On this day
11
October

Peter Hujar, Jean Cocteau, Frank Kameny, Jennifer Laude

Born: Peter Hujar (1934)
Died: Jean Cocteau (1963), Frank Kameny (2011), Jennifer Laude (2014)

Born on this day

11OctBorn 193492nd birthday

Peter Hujar

His intimate black-and-white portraits of downtown New York were barely known during his lifetime – today he is one of the great American photographers.

Died on this day

11OctDied 196363rd anniversary of death

Jean Cocteau

A poet, filmmaker and artist who carried a language of dreams across several forms of art.

11OctDied 201115th anniversary of death

Frank Kameny

An astronomer whose dismissal helped turn the fight against anti-gay discrimination into a civil rights campaign.

11OctDied 201412th anniversary of death

Jennifer Laude

She was killed by a US Marine in 2014 – his conviction, reduced sentence and pardon made her the face of violence against trans women in the Philippines.