Leelah Alcorn, François Ozon, Leslie Feinberg, Margaret Mead, Jacques Morali, Annemarie Schwarzenbach
Born: Leelah Alcorn (1997), François Ozon (1967)
Died: Leslie Feinberg (2014), Margaret Mead (1978), Jacques Morali (1991), Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1942)
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15NovDied 201412th anniversary of death
Leslie Feinberg
The author of “Stone Butch Blues” gave the word “transgender” its political meaning – and fought for workers, butches and trans people.
15NovDied 197848th anniversary of deathMargaret Mead
America’s most famous anthropologist showed that gender roles are shaped by culture – and loved both men and women.
15NovDied 199135th anniversary of deathJacques Morali
After a night at a gay disco in Greenwich Village he invented the Village People – and gave the world “Y.M.C.A.” and “Macho Man”.
15NovDied 194284th anniversary of deathAnnemarie Schwarzenbach
Her writing and photographs followed journeys from Switzerland to Afghanistan and a life at odds with her family’s expectations.