Queers in History: July 3rd in Queer History

Events this day

2009 – Delaware, USA ban sexual orientation discrimination under the Delaware Code, but not gender identity

2010 – Helsinki Pride, Finland - attacked by 3 men with smoke and gas bombs

Born this day

Thelma Wood (1901 – – US
Sculptor 1970)

Andreas Burnier (1931 – 2002) Dutch
Author

Jeronimo Saavedra (1936 – ) Spanish
Politician

Brigitte Fassbaender (1939 – ) German
Opera Singer

Peer Raben (1940 – 2007) German
Composer

Michael Brown (1951 – ) UK
Politician

Frans Bakker (1952 – ) Dutch
Singer

Tommy Sexton (1957 – 1993) Canadian

Openly gay television actor and comedian, who died of complications from AIDS. After his death, his colleague Greg Malone campaigned for HIV and AIDS education in Sexton's memory. His sister, filmmaker Mary Sexton, produced a documentary film about him, Tommy...A Family Portrait, in 2001.Along with Malone and their co-star Andy Jones, Sexton was a posthumous recipient of the Earle Grey Award, the lifetime achievement award of Canadian television's Gemini Awards, in 2002.

The Tommy Sexton Centre, a new assisted housing complex for people living with HIV and AIDS, was opened in St. John's in 2006.

Mathew Bose (1973 – ) UK
Actor / Model

Died this day

Arthur Warren (1974- 2000) US
Hate Crime Victim

Ivan Suchinski ( ? - 2001) Belarusian
Club Owner / Hate Crime Victim

Nimrod Ping (1947 – 2006 ) UK
Architect / Politician