Joey Stefano American porn actor Joey Stefano was BOTD in 1968. Born Nicholas Iacona Jr in Chester, Pennsylvania to a working-class family, his father died when he was a teenager, leading to problems with drug …

American porn actor Joey Stefano, known as the gay porn industry's hungriest power bottom, was BOTD [1 January] in 1968, dying of a drug overdose in 1994 aged just 26. #joeystefano #powerbottom #gayporn #supergays #sadgays #bornonthisday

Orry-Kelly Australian costume designer Orry George Kelly, known professionally as Orry-Kelly, was BOTD in 1897. Born in Kiama, New South Wales to an English-born father and an Australian mother, he attended h…

Australian costume designer Orry George Kelly, better known as Orry-Kelly, was BOTD in 1897. A one-time bum chum of #CaryGrant, he became one of Hollywood’s top designers, dressing #BetteDavis, #KatharineHepburn and #MarilynMonroe, before drinking himself to death. #orrykelly #bornonthisday #sadgays

John Minton English artist and designer (Francis) John Minton was BOTD in 1917. Born in Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire to a middle-class family, he was educated at private schools before moving to London to st…

English painter and illustrator John Minton was BOTD [25 December] in 1917. The one-time lover of #LucianFreud, he committed suicide in 1957, aged 39. #johnminton #bornonthisday #sadgays

Steve Rubell American entrepreneur Steve Rubell was BOTD in 1943. Born in Brooklyn, New York City, he studied at Syracuse University, joining the New York City National Guard to avoid conscription to the Vietna…

American entrepreneur and closet case Steve Rubell, best known as the manager of Studio 54 nightclub in New York City, was BOTD in 1943, dying of an AIDS-related illness in 1989. #steverubell #bornonthisday #studio54 #sadgays #aids

Jonathan Frid Canadian actor Jonathan Frid was BOTD in 1924. Born in Hamilton, Ontario to a middle-class family, he showed an early interest in acting, performing in high school theatre productions. He attended …

Canadian actor and closet case Jonathan Frid, best known for playing the guilt-ridden vampire Barnabas Collins in TV series “Dark Shadows” was BOTD in 1924. #jonathanfrid #darkshadows #sadgays #bornonthisday

Charles Hawtrey English actor and comedian Charles Hawtrey was BOTD in 1914. Born in London, he was a child actor in films, and studied at the Italia Conti Academy before pursuing a show business career. He appear…

English actor, comedian and Sad Gay Charles Hawtrey, best known for his roles in the “Carry On” films, was BOTD in 1914. #charleshawtrey #bornonthisday #sadgays #carryonfilms

James Pope-Hennessy English writer and historian James Pope-Hennessy was BOTD in 1916. Born in London to an Irish military family, he and his elder brother John were educated at private schools and studied at Oxford U…

English writer, historian and notorious homosexual James Pope-Hennessy was BOTD in 1916, dying in 1974 after being attacked by three young men he picked up at a bar. #jamespopehennessy #bornonthisday #sadgays

Clifton Webb American actor Clifton Webb was BOTD in 1889. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, he and his mother moved to New York City when he was a child, where he was drilled for a stage career. He became a profe…

American actor and Sad Gay Clifton Webb, best known for playing evil queens in film noir classics “Laura” and “The Razor’s Edge”, was BOTD in 1889. #cliftonwebb #sadgays #bornonthisday

Terence Davies English filmmaker Terence Davies was BOTD in 1945. Born in Liverpool, the youngest of ten children in a working-class family, his childhood was terrorised by his abusive alcoholic father, and later…

Poetically miserable gay English filmmaker Terence Davies, best known for his films “Distant Voices, Still Lives”, “The House of Mirth” and “Benediction”, was BOTD in 1945. #terencedavies #bornonthisday #supergays #sadgays

Charles Masson Fox English businessman Charles Masson Fox was BOTD in 1866. Born in Falmouth, Cornwall into a prosperous Quaker family of aristocratic descent, he worked for his family’s timber and shipping fir…

English businessman, chess champion and notorious homosexual Charles Masson Fox was BOTD in 1866. #charlesmassonfox #sadgays #bornonthisday

