May 2

On This Day In LGBTQ+ History:

1965: Two LGBT sit-ins and five days of Janus Society leafletting against denials of service to LGBT people at Dewey’s restaurant in Philadelphia (10 participants, 4 arrests).

1970: DOB-LA, GLF-LA, Committee for Homosexual Law Reform, Society of Anubis, and TAO demonstration against The Hayloft.

1971: LGBT participation in antiwar demonstrations in DC (500 participants).

1994: Start of the first Deaf Lesbian & Gay Awareness Week.

1994: Wayne County, Georgia commissioners vote to bar the use of county funds to “promote” homosexuality.

Born On This Day:

Lorenz Hart (May 2, 1895 – November 22, 1943)

Mabel Hampton (May 2, 1902 – October 26, 1989)

Howard Cruse (May 2, 1944 – November 26, 2019)

Lesley Gore (May 2, 1946 – February 16, 2015)

Cal Anderson (May 2, 1948 – August 4, 1995)

Stephen Daldry (May 2, 1960-)

Ty Herndon (May 2, 1962-)

Deaths On This Day:

Leonardo da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519)

J. Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972)

Justin Fashanu (February 19, 1961 – May 2, 1998)

Jack Nichols (March 16, 1938 – May 2, 2005)