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UK LGBT EVENTS - Out and Wild Festival 2026
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03 - 06
Out and Wild Festival 2026

Out & Wild Festival takes place over the weekend 3rd to 6th July 2026. The UK's first wellness and experience festival designed by and for LGBTQIA women and those who are non-binary.

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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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