Tom Ford, Jeanette Winterson, Brian Epstein, Erika Mann, Del Martin
Born: Tom Ford (1961), Jeanette Winterson (1959)
Died: Brian Epstein (1967), Erika Mann (1969), Del Martin (2008)
Born on this day
27AugBorn 196165th birthday
Tom Ford
The designer who revived Gucci also made the film “A Single Man” – and was with his husband Richard Buckley for 35 years.
27AugBorn 195967th birthdayJeanette Winterson
Raised by Pentecostal parents to become a missionary, she wrote one of the best-loved lesbian coming-of-age novels in English.
Died on this day
27AugDied 196759th anniversary of death
Brian Epstein
He helped turn the Beatles into an international phenomenon while navigating the dangers of being gay in 1960s Britain.
27AugDied 196957th anniversary of deathErika Mann
An actor, writer and cabaret artist who used performance and journalism to oppose Nazism.
27AugDied 200818th anniversary of deathDel Martin
She and Phyllis Lyon helped build a national lesbian movement before becoming an emblematic couple in the struggle for marriage equality.