Velvet-Club Connecting Lesbians & Bi-women around the World
Gain a Queer Perspective on our Collection with guest artist Tim Redfern and his special guest Matthew Todd as they discuss portraits which have a personal resonance. Queer Perspectives is a quarterly happening where guests identifying as LGBTQI respond to the Gallerys Collection. Matthew Todd is the out-going editor of the UKs best selling gay magazine, Attitude, for which he has been twice nominated as Mens Magazine Editor of the Year by the British Society of Magazine Editors. He is the author of the play Blowing Whistles, which has played 2 sell out 5 week runs in Sydney, Australia and in Melbourne, Adelaide, Manchester, Boston, Fire Island, and Fort Lauderdale. It has had 3 month long London runs including at the Leicester Square Theatre in 2008, where it was given 4 star reviews for the Evening Standard, The Spectator, The Stage, The Sunday Express and Time Out, which made it Critics Choice for two weeks running. His first book, Straight Jacket, is published by Bantam Press.
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- 02 July – Liane de Pougy (1869–1950), French cabaret artist, dancer & courtesan
- 05 July – Megan Rapinoe (1985–), American professional soccer midfielder
- 06 July – Frida Kahlo (1907–1954), Mexican artist
- 07 July – Kirsten Vangsness (1972–), American actress
- 08 July – Silvia Modig (1976–), Finnish politician, radio & TV journalist
- 09 July – Kelly McGillis (1957–), American actress
- 09 July – Vanessa Selbst (1984–), American hedge fund manager & professional poker player
- 10 July – Fiona Shaw (1958–), Irish actress & theatre-opera director
- 10 July – Zoe Dunning (1963–), American retired naval officer & LGBTQ activist
- 10 July – Alexandra Hedison (1969–), American photographer & actress
- 10 July – Angel Haze (1991–), American rapper & singer
- 11 July – Leisha Hailey (1971–), American actress & musician
- 11 July – Dorothy Wilde (1895–1941), Anglo-Irish socialite, niece of Oscar Wilde
- 12 July – Michelle Rodriguez (1978–), American actress
- 12 July – Kyrsten Sinema (1976–), American congresswoman, Arizona
- 13 July – Mary Emma Woolley (1863–1947), American educator, peace activist & women's suffragist
- 14 July – Jane Lynch (1960–), American actress
- 15 July – Allison Brewer (1954–), Canadian social activist & politician
- 18 July – Lillian Faderman (1940–), American scholar, historian & writer
- 19 July – Jaiyah Saelua (1988–), Samoan international football player
- 20 July – Roberta Achtenberg (1950–), American federal politician & civil rights attorney
- 22 July – Emily Saliers (1963–), American singer-songwriter & member of Indigo Girls
- 24 July – Anna Paquin (1982–), Canadian-New Zealander actress
- 25 July – Christine Quinn (1966–), American politician, former Speaker of the New York City Council
- 26 July – Nikki Sinclaire (1968–), English politician, UK's first openly transgender parliamentarian
- 28 July – Judy Grahn (1940–), American poet
- 28 July – Imke Duplitzer (1975–), German épée fencer
- 31 July – Susan Flannery (1939–), American actress
- 31 July – Barbara Gittings (1932–2007), American gay rights activist
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