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“
Don't worry my dear, there's nothing for me down there.
”
—
Derren Brown ,
talking to a female audience member of one of his shows, when he announced that he would have to look down her top in order for him not be able to cheat at a trick
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The Warren Cup The
Warren Cup , a Roman skyphos (drinking cup) featuring two representations of homoerotic sexual acts. It was most likely commissioned from Greek craftsmen between 1–20 CE.
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Li Yinhe 1 – Gina Ortiz Jones (1981–), American intelligence officer and politician
3 – Gertrude Stein (1874–1946), American expatriate writer
3 – Helen Stephens (1918–1994), American sprinter, two-time 1936 Olympic Gold Medalist
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5 – William S. Burroughs (1914–1997), American novelist and poet
6 – Ramón Novarro (1899–1968), Mexican Hollywood actor and sex symbol
6 – Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665–1714), English royalty
7 – Mark Tewksbury (1968–), Canadian Olympic swimmer and LGBT rights activist
8 – James Dean (1931–1955), American film actor and cultural icon
9 – Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (1989–), Finnish swimmer
9 – Amy Lowell (1874–1925), American poet
10 – Bill Tilden (1893–1953), American tennis player
11 – Tammy Baldwin (1962–), American politician and first openly gay U.S. Senator
12 – Patricia Field (1941–), American costume designer, stylist & fashion designer.
12 – Philip, Prince of Eulenburg (1847–1921), German politician and diplomat
12 – George Smitherman (1964–), Canadian politician, former Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)
16 – John Schlesinger (1926–2003), English film and stage director
17 – Peter Karlsson (1966–1995), Swedish hockey player
18 – Audre Lorde (1934–1992), American writer and civil rights activist
18 – Jillian Michaels (1974–), American personal trainer, TV personality and author
19 – F. O. Matthiessen (1902–1950), American historian and literary critic
19 – Beth Ditto (1981–), American singer-songwriter
19 – Liz Carmouche (1984–), American mixed martial arts fighter
20 – William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp (1872–1938), British politician
20 – Roy Cohn (1927–1986), American attorney during the McCarthy era
20 – John Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley (1948–), English business executive
21 – W. H. Auden (1907–1973), Anglo-American poet
21 – Hubert de Givenchy (1927–2018), French fashion designer
21 – David Geffen (1943–), American record executive and film producer
21 – Anaïs Nin (1903–1977), French writer
21 – Elliot Page (1987–), Canadian actor and film producer
22 – Jane Bowles (1917–1973), American writer and playwright
22 – Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950), American poet and playwright
26 – Mabel Dodge Luhan (1879–1962), American heiress and patron of the arts
26 – Jenna Wolfe (1974–), Jamaican-American anchor/correspondent and fitness expert
27 – Libby Davies (1953–), Canadian politician, first openly lesbian Canadian Member of Parliament
28 – Stephen Spender (1909–1995), English poet, novelist, and essayist
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