John Forde
@booradley18.bsky.social
Writer for Letterboxd Journal, Huffington Post and Backstory. Occasional novelist.
Irish rent boy Jack Saul, the centre of the Cleveland Street sex scandal in Victorian London, whose colourful life inspired the erotic novel “The Sins of the Cities of the Plain”, was BOTD in 1857. #jacksaul #rentboys #clevelandstreet #supergays #bornonthisday
Jack Saul
Irish sex worker Jack Saul was BOTD in 1857. Born Johannes Saul in Dublin, he grew up in poverty, and little is known of his early life. When he was 17, Saul met and had an affair with Martin Kirwa…
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October 29, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Irish rent boy Jack Saul, the centre of the Cleveland Street sex scandal in Victorian London, whose colourful life inspired the erotic novel “The Sins of the Cities of the Plain”, was BOTD in 1857. #jacksaul #rentboys #clevelandstreet #supergays #bornonthisday
English actress Elsa Lanchester, best known as the beehived lady-monster of “Bride of Frankenstein” and wife of closeted gay actor #CharlesLaughton, was BOTD in 1902. #elsalanchester #maybegays #brideoffrankenstein #bornonthisday
Elsa Lanchester
English actress Elsa Lanchester was BOTD in 1902. Born Elsa Sullivan in London to unmarried Socialist parents, she studied dance in Paris as a child with Isadora Duncan. After World War One, she be…
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October 28, 2025 at 5:05 AM
English actress Elsa Lanchester, best known as the beehived lady-monster of “Bride of Frankenstein” and wife of closeted gay actor #CharlesLaughton, was BOTD in 1902. #elsalanchester #maybegays #brideoffrankenstein #bornonthisday
Openly gay Irish painter and Evil Queen Francis Bacon was BOTD in 1908. #francisbacon #bornonthisday #supergays #evilqueen
Francis Bacon
Irish painter Francis Bacon was BOTD in 1908. Born in Dublin to an upper-class family, he was a shy, effeminate child, and frequently brutalised by his father, and had his first sexual experiences …
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October 28, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Openly gay Irish painter and Evil Queen Francis Bacon was BOTD in 1908. #francisbacon #bornonthisday #supergays #evilqueen
Openly gay American singer-songwriter Frank Ocean was BOTD in 1987, turning 38 today. #frankocean #bornonthisday #supergays
Frank Ocean
American singer-songwriter Frank Ocean was BOTD in 1987. Born in Long Beach, California, he was raised in New Orleans by his mother after his parents’ divorce. He enrolled at the University of New …
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October 28, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Openly gay American singer-songwriter Frank Ocean was BOTD in 1987, turning 38 today. #frankocean #bornonthisday #supergays
Dutch scholar, theologian and youthful homosexual Desiderius Erasmus was BOTD in 1466. #desideriuserasmus #bornonthisday #maybegays #erasmus
Erasmus
Dutch scholar and theologian Desiderius Erasmus was BOTD in 1466. Born in Rotterdam, the illegitimate son of a Catholic priest, he was educated in monastic schools, and later joined the Order of St…
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October 28, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Dutch scholar, theologian and youthful homosexual Desiderius Erasmus was BOTD in 1466. #desideriuserasmus #bornonthisday #maybegays #erasmus
American athlete, television star and trans activist Caitlin Jenner was BOTD in 1949, turning 76 today. #caitlinjenner #trans #bornonthisday
Caitlin Jenner
American athlete, television star and public figure Caitlin Jenner was BOTD in 1949. Born Bruce Jenner in Mount Kisco, New York, she studied at Graceland College in Iowa on an athletic scholarship …
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October 28, 2025 at 4:57 AM
American athlete, television star and trans activist Caitlin Jenner was BOTD in 1949, turning 76 today. #caitlinjenner #trans #bornonthisday
American jazz-blues singer and pianist Andy Bey was BOTD in 1939. #andybey #supergays #bornonthisday
Andy Bey
American singer and pianist Andy Bey was BOTD in 1939. Born in Newark, New Jersey to a working-class African-American family, he was a child prodigy, teaching himself to play the piano, and began s…
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October 28, 2025 at 4:54 AM
American jazz-blues singer and pianist Andy Bey was BOTD in 1939. #andybey #supergays #bornonthisday
American costume designer and honking great dyke Edith Head, the multi-Oscar winning couturier of classic Hollywood film, was BOTD in 1897. #edithhead #bornonthisday #supergays
Edith Head
American costume designer Edith Head was BOTD in 1897. Born in San Bernadino, California, she studied at the University of California and Stanford University, and worked as a language teacher befor…
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October 28, 2025 at 4:53 AM
American costume designer and honking great dyke Edith Head, the multi-Oscar winning couturier of classic Hollywood film, was BOTD in 1897. #edithhead #bornonthisday #supergays
Sexy gay English poet Andrew McMillan was BOTD in 1988, turning 37 today. #andrewmcmillan #supergays #bornonthisday
Andrew McMillan
English poet Andrew McMillan was BOTD in 1988. Born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, his father is the poet Ian McMillan. He studied at the University of Lancaster and at University College London, wr…