Jeremy Brett English actor Jeremy Brett was BOTD in 1933. Born Peter Jeremy Huggins in Berkswell, Warwickshire to a military family, he was educated at Eton College. He studied acting at the Central School of S…

Foxy English actor Jeremy Brett, best known for his role in the film “My Fair Lady” and his masterful portrayal of detective #SherlockHolmes, was BOTD in 1933. #jeremybrett #bornonthisday #sadgays #aids #sherlockholmes

David Ogden Stiers American actor and conductor David Ogden Stiers was BOTD in 1942. Born in Peoria, Illinois, he grew up in Oregon. After briefly attending the University of Oregon, he moved to San Francisco to purs…

American actor, conductor and closet case David Ogden Stiers, best known for his role in TV comedy “M*A*S*H” and voice work in animated films “Beauty & the Beast” and “Lilo & Stitch”, was BOTD in 1942. #davidogdenstiers #bornonthisday #sadgays

Néstor Almendros Spanish cinematographer and filmmaker Néstor Almendros was BOTD in 1930. Born Néstor Almendros Cuyás in Barcelona, he moved to Cuba aged 18 to join his father, who had been exiled from Spain by Gen…

Closeted gay Spanish cinematographer and filmmaker Néstor Almendros, best known for his magic-hour lensing of #TerrenceMalick’s film “Days of Heaven”, was BOTD in 1930. #nestoralmendros #sadgays #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

Robert Reed American actor Robert Reed was BOTD in 1932. Born John Rietz Jr in Chicago and raised in Texas and Oklahoma, he studied acting at Northwestern University and London’s Royal Academy of Dramati…

American actor Robert Reed, best known for playing Mr Brady on TV series “The Brady Bunch” was BOTD in 1932, dying of AIDS in 1991 aged 59. #robertreed #thebradybunch #mrbrady #aids #sadgays #bornonthisday

Montgomery Clift American actor Montgomery Clift was BOTD in 1920. Born in Omaha, Nebraska to a wealthy middle-class family, he spent much of his childhood in Europe, until his family’s fortunes were lost in …

Gorgeous American actor Montgomery Clift, who shot to Hollywood fame in the 1940s before a car accident left him addicted to booze and pills, was BOTD in 1920. Despite the nickname Princess TinyMeat, he slept with nearly every other closet case in Hollywood. #montgomeryclift #sadgays #bornonthisday

Jeannine Deckers Belgian singer-songwriter Jeannine Deckers, better known as The Singing Nun, was BOTD in 1933. Born in Brussels, she trained as an art teacher. In 1959, while teaching at a scout camp, she met 16 y…

Belgian singer-songwriter Jeannine Deckers, aka The Singing Nun, was BOTD in 1933. After shooting to fame with “Dominique”, she left the convent, became a lesbian, got busted for unpaid taxes and committed suicide with her girlfriend aged 51. #jeanninedeckers #thesingingnun #bornonthisday #sadgays

François Mauriac French writer, journalist and critic François Mauriac was BOTD in 1885. Born in Bordeaux to an upper-middle-class family, he was raised as a strict Roman Catholic, a faith he retained for the rest …

French writer, journalist, critic and closeted homosexual François Mauriac, whose Catholic-infused morality tales won him the Nobel Prize for Literature, was BOTD in 1885. #francoismauriac #nobelprize #sadgays #bornonthisday

Vladimir Horowitz Russian pianist Vladimir Horowitz was BOTD in 1903. Born in Kiev, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), he started piano lessons at nine, giving his first solo recital when he was 17. He quick…

Superstar Russian pianist and closet case Vladimir Horowitz was BOTD in 1903. #vladimirhorowitz #bornonthisday #sadgays

Johnny Mathis American singer Johnny Mathis was BOTD in 1935. Born in Gilmer, Texas to a family with African-American and First Nations heritage, he grew up in San Francisco and began performing as a child. He w…

Handsome American crooner and reluctant homosexual Johnny Mathis was BOTD in 1935, turning 90 today. #johnnymathis #bornonthisday #sadgays

Edmund Gosse English writer, historian, critic and poet Edmund Gosse was BOTD in 1849. Born in London, he was raised in Torquay in Devon after the death of his mother. Raised in the conservative Protestant sect…

English writer, historian, critic, poet and closet case Edmund Gosse, best known for his translations of Ibsen and critical studies of English literature and sculpture, was BOTD in 1849. #edmundgosse #sadgays #bornonthisday #closetcase

Pseudo-Queer Semi-Bankable actors sulk and suffer for over two hours once again…

I kept waiting for Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan to slouch into frame because I refuse to believe this isn’t part of the Ammonite Cinematic Universe.

