August 1, 1930– Lionel Bart: ''Must I travel far and wide? 'Til I am beside the someone who I can mean something to ... Where? Where is love?'' Lionel Bart hosted some of the most fabulous parties in the Swinging Mod London of the 1960s. His guests included: Princess … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Marcel Proust
Proust working in bed, early 20th-century, photographer unknown, public domain July 10, 1871 - Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust: "Love is a striking example of how little reality means to us." Somehow, the above quote is better in French, but then most things … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Photographer, Minor White
July 9, 1908, Minor Martin White: ''All photographs are self-portraits.'' Minor White is an artists' patron saint in my city, Portland, Oregon. He lived in an era when being openly queer was not a possibility, and he remained in the closet for much of his life, fearful of losing … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Sir Ian McKellen
On The Graham Norton Show via YouTube May 25, 1939 – Sir Ian McKellen: "Everything gets better when you come out because you get self-confidence. So, you get better in terms of relationships, friends of all sorts, family, if you're lucky. And in my case, I think in every … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: ”Coming Out is the Most Political Thing You Can Do.” – Harvey Milk
According to people who knew him, some of whom are friends of mine; Harvey Milk (1930-1978) was no saint and not an easy man. He had a temper and a stubborn streak. But his sense of independence freed him from compromising party politics, allowing him to be controlled by his … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Artist, Jasper Johns
1964, photo by Bob Adelman from WYPR via YouTube May 15, 1930 – Jasper Johns: "To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist." I have a passion for 20th century American Art. I just can't help it. Plus, I have a … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “We’ve Always Pined for the Old Days. People Now Do It About the 1960s & 1970s. I Don’t Do It. I Really Don’t.” – Armistead Maupin (Happy Birthday!)
Maybe Armistead Maupin doesn't, but I do. His Tales Of The City books are the very essence of my halcyon days of young gaydom. A summer day in 2007, I was lying naked on the beach on Sauvie Island, just outside of Portland, Oregon. Because I am, or … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Ultimate Hustler, Denham Fouts
Photo via Wikimedia Commons May 9, 1914 - Denham Fouts "Denny was about the most beautiful boy anybody had ever seen. His skin always looked as if it had just been scrubbed; it seemed to have no pores at all, it was so smooth."Cabaret singer Jimmie Daniles (1908 – … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Silent Film Star, Rudolph Valentino
May 6, 1895– Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Piero Filiberto Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antoguolla: "A man should control his life. Mine is controlling me." He was born in sunny Southern Italy and arrived in NYC in 1913. He became a taxi dancer, a ballroom dancer and boy for … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor, Richard Chamberlain
From Hawaii End-of-Life Options PSA, 2018 via YouTube March 31, 1934– Richard Chamberlain: "Over a long period of time, living as if you were someone else is no fun." Chamberlain has had five decades of working in film, on stage, pop music and television. Beverly … [Read more...]
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