On this day
17
November

Rock Hudson, RuPaul, Audre Lorde

Born: Rock Hudson (1925), RuPaul (1960)
Died: Audre Lorde (1992)

Born on this day

17NovBorn 1925101st birthday

Rock Hudson

Hollywood’s ultimate leading man had to hide that he was gay – until his AIDS diagnosis in 1985 shook the world.

17NovBorn 196066th birthday

RuPaul

The world’s most famous drag queen turned a nightclub art form into a global television phenomenon.

Died on this day

17NovDied 199234th anniversary of death

Audre Lorde

Her poetry and essays made Black lesbian experience central to arguments about power, difference and solidarity.