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Stephen Beresford English playwright and screenwriter Stephen Beresford was BOTD in 1972. Born in London, he was raised in Dartmouth in rural Devon. He showed an early interest in drama, moving to London to study at…

English playwright and screenwriter Stephen Beresford, best known for his screenplay for the 2014 film "Pride", was BOTD [7 January] in 1972, turning 54 today. #stephenberesford #pridefilm #supergays #bornonthisday

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Taylor Mead American poet and actor Taylor Mead was BOTD in 1924. Born in Detroit, Michigan to a wealthy family, he abandoned his middle-class existence to become a Bohemian, moving to San Francisco in the 195…

American poet, actor and cult figure Taylor Mead, best known as the scrawny-buttocked star of #AndyWarhol's film "Taylor Mead's Ass", was BOTD [31 December] in 1924. #taylormead #taylormeadsass #supergays #bornonthisday

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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

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Gayle Rubin American writer, academic and activist Gayle Rubin was BOTD in 1949. Born in South Carolina to a middle-class Jewish family, she was educated in racially-segregated public schools, before moving to…

American writer, academic and activist Gayle Rubin, best known for her influential sex-positive essay "Thinking Sex", was BOTD [1 January] in 1949, turning 77 today. #gaylerubin #thinkingsex #supergays ´#radicalesbians #bornonthisday

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Jacob Israël de Haan Dutch lawyer, writer and activist Jacob Israël de Haan was BOTD in 1881. Born in Smilde to an Orthodox Jewish family, he was one of eighteen children, and grew up in poverty, moving frequently as h…

Dutch lawyer, writer and activist Jacob Israël de Haan was BOTD in 1881. #jacobisraeldehaan #supergays #bornonthisday

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Joe Dallesandro American model and actor Joe Dallesandro was BOTD in 1948. Born in Pensacola, Florida, he had a turbulent childhood, living in a series of orphanages and foster homes, and becoming a criminal by hi…

American hustler, model, actor and Warhol Superstar Joe Dallesandro, was BOTD in 1948, turning 77 today. #joedallesandro #littlejoe #supergays #bornonthisday

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Joseph Beam American writer, editor and activist Joseph Beam was BOTD in 1954. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to a working-class family, he studied at Franklin College in Indiana, where he became active in…

American writer, editor and activist Joseph Beam, best known as the editor of Black gay anthology “In the Life”, was BOTD in 1954, dying of an AIDS-related illness in 1988, aged 33. #josephbeam #supergays #bornonthisday #inthelife

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Paul Bowles American writer and composer Paul Bowles was BOTD in 1910. Born in New York City to wealthy middle-class parents, he composed poetry and music from an early age, publishing his first poem at 17. Wh…

Bisexual American writer and composer Paul Bowles, best known for his novel “The Sheltering Sky”, was BOTD in 1910. #paulbowles #bornonthisday #supergays #theshelteringsky

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Tima die Göttliche German performer and costume designer Timo Lewandovsky, better known as Tima die Göttliche (Tima the Divine) was BOTD in 1965. Born in Munich, he moved to West Berlin in 1983, completing an interns…

German performer and costume designer Timo Lewandovsky, better known as Tima die Göttliche (Tima the Divine) was BOTD in 1965, turning 60 today. #timadiegottliche #timathedivine #bornonthisday #supergays

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Paul Rudnick American playwright and screenwriter Paul Rudnick was BOTD in 1957. Born in Piscataway, New Jersey, he studied at Yale University before moving to New York City, where he worked as a magazine colum…

American playwright and screenwriter Paul Rudnick, best known for his play “Jeffrey” and screenplays for “The Addams Family”, “The First Wives Club and “Sister Act”, was BOTD in 1957, turning 68 today. #paulrudnick #supergays #bornonthisday

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Gilbert Adair Scottish writer and journalist Gilbert Adair was BOTD in 1944. Born in Edinburgh, he studied French at the University of Glasgow. After graduating, he moved to Paris, where he witnessed the student…

