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In the context of LGBTQ culture, LGBTQ pride (also known as queer pride, gay pride, or simply pride) is the promotion of the rights, self-affirmation, dignity, equality, and increased visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people as a social group. Pride, as opposed to shame and social stigma, is the predominant outlook that bolsters most LGBTQ rights movements. Pride has lent its name to LGBTQ-themed organizations, institutes, foundations, book titles, periodicals, a cable TV channel, and the Pride Library.

Ranging from solemn to carnivalesque, pride events are typically held during LGBTQ Pride Month or some other period that commemorates a turning point in a country’s LGBTQ history; one example is Moscow Pride, which is held every May for the anniversary of Russia’s 1993 decriminalization of homosexuality. Some pride events include Pride parades and marches, rallies, commemorations, community days, dance parties, and festivals. (Full article…)

Navratilova at 2011 Eastbourne International

Martina Navratilova (Czech: Martina Navrátilová, pronounced [ˈmarcɪna ˈnavraːcɪlovaː] ^ⓘ; née Šubertová [ˈʃubɛrtovaː]; born October 18, 1956) is a Czech-American former professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 1 in women’s singles for 332 weeks (second-most all time), including as the year-end No. 1 seven times, and was world No. 1 in women’s doubles for a record 237 weeks. Navratilova won 167 top-level singles titles and 177 doubles titles (both the Open Era records), including an Open Era record 59 major titles: 18 in singles, an all-time record 31 in women’s doubles, and an Open Era record 10 in mixed doubles. Her nine Wimbledon singles titles are an all-time record. Alongside Chris Evert, her greatest rival, Navratilova dominated women’s tennis for much of the 1980s.

Navratilova won a record six consecutive singles majors across 1983 and 1984 while simultaneously winning the Grand Slam in doubles. Navratilova claims the best professional season winning percentage, 98.9% in 1983 (going 86–1 for the season), and the longest all-surface winning streak of 74 straight match wins. She reached the Wimbledon singles final 12 times, including for nine consecutive years from 1982 through 1990. Navratilova is one of the three tennis players, along with Margaret Court and Doris Hart, to have accomplished a career Grand Slam in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles, called the career “Boxed Set“. She won her last major title, the mixed doubles crown at the 2006 US Open, shortly before her 50th birthday, and 32 years after her first major title in 1974. (Full article…)

• … what a Gay icon is?
• … that when ABC‘s Birmingham, Alabama, affiliate WBMA-LP refused to air the Ellen coming out episode “The Puppy Episode“, a local LGBT group sold out a 5,000-seat theatre so people could watch it via satellite?
• …that Pullen Memorial Baptist Church is the first Baptist church in the Southern United States to have chosen an openly gay person as lead clergy?
• …that Cheryl Dunye‘s 1996 film The Watermelon Woman was the first feature film to be directed by a black lesbian?
• …that the very first news article on what became known as AIDS appeared in the New York Native, a now defunct gay newspaper in New York City?

