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Jack Saul Irish sex worker Jack Saul was BOTD in 1857. Born Johannes Saul in Dublin, he grew up in poverty, and little is known of his early life. When he was 17, Saul met and had an affair with Martin Kirwa…

Irish rent boy Jack Saul, the centre of the Cleveland Street sex scandal in Victorian London, whose colourful life inspired the erotic novel “The Sins of the Cities of the Plain”, was BOTD in 1857. #jacksaul #rentboys #clevelandstreet #supergays #bornonthisday

Elsa Lanchester English actress Elsa Lanchester was BOTD in 1902. Born Elsa Sullivan in London to unmarried Socialist parents, she studied dance in Paris as a child with Isadora Duncan. After World War One, she be…

English actress Elsa Lanchester, best known as the beehived lady-monster of “Bride of Frankenstein” and wife of closeted gay actor #CharlesLaughton, was BOTD in 1902. #elsalanchester #maybegays #brideoffrankenstein #bornonthisday

Francis Bacon Irish painter Francis Bacon was BOTD in 1908. Born in Dublin to an upper-class family, he was a shy, effeminate child, and frequently brutalised by his father, and had his first sexual experiences …

Openly gay Irish painter and Evil Queen Francis Bacon was BOTD in 1908. #francisbacon #bornonthisday #supergays #evilqueen

Frank Ocean American singer-songwriter Frank Ocean was BOTD in 1987. Born in Long Beach, California, he was raised in New Orleans by his mother after his parents’ divorce. He enrolled at the University of New …

Openly gay American singer-songwriter Frank Ocean was BOTD in 1987, turning 38 today. #frankocean #bornonthisday #supergays

Erasmus Dutch scholar and theologian Desiderius Erasmus was BOTD in 1466. Born in Rotterdam, the illegitimate son of a Catholic priest, he was educated in monastic schools, and later joined the Order of St…

Dutch scholar, theologian and youthful homosexual Desiderius Erasmus was BOTD in 1466. #desideriuserasmus #bornonthisday #maybegays #erasmus

Caitlin Jenner American athlete, television star and public figure Caitlin Jenner was BOTD in 1949. Born Bruce Jenner in Mount Kisco, New York, she studied at Graceland College in Iowa on an athletic scholarship …

American athlete, television star and trans activist Caitlin Jenner was BOTD in 1949, turning 76 today. #caitlinjenner #trans #bornonthisday

Andy Bey American singer and pianist Andy Bey was BOTD in 1939. Born in Newark, New Jersey to a working-class African-American family, he was a child prodigy, teaching himself to play the piano, and began s…

American jazz-blues singer and pianist Andy Bey was BOTD in 1939. #andybey #supergays #bornonthisday

Edith Head American costume designer Edith Head was BOTD in 1897. Born in San Bernadino, California, she studied at the University of California and Stanford University, and worked as a language teacher befor…

American costume designer and honking great dyke Edith Head, the multi-Oscar winning couturier of classic Hollywood film, was BOTD in 1897. #edithhead #bornonthisday #supergays

Andrew McMillan English poet Andrew McMillan was BOTD in 1988. Born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, his father is the poet Ian McMillan. He studied at the University of Lancaster and at University College London, wr…

Sexy gay English poet Andrew McMillan was BOTD in 1988, turning 37 today. #andrewmcmillan #supergays #bornonthisday

Anne Perry English writer and murderer Juliet Hulme, latterly known as Anne Perry, was BOTD in 1938. Born in London, she suffered from tuberculosis as a child and was sent to South Africa to improve her healt…

English teen murderess Juliet Hulme, latterly known as the crime novelist Anne Perry, was BOTD in 1938. #juliethulme #bornonthisday #maybegays #heavenlycreatures

Anna Dickinson American journalist and activist Anna Dickinson was BOTD in 1842. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to a Quaker family, she began campaigning for the abolition of slavery in her early teens, publi…

American journalist, activist and honking great dyke Anna Dickinson was BOTD in 1842. #annadickinson #bornonthisday #supergays

Evelyn Waugh English writer Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh, better known as Evelyn Waugh, was BOTD in 1903. Born in London to a middle-class family, he was educated at Oxford University, where he had affairs with…

English writer and part-time homosexual Evelyn Waugh, better best known for his novel “Brideshead Revisited”, was BOTD in 1903. #evelynwaugh #bornonthisday #parttimegay #bridesheadrevisited

Adam Mars-Jones English writer and critic Adam Mars-Jones was BOTD in 1954. Born in London to a middle-class family, he studied at Cambridge University. His first collection of stories, Lantern Lecture, was publis…

English writer, critic and old school leatherman Adam Mars-Jones was BOTD in 1954, turning 71 today. Best known for his novella “Box Hill”, the basis of sexy new BDSM rom-com #Pillion starring #AlexanderSkarsgard. #adammarsjones #supergays #boxhill #pillion #bornonthisday

Holly Woodlawn Puerto Rican-American actress Holly Woodlawn was BOTD in 1946. Born in Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico, her family emigrated to the United States when she was a child, and she was raised in Miami. Assigned…

Puerto Rican-American actress and Warhol Superstar Holly Woodlawn was BOTD in 1946. #hollywoodlawn #bornonthisday #supergays #transhero

Ben Brantley American theatre critic Ben Brantley was BOTD in 1954. Born in Durham, North Carolina, he studied at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, beginning his journalistic career at The Village Voice. He w…

Bitchy gay American theatre critic Ben Brantley was BOTD in 1954, turning 71 today. She ruled over the New York Times with a velvet fist until her resignation in 2020, following criticism over her unwoke comments about trans performers. #benbrantley #bornonthisday #supergays

