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National Portrait Gallery - In Conversation: Queer Perspectives with Tim Redfern/Mathew Todd

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 Mar – Lytton Strachey (1880–1932), British writer & critic
  • 02 Mar – Matthew Mitcham (1988–), Australian diver
  • 03 Mar – Perry Ellis (1940–1986), American fashion designer
  • 03 Mar – Xavier Bettel (1973–), Prime Minister of Luxembourg
  • 04 Mar – Chaz Bono (1969–), American advocate, writer & musician
  • 04 Mar – Svend Robinson (1952–), Canadian former politician, 1st first openly gay Canadian Member of Parliament
  • 05 Mar – Matt Lucas (1974–), English actor, comedian, writer & tv presenter.
  • 05 Mar – Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922–1975), Italian poet, intellectual, film director & writer
  • 06 Mar – Charles I of Württemberg (1823–1891), German aristocrat, King of Wurttemberg
  • 06 Mar – Francis Alick Howard OBE (1917–1992), English actor & comedian, better known by his stage-name Frankie Howerd
  • 07 Mar – Sir Henry Channon (1897–1958), British Conservative Member of Parliament
  • 07 Mar – Bret Easton Ellis (1964–), American novelist, screenwriter & short story writer
  • 09 Mar – Lord Ivor Mountbatten (1963–), British aristocrat, farmer, geologist & businessman
  • 09 Mar – Richard Adams (1947–2012), Filipino-American gay rights activist
  • 09 Mar – Samuel Barber (1910–1981), American composer
  • 09 Mar – Will Geer (1902–1978), American actor & social activist
  • 11 Mar – John Barrowman (1967–), British-American actor, author, presenter, singer & comic book writer. Known for his roles in Torchwood & Dr Who
  • 11 Mar – Christopher Rice (1978–), American writer
  • 11 Mar – Bill Siksay (1955–), Canadian politician
  • 12 Mar – Vaslav Nijinsky (1890–1950), Russian ballet dancer & choreographer
  • 12 Mar – Edward Albee (1928–), American playwright
  • 13 Mar – Armistead Maupin (1944–), American writer
  • 14 Mar – Alfred Redl (1864–1913), Austrian counter-intelligence officer & spy
  • 15 Mar – Kwame Harris (1982–), Jamaican-born American football player
  • 15 Mar – Amir Ohana (1976–), Israeli lawyer & politician
  • 16 Mar – Donal Óg Cusack (1977–), Irish hurling goalkeeper
  • 16 Mar – Jon Hinson (1942–1995), American politician, former Republican congressman (Mississippi) (1979–1981)
  • 17 Mar – Alexander McQueen (1969–2010), British fashion designer
  • 18 Mar – Stanley Bennett Clay (1950–), American writer, publisher, novelist, director & actor
  • 18 Mar – Wilfred Owen (1893–1918), British wartime poet
  • 22 Mar – Stephen Sondheim (1930–2021), American composer/lyricist. VIP in 20thC musical theater
  • 23 Mar – Joseph C. Leyendecker (1874–1951), German-born American illustrator
  • 23 Mar – Prince Felix Yusupov (1887–1967), Russian aristocrat
  • 24 Mar – Bob Mackie (1940–), American fashion designer
  • 24 Mar – Jim Parsons (1973–), American actor & producer
  • 25 Mar – Elton John (1947–), English singer-songwriter, composer & pianist
  • 26 Mar – A. E. Housman (1859–1936), English classical scholar & poet
  • 26 Mar – Rev Richard Coles FRSA FKC (1962–), English musician, journalist, radio presenter & C of E parish priest in Northamptonshire
  • 28 Mar – Sir Dirk Bogarde (1921–1999), English actor, novelist & screenwriter. Born Derek Niven van den Bogaerde
  • 28 Mar – Scott Mills (1974–), English radio DJ, tv presenter & actor, known for his BBC Radio 1 show
  • 29 Mar – Bruce Weber (1946–), American fashion photographer
  • 30 Mar – Jean-Claude Brialy (1933–2007), French actor, director & socialite
  • 31 Mar – Richard Chamberlain (1934–), American actor
  • 31 Mar – Barney Frank (1940–), American politician, former Democratic congressman (Massachusetts) (1981–2013)
  • 31 Mar – Sir Alan James Carter Duncan KCMG (1957–), British Conservative Party politician who served as Minister of State for International Development (2010–2014), Minister of State for Europe & the Americas (2016–2019)

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