Helmut Berger, Laverne Cox, Gene Robinson, James Whale
Born: Helmut Berger (1944), Laverne Cox (1972), Gene Robinson (1947)
Died: James Whale (1957)
Born on this day
29MayBorn 194482nd birthday
Helmut Berger
Luchino Visconti’s partner and muse played King Ludwig II – and became the androgynous “it boy” of European cinema in the 1970s.
29MayBorn 197254th birthdayLaverne Cox
In 2014 she was on the cover of Time under the headline “The Transgender Tipping Point” – the first openly trans person to get there.
29MayBorn 194779th birthdayGene Robinson
The first openly gay bishop in a major Christian church with a historic episcopate wore a bulletproof vest at his consecration.