• 1 – Lionel Pries (1897–1968), American architect, artist, and educator
• 1 – Peggy Fears (1903–1994), American actress
• 1 – Sandra Scoppettone (1936–), American author
• 1 – Ashok Row Kavi (1947–), Indian journalist and LGBT rights activist
• 1 – Michael McDowell (1950–1999), American novelist and screenwriter
• 1 – Tom Robinson (1950–), British singer, bassist, radio presenter and long-time LGBT rights activist
• 1 – Thomas Grossmann (1951–), German psychologist, psychotherapist and author
• 1 – Ferron (1952–), Canadian folk singer and songwriter
• 1 – Ken Kostick (1953–2011), Canadian chef and television and radio personality
• 1 – Clayton Littlewood (1963–), English writer
• 1 – Casper de Vries (1964–), South African actor, comedian, entertainer, painter, composer, director and producer
• 1 – Vera Bergkamp (1971–), retired Dutch politician
• 1 – Mikhaela Reid (1980–), American editorial cartoonist
• 1 – Brandi Carlile (1981–), American alternative country and folk rock singer-songwriter
• 2 – Marquis de Sade (1740–1814), French aristocrat, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer
• 2 – Reginald Turner (1869–1938), English author
• 2 – John Mosher (1892–1942), American short story writer
• 2 – Joseph Dubin (1900–1961), American composer
• 2 – John Lehmann (1907–1987), English publisher, poet and man of letters
• 2 – Wilhelm Wieben (1935–2019), German journalist, actor and author
• 2 – Christopher Bernau (1940–1989), American actor
• 2 – Ginny Foat (1941–), American politician
• 2 – Crawford Barton (1943–1993), American photographer
• 2 – Brent Hawkes (1950–), Canadian pastor & LGBT rights activist
• 2 – Gilbert Baker (1951–2017), American artist, designer, activist, and vexillographer
• 2 – Nickie Antonio (1955–), American politician
• 2 – Ian Shaw (1962–), British jazz singer, broadcaster, record producer, actor and comedian
• 2 – Candace Gingrich (1966–), American LGBT rights activist
• 2 – Miriam Kabsa [he] (1966–), Israeli-American painter and artist
• 2 – Andy Cohen (1968–), American radio and television talk show host, producer, and writer
• 2 – Wentworth Miller (1972–), English-born American actor and screenwriter
• 2 – Zachary Quinto (1977–), American actor
• 2 – Abby Wambach (1980–), American retired soccer player, coach
• 3 – Alla Nazimova (1879–1945), Russian actress
• 3 – George Quaintance (1902–1957), American artist
• 3 – Josephine Baker (1906–1975), American dancer, singer and actress
• 3 – Patrick Cargill (1918–1996), English actor
• 3 – Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997), American beat poet
• 3 – George Hislop (1927–2005), Canadian LGBT rights activist, politician and businesspeople
• 3 – Walter Rinder (1934–), American humanist poet, philosopher, and photographer
• 3 – Ian Gelder (1949–2024), British actor
• 3 – {ill|Svatava Antošová|cs|Svatava Antošová}} (1957–), Czech poet, novelist, and journalist
• 3 – Ivan Bussens (1960–2007), British male water polo player
• 4 – Waldemar Zboralski (1960–), Polish veteran gay rights activist, politician, and journalist
• 3 – Anderson Cooper (1967–), American journalist, author, and television personality
• 3 – Chen Xue (1970–), Taiwanese writer
• 3 – Javiera Mena (1983–), Chilean singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer
• 3 – Detox (1985–), American drag performer and recording artist
• 4 – Val McDermid (1955–), Scottish suspense novel writer
• 4 – Sam Harris (1961–), American pop and musical theatre musician
• 4 – Peter Jöback (1971–), Swedish singer, actor and musical artist
• 4 – Kim Conakshayen [he] (1974–), Israeli transgender singer and dancer
• 4 – Angelina Jolie (1975–), American actress, filmmaker, and humanitarian
• 4 – Naomi Gonzalez (1978–), American attorney and politician
• 4 – Robin Lord Taylor (1978–), American actor and director
• 4 – Tonya Evinger (1981–), American mixed martial artist
• 4 – Bar Refaeli (1985–), Israeli model, actress, and businesswoman
• 4 – Luisa Zissman (1987–), British retail entrepreneur and reality television personality
• 5 – Lisa Cholodenko (1964–), American film and television writer-director
• 5 – Federico García Lorca (1898–1936), Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director
• 5 – Suze Orman (1951–), American financial advisor, author, columnist and TV host
• 5 – Troye Sivan (1995–), Australian actor and singer
• 5 – Gustáv Slamečka (1959–), Czech politician
• 5 – Johannes, 11th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1926–1990), German aristocrat and businessman
• 6 – Annie Adams Fields (1834–1915), American poet, essayist, memoirist, and biographer
• 6 – Sandra Bernhard (1955–), American comedian, actress, singer and writer
• 6 – Harvey Fierstein (1952–), American actor and playwright
• 6 – Gideon Glick (1988–), American actor
• 6 – Violet Trefusis (1894–1972), English writer and socialite
• 7 – James Ivory (1928–), American film director
• 7 – Anne McClain (1979–), American engineer, military officer, and astronaut
• 8 – Michael Buckley (1975–), American celebrity gossip Youtuber
• 8 – Kim Stolz (1983–), American model, TV personality, author and finance executive
• 8 – Marguerite Yourcenar (1903–1987), French novelist