Scottish writer and journalist Gilbert Adair, best known for his screenplays for the films “The Dreamers” and “Love and Death on Long Island”, was BOTD in 1944. #gilbertadair #bornonthisday #supergays

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Jason Gould American singer, actor and filmmaker Jason Gould was BOTD in 1966. Born in New York City, the only child of singer-actress Barbra Streisand and actor Elliott Gould, his parents separated when he wa…

Cute as a button American singer, actor and filmmaker Jason Gould was BOTD in 1966, turning 59 today. #jasongould #supergays #bornonthisday

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Peter Berlin German filmmaker, model, artist and porn star Peter Berlin was BOTD in 1942. Born in Łódź in Nazi-occupied Poland, he grew up in Berlin in a wealthy middle-class family. He became a commercial phot…

German-born filmmaker, model, artist and porn star Peter Berlin was BOTD in 1942, turning 83 today. #peterberlin #supergays #bornonthisday

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F. W. Murnau German filmmaker Friedrich Wilhelm (F. W.) Murnau was BOTD in 1888. Born in the Rhineland, he showed an early interest in theatre, befriending director Max Reinhardt while he was at university. He …

German filmmaker Friedrich Wilhelm (F. W.) Murnau, best known for his films “Nosferatu” and “Sunrise”, was BOTD in 1888, dying in a car accident in 1931 aged 42. #fwmurnau #bornonthisday #supergays #nosferatu #sunrise

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Manuel Puig Argentinian writer Manuel Puig was BOTD in 1932. Born on a ranch in a small town in Buenos Aires Province, he had an unhappy childhood, bullied at at school for his effeminacy and love of wearing w…

Argentinian writer Manuel Puig, best known for his queer-themed novel “Kiss of the Spiderwoman”, was BOTD in 1932, dying (probably of AIDS) in 1990 aged 57. #manuelpuig #kissofthespiderwoman #supergays #bornonthisday #aids

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Joe Mantello American actor, director and filmmaker Joe Mantello was BOTD in 1962. Born in Rockford, Illinois to a middle-class family, he studied at the North Carolina School of the Arts, moving to New York Ci…

Foxy American actor, director and filmmaker Joe Mantello was BOTD in 1962, turning 63 today. Hello, Daddy! #joemantello #supergays #bornonthisday

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David Sedaris American humorist and writer David Sedaris was BOTD in 1956. Born in New York City to a Greek-American family, he was raised in North Carolina. He moved to Chicago in the 1980s, attempting unsucces…

The wonderfully caustic American humorist and writer David Sedaris was BOTD in 1956, turning 69 today. #davidsedaris #supergays #bornonthisday

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Quentin Crisp English writer and raconteur Quentin Crisp was BOTD in 1908. Born Denis Pratt in Sutton, Surrey to a middle-class family, he moved to London to study journalism at King’s College, dropping ou…

English writer, raconteur and Stately Homo Quentin Crisp, best known for his memoir “The Naked Civil Servant”, was BOTD in 1908. #quentincrisp #supergays #bornonthisday

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Albert Cashier Irish-American soldier Albert Cashier was BOTD in 1843. Born Jennie Hodgers in Clogherhead, County Louth in Ireland, little is known about her family or early life. She is believed to have left Ire…

Irish-American soldier, American War veteran and trans man Albert Cashier was BOTD in 1843. #albertcashier #supergays #trans #bornonthisday #americancivilwar

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Ismail Merchant Indian film producer and director Ismail Merchant was BOTD in 1936. Born Ismail Rahman in Mumbai to a Gujarati Muslim family, he grew up during the violent Partition of India, in which his family r…

Indian producer and filmmaker Ismail Merchant, who with long-term partner #JamesIvory produced the lavish period dramas “The Bostonians”, A Room With a View”, “Howard’s End”, “Maurice” and “The Remains of the Day”, was BOTD in 1936. #ismailmerchant #supergays #bornonthisday

