A gay bar is a drinking establishment that caters to an exclusively or predominantly lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ( LGBT) clientele; the term gay is used as a broadly inclusive concept for LGBT communities.

Gay bars once served as the centre of gay culture and were one of the few places people with same-sex orientations and gender-variant identities could openly socialize. Other names used to describe these establishments include boy bar, girl bar, gay club, gay pub, queer bar, lesbian bar, drag bar, and dyke bar, depending on the niche communities that they served. ( Full article...)

Eltinge, c. 1908

Julian Eltinge (May 14, 1881 – March 7, 1941), born William Julian Dalton, was an American stage and film actor and female impersonator. After appearing in the Boston Cadets Revue at the age of ten in feminine garb, Eltinge garnered notice from other producers and made his first appearance on Broadway in 1904. As his star began to rise, he appeared in vaudeville and toured Europe and the United States, even giving a command performance before King Edward VII. Eltinge appeared in a series of musical comedies written specifically for his talents starting in 1910 with The Fascinating Widow, returning to vaudeville in 1918. His popularity soon earned him the moniker "Mr. Lillian Russell" for the popular beauty and musical comedy star.

Hollywood beckoned Eltinge and in 1917 he appeared in his first feature film, The Countess Charming. This led to other films, including 1918's The Isle of Love with Rudolph Valentino and Virginia Rappe. By the time Eltinge arrived in Hollywood, he was considered one of the highest paid actors on the American stage; but with the arrival of the Great Depression and the death of vaudeville, Eltinge's star began to fade. He continued his show in nightclubs but found little success. He died in 1941 at his Manhattan apartment ten days after a show at a nearby nightclub. ( Full article...)

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These names: gay, queer, homosexual are limiting. I would love to finish with them. We're going to have to decide which terms to use and where we use them. For me to use the word "queer" is a liberation; it was a word that frightened me, but no longer.

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• August 5: DaBaby Levitating remix losing US radio audiences after the rapper's comments on HIV/AIDS
• May 19: Taiwan's legislature first in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage
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• ... that the Heian period Japanese story Torikaebaya Monogatari is the tale of a man who lives as a woman and his sister who lives as a man, who eventually swap places in order to lead happy lives?
• ... that in his 1999 book The Trouble With Normal, gay author Michael Warner argued that same-sex marriage is an undesirable goal for the gay rights movement?
• ... that the 2009 book Unfriendly Fire argues that bans on gays in the military were based on prejudices and fears, not empirical data?
• ... that sexual activism group Sex Panic! criticized the efficacy of 1990s US anti-HIV campaigns that, they argued, demonized public sexual culture?

• 1 – Mercedes de Acosta (1893–1968), American poet, playwright and novelist
• 1 – Lytton Strachey (1880–1932), British writer and critic
• 2 – Renata Borgatti (1894–1964), Italian classical pianist
• 2 – Matthew Mitcham (1988–), Australian diver
• 3 – Perry Ellis (1940–1986), American fashion designer
• 3 – Xavier Bettel (1973–), Prime Minister of Luxembourg
• 4 – Chaz Bono (1969–), American advocate, writer and musician
• 4 – Svend Robinson (1952–), Canadian former politician, first openly gay Canadian Member of Parliament
• 5 – Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922–1975), Italian poet, intellectual, film director, and writer
• 6 – Charles I of Württemberg (1823–1891), German aristocrat, King of Württemberg
• 7 – Eva Brunne (1954–), Swedish Lutheran bishop
• 7 – Sir Henry Channon (1897–1958), British Conservative Member of Parliament
• 7 – Bret Easton Ellis (1964–), American novelist, screenwriter, and short story writer
• 7 – Wanda Sykes, (1964–) American comedian, writer and actress
• 8 – Una Vincenzo, Lady Troubridge (1887–1963), English sculptor and translator
• 9 – Richard Adams (1947–2012), Filipino-American gay rights activist
• 9 – Samuel Barber (1910–1981), American composer
• 9 – Will Geer (1902–1978), American actor and social activist
• 9 – Vita Sackville-West (1892–1962), English writer and poet
• 10 – Jean Wyllys (1974–), Brazilian lecturer, journalist and politician
• 11 – The Lady Chablis (1957–2016), American drag queen entertainer
• 11 – Christopher Rice (1978–), American writer
• 11 – Bill Siksay (1955–), Canadian politician
• 11 – Eudy Simelane (1977–2008), South African footballer
• 12 – Vaslav Nijinsky (1890–1950), Russian ballet dancer and choreographer
• 12 – Edward Albee (1928–2016), American playwright
• 12 – Patricia Campos Doménech (1977–), Spanish football coach, and former naval fighter pilot
• 13 – Armistead Maupin (1944–), American writer
• 14 – Alfred Redl (1864–1913), Austrian counter-intelligence officer and spy
• 15 – Kwame Harris (1982–), Jamaican-born American football player
• 15 – Amir Ohana (1976–), Israeli lawyer and politician
• 16 – Donal Óg Cusack (1977–), Irish hurling goalkeeper
• 16 – Jon Hinson (1942–1995), American politician, former Republican congressman (Mississippi) (1979–1981)
• 17 – Alexander McQueen (1969–2010), British fashion designer
• 18– Stanley Bennett Clay (1950–), American writer, publisher, novelist, director and actor
• 18 – Wilfred Owen (1893–1918), British wartime poet
• 20 – Jan Cina (1988–), Czech actor
• 21 – Rosie O'Donnell (1962–), American talk show host, stand-up comedian, and actress
• 23 – Joseph C. Leyendecker (1874–1951), German-born American illustrator
• 23 – Prince Felix Yusupov (1887–1967), Russian aristocrat
• 24 – Bob Mackie (1940–), American fashion designer
• 24 – Jim Parsons (1973–), American actor and producer
• 25 – Elton John (1947–), English singer-songwriter, composer, and pianist
• 27 – Pat Bond (1925–1990), American actress
• 27 – Margarethe Cammermeyer (1942–), Norwegian-American colonel, nurse and gay rights activist
• 29 – Bruce Weber (1946–), American fashion photographer
• 30 – Jean-Claude Brialy (1933–2007), French actor, director, and socialite
• 31 – Camille Cabral (1944–), French-Brazilian politician, dermatologist & transgender rights advocate
• 31 – Richard Chamberlain (1934–), American actor
• 31 – Barney Frank (1940–), American politician, former Democratic congressman (Massachusetts) (1981–2013)

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