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October 28, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Sexy gay English poet Andrew McMillan was BOTD in 1988, turning 37 today. #andrewmcmillan #supergays #bornonthisday
English teen murderess Juliet Hulme, latterly known as the crime novelist Anne Perry, was BOTD in 1938. #juliethulme #bornonthisday #maybegays #heavenlycreatures
Anne Perry
English writer and murderer Juliet Hulme, latterly known as Anne Perry, was BOTD in 1938. Born in London, she suffered from tuberculosis as a child and was sent to South Africa to improve her healt…
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October 28, 2025 at 4:47 AM
English teen murderess Juliet Hulme, latterly known as the crime novelist Anne Perry, was BOTD in 1938. #juliethulme #bornonthisday #maybegays #heavenlycreatures
American journalist, activist and honking great dyke Anna Dickinson was BOTD in 1842. #annadickinson #bornonthisday #supergays
Anna Dickinson
American journalist and activist Anna Dickinson was BOTD in 1842. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to a Quaker family, she began campaigning for the abolition of slavery in her early teens, publi…
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October 28, 2025 at 4:45 AM
American journalist, activist and honking great dyke Anna Dickinson was BOTD in 1842. #annadickinson #bornonthisday #supergays
English writer and part-time homosexual Evelyn Waugh, better best known for his novel “Brideshead Revisited”, was BOTD in 1903. #evelynwaugh #bornonthisday #parttimegay #bridesheadrevisited
Evelyn Waugh
English writer Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh, better known as Evelyn Waugh, was BOTD in 1903. Born in London to a middle-class family, he was educated at Oxford University, where he had affairs with…
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October 28, 2025 at 4:43 AM
English writer and part-time homosexual Evelyn Waugh, better best known for his novel “Brideshead Revisited”, was BOTD in 1903. #evelynwaugh #bornonthisday #parttimegay #bridesheadrevisited
English writer, critic and old school leatherman Adam Mars-Jones was BOTD in 1954, turning 71 today. Best known for his novella “Box Hill”, the basis of sexy new BDSM rom-com #Pillion starring #AlexanderSkarsgard. #adammarsjones #supergays #boxhill #pillion #bornonthisday
Adam Mars-Jones
English writer and critic Adam Mars-Jones was BOTD in 1954. Born in London to a middle-class family, he studied at Cambridge University. His first collection of stories, Lantern Lecture, was publis…
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October 26, 2025 at 12:53 AM
English writer, critic and old school leatherman Adam Mars-Jones was BOTD in 1954, turning 71 today. Best known for his novella “Box Hill”, the basis of sexy new BDSM rom-com #Pillion starring #AlexanderSkarsgard. #adammarsjones #supergays #boxhill #pillion #bornonthisday
Puerto Rican-American actress and Warhol Superstar Holly Woodlawn was BOTD in 1946. #hollywoodlawn #bornonthisday #supergays #transhero
Holly Woodlawn
Puerto Rican-American actress Holly Woodlawn was BOTD in 1946. Born in Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico, her family emigrated to the United States when she was a child, and she was raised in Miami. Assigned…
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October 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Puerto Rican-American actress and Warhol Superstar Holly Woodlawn was BOTD in 1946. #hollywoodlawn #bornonthisday #supergays #transhero
Bitchy gay American theatre critic Ben Brantley was BOTD in 1954, turning 71 today. She ruled over the New York Times with a velvet fist until her resignation in 2020, following criticism over her unwoke comments about trans performers. #benbrantley #bornonthisday #supergays
Ben Brantley
American theatre critic Ben Brantley was BOTD in 1954. Born in Durham, North Carolina, he studied at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, beginning his journalistic career at The Village Voice. He w…
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October 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Bitchy gay American theatre critic Ben Brantley was BOTD in 1954, turning 71 today. She ruled over the New York Times with a velvet fist until her resignation in 2020, following criticism over her unwoke comments about trans performers. #benbrantley #bornonthisday #supergays
English aristocrat, socialite, sculptor and possible lesbian Anne Seymour Damer was BOTD in 1748. #anneseymourdamer #bornonthisday #maybegays
Anne Seymour Damer
English aristocrat, socialite and sculptor Anne Seymour Damer was BOTD in 1748. Born in Sevenoaks, Kent to an aristocratic family, she was the cousin and god-daughter of politician and writer (and …
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October 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
English aristocrat, socialite, sculptor and possible lesbian Anne Seymour Damer was BOTD in 1748. #anneseymourdamer #bornonthisday #maybegays
Australian writer Christos Tsioklas, best known for his books “Loaded” and “The Slap”, was BOTD in 1965, turning 60 today. #christostsioklas #bornonthisday #supergays
Christos Tsioklas
Australian writer Christos Tsioklas was BOTD in 1965. Born in Melbourne to Greek immigrant parents, he was the first of his family to attend university, where he edited the influential student news…
