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The Compton's Cafeteria riot occurred in August 1966 in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco. The riot was a response to the violent and constant police harassment of trans people, particularly trans women, and drag queens. The incident was one of the first LGBTQ-related riots in United States history, preceding the more famous 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City by three years. It marked the beginning of transgender activism in San Francisco.

The 1960s was a pivotal period for sexual, gender, and ethnic minorities, as social movements championing civil rights and sexual liberation came to fruition. Additionally, the 1950s created the foundation for the trans rights and gay liberation movements with the earlier Homophile movement. Though Stonewall is often heralded as the beginning of the trans rights movement, the Compton's Cafeteria Riots and the homophile movement came first. Social groups helped mobilize and even churches, like Glide Memorial Methodist Church in San Francisco, began reaching out to the transgender community. Nevertheless, many police officers resisted these movements and the increasing visibility of these groups, continuing to harass and abuse transgender people. This simultaneous rise in support for transgender rights on the one side and the unwillingness to accept these new ideas on the other created the strain that fueled the riot at Compton's Cafeteria in the summer of 1966. The incident began when a transgender woman resisted arrest by throwing coffee at a police officer. It was followed by drag queens and transgender women pouring into the streets, fighting back with their high heels and heavy bags. (Full article...)

Nicole Dennis-Benn (born c. 1982) is a Jamaican novelist. She is known for her 2016 debut novel, Here Comes the Sun, which was named "Best Book of the Year" by The New York Times, and for her best-selling novel, Patsy, acclaimed by Time, NPR, People Magazine, and Oprah Magazine. She lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She is an out lesbian and feminist author who explores themes of gender, sexuality, Jamaican life, and its diaspora in her works. Her voice has been described as bold and provocative with an urgency to tell the stories she'd always wanted to read as a young girl growing up in Jamaica. Her books have remained as must-reads on various major lists since publication and have been translated into multiple languages, including German, Italian, French, and Portuguese. Her 3rd and 4th novels were acquired by Random House in auction. (Full article...)

• ... that The Pittsburgh Courier crusaded against the blue discharge, calling it "a vicious instrument that should not be perpetrated against the American Soldier"?
• ...that Nireah Johnson was murdered by Paul Moore after Moore discovered Johnson was transgender?
• ... that the Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club developed some of the earliest safe sex education material in the United States?
• ... that the success of Gay Weddings as counterprogramming to Super Bowl XXXVII led television network Bravo to develop additional LGBT-interest programming, including Queer Eye and Boy Meets Boy?
• ... that Freeheld is an Academy Award winning documentary by Cynthia Wade that follows a New Jersey detective fighting for the right to pass on her pension to her female domestic partner?

• 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 (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 (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