November 21, 1912- Eleanor Powell: I'd rather dance than eat. Eleanor Powell was a magnificently talented movie-musical performer who proved to be too good for Hollywood. I don’t mean too virtuous; I mean too virtuosic. Too masterful at her specialty, tap dancing, for … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “My Sexual Orientation Has Nothing at All to Do with Saving the President’s Life.” – Oliver “Billy” Sipple
This is the sad story of Oliver "Billy" Sipple. It was a beautiful, warm day on September 22, 1975, in San Francisco. He didn't ask for fame, didn't even want it. Sipple just happened to be standing right next to Sara Jane Moore, a wannabe assassin, as she raised a gun and aimed … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor, Estelle Parsons
November 20, 1927- Estelle Parsons Instead of slowing down, as Parsons approached her 90th birthday she began branching out, taking on the role of Assistant Artistic Director of the famed Actors Studio, an organization for professional actors, theatre directors and … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Talk Show Host, Dick Cavett
November 19, 1936 – Richard Alva Cavett: It's a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn't want to hear. Watching The Graham Norton Show, I must say, I miss the days when a talk show guest would move over on the couch and stay for the other guests and join in the … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Writer, Klaus Mann
November 18, 1906 – Klaus Mann: Thomas Mann was an influential German writer and the winner of the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature. He wrote about his struggles with his same-sex attraction in his journals and in his works, especially with the obsession of the elderly Professor … [Read more...]
#FlashBack1985: When the World Found Out Rock Hudson Was Gay and Had AIDS
Rock Hudson was a good actor; in the right project he could even be very good. But, he also had something extra special from the very start, a sparkling screen presence. He could totally fill up the screen. Hudson was unworldly handsome, with a broad … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Model / Actor / Style Icon, Lauren Hutton
November 17, 1943 - Mary Laurence Hutton: We have to be able to grow up. Our wrinkles are our medals of the passage of life. They are what we have been through and who we want to be. Sometime in the early part of this decade, The Husband and I were watching Project … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Baseball’s Glenn Burke
November 16, 1952– Glenn Burke "They can't ever say now that a gay man can't play in the majors, because I'm a gay man and I made it." In 1970, Burke helped lead his Oakland high school basketball team to an undefeated season, a state championship and all-tournament … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Artist, Georgia O’Keeffe
November 15, 1887 - Georgia O'Keeffe: "I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do." She was not a native of the Southwest. O'Keeffe was born on a Wisconsin dairy farm and lived in Chicago; New … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor, Veronica Lake
November 13, 1922 – Veronica Lake: "I never did cheesecake; I just used my hair." With her peek-a-boo hairstyle and sultry looks, Lake had a string of broken marriages and, after her career declined, she had long struggles with money problems, mental illness and … [Read more...]
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