Carl Bean, Sakia Gunn, Ulrike Lunacek, Sally Ride
Born: Carl Bean (1944), Sakia Gunn (1987), Ulrike Lunacek (1957), Sally Ride (1951)
Born on this day
26MayBorn 194482nd birthday
Carl Bean
His Motown disco hit “I Was Born This Way” became an anthem – then he founded a church for Black queer people and fought AIDS in Los Angeles.
26MayBorn 198739th birthdaySakia Gunn
At 15 she told a man at a bus stop that she was a lesbian – and was stabbed to death. Her murder changed Newark.
26MayBorn 195769th birthdayUlrike Lunacek
Austria’s first openly lesbian member of parliament became Vice-President of the European Parliament and a leading voice for LGBTI rights in Europe.
26MayBorn 195175th birthdaySally Ride
The first American woman in space kept her 27-year relationship with a woman private – it was revealed only in her obituary.