#SadGays #AwardsSeason #TheHistoryofSound #GayCinema

Siegfried Sassoon English solider, poet and memoirist Siegfried Sassoon was BOTD in 1886. Born in Matfield, Kent, to a wealthy middle class family, he studied history at Cambridge University, where he began writing …

English solider, poet and memoirist Siegfried Sassoon, best known for his searing poetic condemnations of World War One, was BOTD in 1886. After unhappy affairs with #StephenTennant and #IvorNovello, he married a woman, which didn’t end well. #siegfriedsassoon #sadgays #bornonthisday #warpoetry

Lionel Bart English composer and songwriter Lionel Bart was BOTD in 1930. Born in London’s East End to Polish Jewish immigrants, he grew up in poverty, winning a scholarship to St Martin’s Art College wh…

English composer, songwriter and Sad Gay Lionel Bart was BOTD in 1930. Born into poverty in London’s East End, he gained riches and fame with his 1959 musical “Oliver!”, blowing his fortune on partying, drugs and Evil Twinks and dying in poverty aged 67. #lionelbart #bornonthisday #sadgays #oliver

Hart Crane American poet Hart Crane was BOTD in 1899. Born in Garrettsville, Ohio to a wealthy industrialist family, he grew up in Cleveland, moving to New York City in his teens following his parents’ …

American poet and Sad Gay Hart Crane was BOTD in 1899. A rampant alcoholic, he committed suicide aged 32, throwing himself overboard a ship en route to New York. #hartcrane #supergays #sadgays #bornonthisday

Dennis Price English actor Dennistoun (Dennis) Price was BOTD in 1915. Born in Ruscombe, Berkshire to a military family with aristocratic ancestry, he was educated at private schools and attended Oxford Univers…

Fruity English actor Dennis Price, best known for his delicious performance as an aristocratic assassin in “Kind Hearts and Coronets”, was BOTD in 1915. #dennisprice #kindheartsandcoronets #sadgays #bornonthisday

John Mahoney Anglo-American actor John Mahoney was BOTD in 1940. Born in Blackpool in England to a working-class family, he grew up in Manchester. In 1959, aged 18, he moved to the United States, studying at Qu…

Anglo-American actor and closet case John Mahoney, best known for his recurring role in TV sitcom “Frasier”, was BOTD in 1940. #johnmahoney #sadgays #frasier #bornonthisday

John Mahoney Anglo-American actor John Mahoney was BOTD in 1940. Born in Blackpool in England to a working-class family, he grew up in Manchester. In 1959, aged 18, he moved to the United States, studying at Qu…

Anglo-American actor and closet case John Mahoney, best known for his recurring role in TV sitcom “Frasier”, was BOTD in 1940. #johnmahoney #sadgays #frasier #bornonthisday

Paul Lynde American comedian and actor Paul Lynde was BOTD in 1926. Born in Mount Vernon, Ohio to a working class family, he studied drama at Northwestern University alongside Cloris Leachman and Patricia Nea…

The very gay and very closeted American comedian and actor Paul Lynde, best known for his appearances in “Bewitched” and “Hollywood Squares”, was BOTD in 1926. #paullynde #bornonthisday #sadgays

T. H. White English writer Terence (T. H.) White was BOTD in 1906. Born in Bombay in British India, where his father was a superintendent in the Indian police, he had a troubled childhood, affected by his fath…

English writer T. H. White, best known for his novel series “The Once and Future Thing”, based on medieval legend “Le Morte d’Arthur”, was BOTD in 1906. #thwhite #bornonthisday #sadgays