• 9 – Parinya Charoenphol (1981–), Thai boxer, model and actress
• 9 – Bülent Ersoy (1952–), Turkish singer & actress
• 9 – Cole Porter (1891–1964), American composer and songwriter
• 10 – Maurice Sendak (1928–2012), American children’s writer
• 10 – Dustin Lance Black (1974–), American screenwriter, director, producer, and LGBT rights activist
• 11 – Mario Silva (1966–), Portuguese-Canadian legal scholar and politician
• 11 – Renée Vivien (1877–1909), British poet
• 12 – Djuna Barnes (1892–1982), American writer
• 12 – Jim Nabors (1930–2017), American actor and singer
• 13 – Paul Lynde (1926–1982), American comedian and actor
• 13 – Paul Jason Dardo (1992–), American drag queen, burlesque and aerial performer
• 14 – Paul O’Grady (1955–2023), British broadcaster, comedian, and drag artist (Lily Savage)
• 14 – Boy George (1961–), British singer-songwriter
• 15 – Neil Patrick Harris (1973–), American actor, singer, director, and magician
• 15 – Bif Naked (1971–), Canadian singer-songwriter, actress, and motivational speaker
• 16 – Lou Sullivan (1951–1991), American author and trans activist
• 16 – Jenny Shimizu (1967–), American model and actress
• 16 – Joe McElderry (1991–), British singer and model
• 17 – Clodovil Hernandes (1937–2009), Brazilian fashion stylist, television presenter, and politician
• 17 – Evelyn Irons (1900–2000), Scottish journalist and war correspondent
• 17 – Steven Davies (1986–), English cricketer
• 17 – Phyllida Lloyd (1957–), English theatre and film director
• 17 – Carl Van Vechten (1880–1964), American writer and photographer
• 18 – Robert Arthur (1925–2008), American motion picture actor
• 18 – Nigel Owens (1971–), Welsh former international rugby union referee,
• 18 – Babi Badalov (1959–), Azerbaijani visual artist
• 18 – Agnes Goodsir (1864–1939), Australian portrait painter
• 18 – Prince Aribert of Anhalt (1866–1933), regent of Anhalt from September to November 1918 on behalf of his underage nephew Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt
• 18 – John Wendell Holmes (1910–1988), Canadian diplomat and academic
• 19 – Elisabeth Marbury (1856–1933), theatrical/literary agent and author
• 20 – Allan Bell (1947–), Manx politician and Chief Minister of the Isle of Man
• 20 – E. Lynn Harris (1955–2009), American Author
• 21 – Meredith Baxter (1947–), American actress and producer
• 21 – Kate Brown (1960–), American politician and Governor of Oregon
• 21 – Lana Wachowski (1965–), American film director, screenwriter and producer
• 22 – Václav Fischer (1954–), Czech-German businessman and politician
• 22 – Jimmy Somerville (1961–), Scottish pop singer
• 23 – Alan Turing (1912–1954), English mathematician and computer scientist
• 24 – Stacy Sykora (1977–), retired American volleyball player
• 25 – George Michael (1963–2016), British singer-songwriter
• 25 – Larry Kramer (1935–), American playwright, novelist, and LGBT rights activist
• 26 – Sean Hayes (1970–), American actor and comedian
• 27 – Jody Dobrowski (1981–2005), English murder victim
• 27 – David Drake (1963-), American playwright, stage director, actor and author
• 27 – Cyril Wong (1977-), Singaporean poet, fiction author and literary critic
• 27 – Scott Cunningham (1956-1993), American writer
• 27 – Tyra Bolling (1985-), American singer, songwriter, and dancer
• 27 – Bianca Del Rio (1975-), American drag queen, comedian, actor, and costume designer
• 27 – Daniel Grabauskas (1963-), American transportation executive and government figure
• 27 – François-Marie Banier (1947-), French novelist, playwright, artist, actor and photographer
• 28 – Sunil Babu Pant (1972–), Nepalese politician and LGBT rights activist
• 28 – Jim Kolbe (1942–), American politician, Republican congressman (Arizona) (1985–2003)
• 28 – David Kopay (1942–), American football player
• 29 – Charles Clegg (1916-1979), American author, photographer, and railroad historian
• 29 – Amanda Donohoe (1962-), English actress
• 29 – Allan Heinberg (1967-), American film screenwriter, television writer and producer and comic book writer
• 29 – Carl Hester (1967-), British dressage rider
• 29 – Ylva Lindberg (1976-), Swedish retired ice hockey player
• 29 – Richard Summerbell (1956-), Canadian mycologist, author and award-winning songwriter
• 29 – Henry Gerber (1892-1972), early gay rights activist in the United States
• 29 – Marshall Moore (1970-), American author and academic
• 29 – John Ash (1948-2019), British poet and writer
• 29 – Prince Egon von Fürstenberg (1946-2004), socialite, banker, fashion and interior designer, and a member of the former German princely family of Fürstenberg
• 29 – David Hartnell (1944-), New Zealand journalist and media personality
• 29 – Roy Rolland (1921-1997), English comedian and stage actor
• 29 – Charles Mackay (1875-1929), New Zealand lawyer, local politician, and former mayor of Whanganui
• 30 – Alan Joyce (1966–), Australian business executive and CEO of Qantas Airways

• Timeline of LGBTQ history
• List of LGBTQ events
• List of LGBTQ rights activists
• List of years in LGBTQ rights
• List of LGBTQ bookstores
• Lists of LGBTQ people
• List of African-American LGBTQ people
• List of LGBTQ writers
• List of LGBTQ artists
• List of drag queens