Velvet-Club Connecting Lesbians & Bi-women around the World
Christopher Fowler headlines the second Polari billing of 2015. The award-winning author has written over 30 novels and 13 short story collections, including the Bryant & May mysteries. His latest books are the haunted house thriller Nyctophobia and the Bryant & May novel The Bleeding Heart. He has a weekly column in The Independent On Sunday. Fowler is joined by by Diriye Osman (winner of The Polari First Book Prize 2014), Jill Gardiner, Clare Lydon and Mansel Stimpson. Londons celebrated LGBT literary salon returns for another season of distinction, mirth and sparkle, showcasing the best in established and emerging queer literary talent. Described by the Huffington Post as 'the most exciting literary movement in London... crackling with energy, ideas, excitement', Polari is hosted by author and journalist Paul Burston and won LGBT Cultural Event of the Year in the Co-op Respect Loved By You Awards 2013.
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- 02 October – Annie Leibovitz (1949–), American portrait photographer
- 03 October – Eleonora Duse (1858–1924), Italian actress
- 04 October – Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (1942–), Icelandic politician, former Prime Minister of Iceland, world's first openly gay head of government
- 08 October – Kristanna Loken (1979–), American model & actress
- 11 October – Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962), former First Lady of the USA & human rights activist
- 15 October – Jenna Talackova, Canadian beauty pageant contestant, model & TV personality
- 17 October – Laura Nyro (1947–1997), American songwriter, singer & pianist
- 18 October – Brittney Griner (1990–), American basketball player
- 18 October – Martina Navratilova (1956–), American tennis player
- 22 October – Saffron Burrows (1972–), English actress
- 23 October – Jean Acker (1893–1978), American actress
- 23 October – Ireland Baldwin (1995–), American model
- 23 October – Lilyan Tashman (1896–1934), American actress
- 25 October – Chely Wright (1970–), American country singer-songwriter
- 25 October – Claude Cahun (1894–1954), French artist, photographer & writer
- 26 October – Liliane Maestrini (1987–), Brazilian beach volleyball player
- 27 October – Katherine Bradley (1846–1914), English poet
- 28 October – Caitlyn Jenner (1949–), American TV personality & Olympic Gold Medalist in Decathlon (1976)
- 29 October – Michelle Brooke-Marciniak (1973–), American business executive, former WNBA basketball player
- 29 October – Ann-Marie MacDonald (1958–), Canadian playwright, novelist, actress & broadcast journalist
- 31 October – Natalie Clifford Barney (1876–1972), American playwright, poet & novelist
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