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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- 01 Nov – Sophie B. Hawkins (1967–), American singer-songwriter & musician
- 08 Nov – Judith Gough (1972–), British diplomat, U.K. Ambassador to Sweden
- 08 Nov – María Rachid (1974–), Argentinian politician, social leader & LGBTQ activist
- 09 Nov – Ti-Grace Atkinson (1938–), American radical feminist author & philosopher
- 09 Nov – Marie Dressler (1868–1934), Canadian-American actress
- 10 Nov – Phyllis Lyon (1924–2020), American feminist & gay rights activist
- 10 Nov – Heather Matarazzo (1982–), American actress
- 12 Nov – Mary Baxter Ellis (1892-1968), British commanding officer of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY)
- 13 Nov – Rosie Jones (1959–), American golfer
- 14 Nov – Louise Brooks (1906–1985), American dancer & actress
- 14 Nov – Wendy Carlos (1939–), American composer & electronic musician
- 16 Nov – Jamie Babbit (1970–), American film director, producer & screenwriter
- 19 Nov –Jodie Foster (1962–), American actress, film director & producer
- 20 Nov – Grace Darmond (1893–1963), Canadian-American actress
- 21 Nov – Cherry Jones(1956–), American actress
- 22 Nov – Billie Jean King (1943–), American former professional tennis player
- 23 Nov – Robin Roberts (1960–), American TV broadcaster
- 23 Nov – Virginia Prince (1912-2009), American pharmacologist, publisher & transgender activist
- 26 Nov – Tammy Lynn Michaels (1974–), American actress
- 26 Nov – Emma Portner (1994–), Canadian dancer and choreographer
- 28 Nov – Rita Mae Brown (1944–), American writer and feminist