Mel Boozer, Françoise Sagan, Lana Wachowski
Born: Mel Boozer (1945), Françoise Sagan (1935), Lana Wachowski (1965)
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21JunBorn 194581st birthday
Mel Boozer
In 1980 he became the first openly gay person nominated for Vice President – and told the Democratic convention there was no difference between racism and homophobia.
21JunBorn 193591st birthdayFrançoise Sagan
A novelist whose lucid, spare prose made pleasure and emotional uncertainty feel newly direct.
21JunBorn 196561st birthdayLana Wachowski
Co-creator of “The Matrix”, she became one of the first major Hollywood directors to come out as a trans woman.