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A six-band rainbow flag representing the LGBTQ community LGBTQ people lesbian , gay , bisexual , transgender , or queer . Other individuals are often included in the group, such as questioning , intersex , asexual , aromantic , and agender , denoted under variants of the initialism "LGBTQ ". The group is generally conceived as broadly encompassing all individuals who are part of a sexual or gender minority . Variants of the abbreviation, including LGBTQ+, LGBTQIA, and LGBTQIA+, are also used. (Full article...
Selected article - are a relatively new concept, as lesbian , gay , bisexual , transgender , or queer (LGBTQ ) themes and characters were historically omitted from the content of comic books and their comic strip predecessors due to anti-gay censorship. LGBTQ existence was included only via innuendo , subtext and inference . However the practice of hiding LGBTQ characters in the early part of the twentieth century evolved into open inclusion in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, and comics explored the challenges of coming-out , societal discrimination , and personal and romantic relationships between gay characters. (Full article...
James Robert Baker American author of sharply satirical, predominantly gay-themed transgressional fiction . A native Californian, his work is set almost entirely in Southern California . After graduating from UCLA , he began his career as a screenwriter, but became disillusioned and started writing novels instead. Though he garnered fame for his books Fuel-Injected Dreams and Boy Wonder , after the controversy surrounding publication of his novel, Tim and Pete life partner , this was a contributing factor in his suicide.
Baker's work has achieved cult status in the years since his death, and two additional novels have been posthumously published. First-edition copies of his earlier works have become collector's items. His novel Testosterone was adapted to a film of the same name , though it was not a financial success. Two other books have been optioned for films, but they have not been produced. (Full article...
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6 – Carole Pope (1950–), Canadian rock singer-songwriter
6 – Andy Warhol (1928–1987), American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker
7 – José Christian Chávez Garza (1983–), Mexican singer and actor
8 – Michael Urie (1980–), American actor, television producer, and director
9 – Dan Levy (1983–), Canadian actor
9 – Michael Kors (1959–), American fashion designer
9 – Justice Elio Smith (1995–), American actor
10 – Andrew Sullivan (1963–), English author and political commentator
11 – Quinn (1995–), Canadian professional soccer player, first transgender Olympic gold medalist
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12 – Gladys Bentley (1907–1960), American blues singer
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12 – Radclyffe Hall (1880–1943), English writer and poet
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14 – Mark Pocan (1964–), American Democratic congressman (Wisconsin)
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17 – Rajiv Surendra (1986–), Canadian American actor, artist, and writer
18 – Marcel Carné (1906–1996), French film director
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21 – Luisa Isabel Álvarez de Toledo, 21st Duchess of Medina Sidonia (1936–2008), Spanish aristocrat
21 – Miguel Vale de Almeida (1960–), Portuguese anthropologist, LGBT activist, professor, and politician
22 – Diana Nyad (1949–), American author, journalist, motivational speaker, and long-distance swimmer
24 – Stephen Fry (1957–), English actor, screenwriter, comedian, and television presenter
24 – Marsha P. Johnson (1945–1992) Gay Liberation Activist
25 – Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845–1886), King of Bavaria
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28 – Nancy Kulp (1921–1991), American actress
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29 – Meshell Ndegeocello (1968–), American singer-songwriter, rapper and musician
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