Re: Happy Birthday, Ivan!
Thank you, Jordan!
I missed this last year, or if I saw it I’ve forgotten, for the
obvious reasons. Here’s the birthgays from Tom Heald’s daily Pridelets:
BIRTHGAYS (and the occasional straights) * 1632 - Anglo-Welsh poet Katherine Philips * 1879 - novelist, short story writer, and essayist E.M. Forster * 1883 - Western poet Charles “Badger” Clark * 1895 - Federal Bureau of Investigation director J. Edgar Hoover * 1909 - eventual straight ally Arizona Senator and Presidential candidate Barry M. Goldwater * 1927 - Visionary choreographer Maurice Béjart * 1931 - Philanthropist, first openly gay U.S. Ambassador and Spam heir James Catherwood Hormel * 1933 - Satirical modern playwright “Joe” (John Kingsley) Orton * 1944 - Director Eloy de la Iglesia * 1947 - Artist Nahum B. Zenil * 1976 - Philadelphia Gay News