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October 25, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Australian writer Christos Tsioklas, best known for his books “Loaded” and “The Slap”, was BOTD in 1965, turning 60 today. #christostsioklas #bornonthisday #supergays
Canadian filmmaker and philanthropist David Furnish, best known as the celebity consort of singer #EltonJohn, was BOTD in 1962, turning 63 today. #davidfurnish #bornonthisday #supergays
David Furnish
Canadian celebrity consort, philanthropist and filmmaker David Furnish was BOTD in 1962. Born in Toronto to a wealthy middle-class family, he studied business at the University of Western Ontario, …
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October 25, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Canadian filmmaker and philanthropist David Furnish, best known as the celebity consort of singer #EltonJohn, was BOTD in 1962, turning 63 today. #davidfurnish #bornonthisday #supergays
Bisexual American singer-songwriter Katy Perry, best known for her hit singles “I Kissed a Girl” and “Firework”, was BOTD in 1984, turning 41 today. #katyperry #bornonthisday #supergays
Katy Perry
American singer-songwriter Katy Perry was BOTD in 1984. Born in Santa Barbara, California to a Christian Pentecostal family, she began singing as a child, performing in her parents’ church mi…
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October 25, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Bisexual American singer-songwriter Katy Perry, best known for her hit singles “I Kissed a Girl” and “Firework”, was BOTD in 1984, turning 41 today. #katyperry #bornonthisday #supergays
American fashion designer Zac Posen was BOTD in 1980, turning 45 today. #zacposen #supergays #bornonthisday
Zac Posen
American fashion designer Zac Posen was BOTD in 1980. Born in New York CIty to a middle-class Jewish family, he stole yarmulkes from his family synagogue as a child to make ball dresses for dolls. …
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October 24, 2025 at 5:43 AM
American fashion designer Zac Posen was BOTD in 1980, turning 45 today. #zacposen #supergays #bornonthisday
English singer-songwriter and visual artist Anohni, who rose to fame as the lead singer of Antony & the Johnsons, was BOTD in 1971, turning 54 today. #anohni #antonyandthejohnsons #trans #supergays #bornonthisday
Anohni
English singer-songwriter and visual artist Anohni was BOTD in 1971. Born Antony Hegarty in Chichester, West Sussex, she was assigned male at birth, identifying as transgender from early childhood.…
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October 24, 2025 at 5:41 AM
English singer-songwriter and visual artist Anohni, who rose to fame as the lead singer of Antony & the Johnsons, was BOTD in 1971, turning 54 today. #anohni #antonyandthejohnsons #trans #supergays #bornonthisday
German writer and rampant homosexual August Graf von Platen-Hallermünde was BOTD in 1796. #augustgrafvonplaten #bornonthisday
August Graf von Platen
German writer August Graf von Platen-Hallermünde was BOTD in 1796. Born in Bavaria to an impoverished aristocratic family, he had a series of unrequited crushes on male friends in his teens. In 181…
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October 24, 2025 at 5:39 AM
German writer and rampant homosexual August Graf von Platen-Hallermünde was BOTD in 1796. #augustgrafvonplaten #bornonthisday
English gangster and murderer Ronnie Kray, who with his twin brother Reggie dominated London’s post-WWII gangland, becoming cult heroes by the 1960s, was BOTD in 1933. #ronniekray #badgays #bornonthisday
Ronnie Kray
English gangster and murderer Ronald (Ronnie) Kray was BOTD in 1933. Born in London’s East End, he and his identical twin Reggie became amateur boxers in their teens. Called up for National Service…
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October 24, 2025 at 5:38 AM
English gangster and murderer Ronnie Kray, who with his twin brother Reggie dominated London’s post-WWII gangland, becoming cult heroes by the 1960s, was BOTD in 1933. #ronniekray #badgays #bornonthisday
American composer, lyricist, director and closeted homo Moss Hart, best known for directing the original Broadway production of “My Fair Lady”, was BOTD in 1904. #mosshart #bornonthisday #sadgays
Moss Hart
American composer, lyricist and director Moss Hart was BOTD in 1904. Born in New York City, he was introduced to theatre by his aunt Kate, working as an assistant for theatrical producer Augustus P…
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October 24, 2025 at 5:34 AM
American composer, lyricist, director and closeted homo Moss Hart, best known for directing the original Broadway production of “My Fair Lady”, was BOTD in 1904. #mosshart #bornonthisday #sadgays
Discreetly bisexual English actress Sybil Thorndike, best known for originating the lead role in #GeorgeBernardShaw’s play “Saint Joan”, was BOTD in 1882. #sybilthorndike #maybegays #bornonthisday
Sybil Thorndike
English actress Sybil Thorndike was BOTD in 1882. Born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, the daughter of an Anglican vicar, she showed an early interest in music, training as a classical pianist at th…
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October 24, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Discreetly bisexual English actress Sybil Thorndike, best known for originating the lead role in #GeorgeBernardShaw’s play “Saint Joan”, was BOTD in 1882. #sybilthorndike #maybegays #bornonthisday