Kenneth Anger, Dutee Chand, Emile Griffith, Gertrude Stein
Born: Kenneth Anger (1927), Dutee Chand (1996), Emile Griffith (1938), Gertrude Stein (1874)
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03FebBorn 192799th birthday
Kenneth Anger
An avant-garde filmmaker who made openly homoerotic films in the 1940s – and wrote the scandalous “Hollywood Babylon”.
03FebBorn 199630th birthdayDutee Chand
She challenged hormone-based eligibility rules, competed at two Olympics and publicly acknowledged her relationship with a woman.
03FebBorn 193888th birthdayEmile Griffith
A boxing champion whose life exposed the violence of homophobia inside and outside the ring.
03FebBorn 1874152nd birthdayGertrude Stein
A modernist writer and art collector whose Paris home became a meeting place for artists and writers.