Anita Berber, Petra De Sutter, Maurice Sendak, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Angelina Weld Grimké, Christa Winsloe
Born: Anita Berber (1899), Petra De Sutter (1963), Maurice Sendak (1928)
Died: Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1982), Angelina Weld Grimké (1958), Christa Winsloe (1944)
Born on this day
Anita Berber
Her dance, films and public image challenged the boundaries of respectability in Weimar Berlin.
10JunBorn 196363rd birthdayPetra De Sutter
A specialist in reproductive medicine who became Europe’s first transgender deputy prime minister.
10JunBorn 192898th birthdayMaurice Sendak
The creator of “Where the Wild Things Are” lived with his partner for fifty years – and only spoke about it publicly at 80.
Died on this day
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
In just 13 years he made more than 40 films – about love, exploitation and outsiders, including gay men like himself.
10JunDied 195868th anniversary of deathAngelina Weld Grimké
She wrote one of the first plays against lynching – and in her letters and unpublished poems, she wrote of her love for women.
10JunDied 194482nd anniversary of deathChrista Winsloe
She wrote “Mädchen in Uniform”, one of the first films to portray love between women with sympathy – and was murdered with her partner in 1944.