Anne Seymour Damer English aristocrat, socialite and sculptor Anne Seymour Damer was BOTD in 1748. Born in Sevenoaks, Kent to an aristocratic family, she was the cousin and god-daughter of politician and writer (and …

English aristocrat, socialite, sculptor and possible lesbian Anne Seymour Damer was BOTD in 1748. #anneseymourdamer #bornonthisday #maybegays

Christos Tsioklas Australian writer Christos Tsioklas was BOTD in 1965. Born in Melbourne to Greek immigrant parents, he was the first of his family to attend university, where he edited the influential student news…

Australian writer Christos Tsioklas, best known for his books “Loaded” and “The Slap”, was BOTD in 1965, turning 60 today. #christostsioklas #bornonthisday #supergays

David Furnish Canadian celebrity consort, philanthropist and filmmaker David Furnish was BOTD in 1962. Born in Toronto to a wealthy middle-class family, he studied business at the University of Western Ontario, …

Canadian filmmaker and philanthropist David Furnish, best known as the celebity consort of singer #EltonJohn, was BOTD in 1962, turning 63 today. #davidfurnish #bornonthisday #supergays

Katy Perry American singer-songwriter Katy Perry was BOTD in 1984. Born in Santa Barbara, California to a Christian Pentecostal family, she began singing as a child, performing in her parents’ church mi…

Bisexual American singer-songwriter Katy Perry, best known for her hit singles “I Kissed a Girl” and “Firework”, was BOTD in 1984, turning 41 today. #katyperry #bornonthisday #supergays

Zac Posen American fashion designer Zac Posen was BOTD in 1980. Born in New York CIty to a middle-class Jewish family, he stole yarmulkes from his family synagogue as a child to make ball dresses for dolls. …

American fashion designer Zac Posen was BOTD in 1980, turning 45 today. #zacposen #supergays #bornonthisday

Anohni English singer-songwriter and visual artist Anohni was BOTD in 1971. Born Antony Hegarty in Chichester, West Sussex, she was assigned male at birth, identifying as transgender from early childhood.…

English singer-songwriter and visual artist Anohni, who rose to fame as the lead singer of Antony & the Johnsons, was BOTD in 1971, turning 54 today. #anohni #antonyandthejohnsons #trans #supergays #bornonthisday

August Graf von Platen German writer August Graf von Platen-Hallermünde was BOTD in 1796. Born in Bavaria to an impoverished aristocratic family, he had a series of unrequited crushes on male friends in his teens. In 181…

German writer and rampant homosexual August Graf von Platen-Hallermünde was BOTD in 1796. #augustgrafvonplaten #bornonthisday

Ronnie Kray English gangster and murderer Ronald (Ronnie) Kray was BOTD in 1933. Born in London’s East End, he and his identical twin Reggie became amateur boxers in their teens. Called up for National Service…

English gangster and murderer Ronnie Kray, who with his twin brother Reggie dominated London’s post-WWII gangland, becoming cult heroes by the 1960s, was BOTD in 1933. #ronniekray #badgays #bornonthisday

Moss Hart American composer, lyricist and director Moss Hart was BOTD in 1904. Born in New York City, he was introduced to theatre by his aunt Kate, working as an assistant for theatrical producer Augustus P…

American composer, lyricist, director and closeted homo Moss Hart, best known for directing the original Broadway production of “My Fair Lady”, was BOTD in 1904. #mosshart #bornonthisday #sadgays

Sybil Thorndike English actress Sybil Thorndike was BOTD in 1882. Born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, the daughter of an Anglican vicar, she showed an early interest in music, training as a classical pianist at th…

Discreetly bisexual English actress Sybil Thorndike, best known for originating the lead role in #GeorgeBernardShaw’s play “Saint Joan”, was BOTD in 1882. #sybilthorndike #maybegays #bornonthisday

Emma Donoghue Irish writer Emma Donoghue was BOTD in 1969. Born in Dublin to a middle class family, she studied at Trinity College Dublin and latterly at Cambridge University, where she met her life partner Chri…

Lesbionic Irish writer Emma Donoghue, best known for her novel “Room”, was BOTD in 1969, turning 56 today. #emmadonoghue #supergays #bornonthisday

Ned Rorem American composer and memoirist Ned Rorem was BOTD in 1923. Born in Richmond, Indiana, he was raised in Chicago, studying at Northwestern University before winning a scholarship to the Curtis Insti…

American composer, memoirist and Olympian level manslut Ned Rorem was BOTD in 1923. #nedrorem #supergays #bornonthisday

Maggi Hambling English artist Maggi Hambling was BOTD in 1945. Born in Suffolk, she studied art in her teens, graduating from the Slade School of Art in 1969. While predominantly a painter, she turned to sculptur…

Lesbionic English painter and sculptor Maggi Hambling, best known for her public sculptures of #OscarWilde and #MaryWollstonecraft, was BOTD in 1945, turning 80 today. #maggihambling #supergays #lesbionic #bornonthisday

Sarah Bernhardt French actress and producer Sarah Bernhardt was BOTD in 1844. Born in Paris, the illegitimate daughter of a Dutch courtesan, she received a convent education, and was sponsored to attend the Conser…

Bisexual French actress and producer Sarah Bernhardt, hailed as the greatest classical actress of the Belle Èpoque, was BOTD in 1844. #sarahbernhardt #thedivinesarah #supergays #bornonthisday

Jean Acker American actress Jean Acker was BOTD in 1892. Born Harriet Ackers in Trenton, New Jersey, her parents divorced when she was a child, and she was raised by her father and stepmother on a farm in Lew…

Messily bisexual American actress Jean Acker, best known for her brief marriage to Hollywood heartthrob and MaybeGay #RudolphValentino, was BOTD in 1892. #jeanacker #bornonthisday