Frida Kahlo, Leonard Matlovich, Jean Diot and Bruno Lenoir, Marsha P. Johnson, Norah Vincent
Born: Frida Kahlo (1907), Leonard Matlovich (1943)
Died: Jean Diot and Bruno Lenoir (1750), Marsha P. Johnson (1992), Norah Vincent (2022)
Born on this day
Frida Kahlo
A Mexican painter whose self-portraits made the body a place of pain, invention and self-definition.
06JulBorn 194383rd birthdayLeonard Matlovich
“They gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one.” – the decorated sergeant who challenged the US military’s ban on gay soldiers.
Died on this day
Jean Diot and Bruno Lenoir
Two ordinary Parisian workmen were caught together in a doorway in 1750 – and became the last people executed in France for homosexuality.
06JulDied 199234th anniversary of deathMarsha P. Johnson
A Stonewall participant and co-founder of STAR, she found shelter for young queer people and stood alongside people living with HIV and AIDS.
06JulDied 20224th anniversary of deathNorah Vincent
For her book “Self-Made Man”, the lesbian journalist lived for eighteen months disguised as a man – and came back with more sympathy for men than she expected.