Little Richard, Caleb Orozco
Born: Little Richard (1932), Caleb Orozco (1973)
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05DecBorn 193294th birthday
Little Richard
The “Architect of Rock and Roll” wore make-up and pompadours in the 1950s – and spent his life torn between his queerness and his faith.
05DecBorn 197353rd birthdayCaleb Orozco
Attacked and threatened, he went to court alone against Belize’s colonial sodomy law – and won: “the first day of my life in which it is legal for me to be me.”