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Kenny Everett English comedian and broadcaster Kenny Everett was BOTD in 1944. Born Maurice Cole in Lancashire, he attended a junior seminary with the intention of becoming a Catholic priest, leaving in his teen…

Insanely funny closeted gay English comedian Kenny Everett was BOTD in 1944, dying in 1995 of an AIDS-related illness aged 50. #kennyeverett #supergays #bornonthisday

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Charles Boultenhouse American filmmaker, poet and critic Charles Boultenhouse was BOTD in 1926. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, little is known of his early life. In 1945, he moved to New York City to study at Columbia …

American filmmaker, poet and critic Charles Boultenhouse, long time squeeze of poet and critic #ParkerTyler, was BOTD [23 December] in 1926. #charlesboultenhouse #bornonthisday #supergays

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Marc Allégret Franco-Swiss photographer and filmmaker Marc Allégret was BOTD in 1900. Born in Basel, he was raised in Paris, where his father was a Protestant missionary. At the outbreak of World War One in 1914…

Bisexual Franco-Swiss photographer and filmmaker Marc Allégret, the one-time underage teen boyfriend of writer #AndreGide, was BOTD [23 December] in 1900. #marcallegret #bornonthisday #supergays

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Ricky Martin Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Ricky Martin was BOTD in 1971. Born in San Juan to a middle-class family, he began appearing in television commercials when he was nine, and shot to stardom aged 12 a…

The insanely sexy and very gay Puerto Rican singer-songwriter and actor Ricky Martin was BOTD in 1971, turning 54 today. #rickymartin #supergays #bornonthisday

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Lee Daniels American filmmaker Lee Daniels was BOTD in 1959. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he had an unhappy, suffering physical and psychological abuse by his policeman father for being gay. When he was…

American filmmaker Lee Daniels, best known for his melodramas “Precious”, “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” and “The United States vs Billie Holiday”, was BOTD in 1959, turning 66 today. #leedaniels #bornonthisday #supergays

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Stormé DeLarverie American drag performer and activist Stormé DeLarverie was BOTD in 1920. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, their mother was Black who had a child with her white employer. DeLarverie’s education…

American singer, band leader and activist Stormé DeLarverie was BOTD in 1920. #stormedelarverie #supergays #trans #bornonthisday

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Tim Fountain English playwright and comedian Tim Fountain was BOTD in 1967. Born in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, he was raised in West Ardsley and studied at Hull University. He began a career as a playwright, ris…

English playwright and comedian Tim Fountain, best known for his #QuentinCrisp play “Resident Alien”, was BOTD in 1967, turning 58 today. #timfountain #supergays #bornonthisday

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Carol Ann Duffy Scottish poet Carol Ann Duffy was BOTD in 1945. Born in Glasgow and raised in England, she began publishing her poetry at 14, and studied philosophy at Liverpool University. She worked as a poetry …

Beloved lesbionic Scottish poet Carol Ann Duffy was BOTD in 1945, turning 80 today. #carolannduffy # bornonthisday #supergays #poetlaureate

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Martin Sherman American playwright Martin Sherman was BOTD in 1938. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Russian Jewish immigrants, he grew up in New Jersey, showing an early interest in theatre. He studied dram…

American playwright Martin Sherman, best known for his play “Bent” about the gay victims of the Holocaust, was BOTD in 1938, turning 87 today. #martinsherman #supergays #bent #bornonthisday

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Jean-Michel Basquiat American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat was BOTD in 1960. Born in New York City to Haitian and Puerto Rican parents, he showed an early interest in art, though his childhood was complicated by his par…

Queer American artistic superstar Jean-Michel Basquiat was BOTD in 1960, dying in 1988 of a heroin overdose aged just 27. #jeanmichelbasquiat #basquiat #supergays #bornonthisday

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