birthdays
Happy Happy 80th Birthday Molly Meldrum
It’s many happy returns to Aussie music legend and Countdown star Molly Meldrum who turns 80 today. It’s his party and he’ll moon if he wants to, moon if he wants to… The music critic, journalist, record producer and musical entrepreneur is best known for his thirteen years on TV pop music show Countdown. Ian …
Today’s Birthday: the magnificent Eartha Kitt
Eartha Kitt came into this world on January 17, 1927. A friend to our communities in good times and bad, she was also one of the most charismatic entertainers to ever grace stage or screen. Scroll down for videos Born on a cotton plantation, Eartha Kitt grew up in poverty. However, her talent saw her …
Birthdays: Transgender pioneer Lili Elbe
Lili Elbe was born on December 28 1882. Designated male at birth, she later became one of the first people to undergo gender confirmation surgery. Before her death in 1931, Lili asked a friend to edit her diaries and notes into a biography, later published as Man Into Woman: An Authentic Record of a Change …
Birthdays: Noel Tovey, Indigenous ballet dancer to Stonewall rioter
Born on the 25th of December, 1934, Noel Tovey lived a life both illustrious and challenging. Noel Tovey was a trailblazer as the first Indigenous male ballet dancer, but also a Stonewall pioneering LGBTQIA+ activist. Raised in Melbourne during the Great Depression, Noel and his siblings suffered neglect because of their parent’s struggles with unemployment …
Birthdays: Peter Tully, pioneering Mardi Gras artistic director
Peter Tully, attributed by William Yang with ‘inventing’ Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (SGLMG), was born December 17, 1947. Former lover and longtime best friend David McDiarmid marked his 1992 death with a full-page ‘o-bitch-uary’ in the Sydney Star Observer, deliberately appropriating the homophobic tabloid approach to AIDS deaths at the time. ‘Moody Bitch …
Today’s birthday: Many Happy Returns to Dr Kerryn Phelps
Many happy returns today to Dr Kerryn Phelps AM, born December 14, 1957. And wishing a wonderful day also to her wife Jackie Stricker-Phelps in consideration of a relationship and marriage which has proved an enduring partnership in every sense of the phrase. Dr Kerryn Phelps became a popular media personality in the eighties. Through …
Happy 84th Birthday Aussie Living Treasure Reg Livermore
Words like legend, icon and living treasure are thrown around so easily. However, they fit one Australian entertainer and theatre personality like a pair of Frank’n’Furter’s fishnet stockings. Reg Livermore AO, born December 13, 1938, and 84 years young today. As a kid, Reg Livermore began producing pantomimes in hired halls. His professional career …
Happy Birthday Stephen Bates MP, Member for Brisbane
It’s a big Happy Birthday to Stephen Bates MP, Member for Brisbane, Australian Greens Spokesperson on LGBTIQA+ and Youth, and Australian Greens Whip. Born November 23, 1992, in South London, Stephen moved to Yeppoon Queensland as a teenager. The former retail worker told parliament in his maiden speech that two pivotal moments shaped who he …
Happy Birthday to Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong
Wishing the happiest of birthdays to the Leader of the Government in the Senate and Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong, born November 5, 1968. Born in Malaysia, Penny Wong moved to Australia at the age of eight following her parent’s separation. Her mother had fallen in love and married Penny’s Malaysian Chinese father while …
I Will Survive: 44 years young today. 🎶🏳️🌈🥳🏳️🌈🎂
Released October 23, 1978, ‘I Will Survive’ turns 44 today. Gloria Gaynor’s defiant anthem continues to resonate with abused and downtrodden people everywhere. Hear it as you read? Vid is down just a few sentences. 🥳 Soon after its release, ‘I Will Survive’ was embraced as an anthem and rallying call by women, queers, and …
