Warhol American artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol was BOTD in 1928. Born Andrew Warhola in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Slovakian immigrant parents, he showed an early interest in art, studying at the Carne…

American artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol, whose statement “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes” eerily predicted the rise of reality TV and social media, was BOTD in 1928. #andywarhol #bornonthisday #supergays #15minutesoffame

Sarah Pettit American journalist, editor and activist Sarah Pettit was BOTD in 1966. Born in Amsterdam in the Netherlands to American parents, she was raised in Paris, London and Bad Homburg, returning to the U…

American journalist, editor and activist Sarah Pettit, whose editorship of OutWeek, OUT and Newsweek placed her at the forefront of 1990s queer activism, was BOTD in 1966. She died in 2003 of cancer, aged just 36. #sarahpettitt #bornonthisday #supergays

George Tooker American artist George Tooker was BOTD in 1920. Born in Brooklyn, New York City, he was raised in Long Island, where he began taking painting lessons. He studied at the Phillips Academy and Harvard…

American artist George Tooker, whose paintings “The Subway” and “The awaiting Room” depicted the existential
unease of post-WWII urban America, was BOTD in 1920. #georgetooker #bornonthisday #supergays #bornonthisday

Pete Burns English singer-songwriter Pete Burns was BOTD in 1957. Born in Port Sunlight, Cheshire to German immigrant parents, he had a reclusive childhood, marked by bullying over his German heritage and his…

English singer-songwriter Pete Burns, the larger-than-life lead singer of 1980s synth pop band Dead or Alive, was BOTD in 1957. #peteburns #bornonthisday #deadoralive #supergays

Gordon Merrick American actor and writer Gordon Merrick was BOTD in 1916. Born in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania to a middle-class family, he studied French literature at Princeton University before quitting to become…

American actor and writer Gordon Merrick, best known for his gay-themed novels “The Strumpet Wind” and “The Lord Won’t Mind”, was BOTD [3 August] in 1916. #gordonmerrick #bornonthisday #supergays

Ana Kokkinos Australian filmmaker Ana Kokkinos was BOTD in 1958. Born in Melbourne to a Greek-Australian family, she came out as lesbian at 15. She studied law at Monash University, practicing as a commercial l…

Australian filmmaker Ana Kokkinos, best known for her sexy 1998 gay themed film “Head On”, was BOTD [3 August] in 1958, turning 67 today. #anakokkinos #supergays #bornonthisday #headon

Skin English musician Deborah Ann Dyer, better known by her stage name Skin, was BOTD in 1967. Born in London to Jamaican immigrant parents, she was raised by her grandmother, who introduced her to the …

Super hot bisexual English musician Deborah Ann Dyer, aka Skin, best known as the lead singer of 1990s rock band Skunk Anansie, was BOTD [3 August] in 1967, turning 58 today. #skin #skunkanansie #bornonthisday #supergays

Dolores del Río Mexican actress and singer Dolores del Río was BOTD in 1904. Born Lolita Dolores Asunsolo y Martinez in Durango to a wealthy aristocratic family, she was educated in private schools, spending most …

Foxy bisexual Mexican actress and singer Dolores del Río, the star of 1920s and 1930s Hollywood and the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema, was BOTD [3 August] in 1904. #doloresdelrio #bornonthisday #supergays #hollywood #mexico

Rupert Brooke English poet Rupert Brooke was BOTD in 1887. Born in Rugby, Warwickshire to an upper-middle class family, he attended the prestigious Rugby School, where his father was a schoolmaster. He went onto…

Dishy bisexual English poet Rupert Brooke was BOTD [3 August] in 1887. #rupertbrooke #bornonthisday #supergays #warpoet

Mike Miksche American artist and pornographer David Michael (Mike) Miksche, also known as Steve Masters, was born in 1925 and died on this day in 1964. Born in Medford, Oregon to Czech immigrant parents, little…

American artist and pornographer David Michael (Mike) Miksche, also known as Steve Masters, was born in 1925 and died on 3 August in 1964. #mikemiksche #stevemasters #gayporn #BDSM #supergays #diedonthisday