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Gain a Queer Perspective on our Collection with resident artist Sadie Lee and her special guest Christopher Green as they discuss portraits which have a personal resonance. 2017 marks the ten year anniversary of Queer Perspectives, the Gallerys pioneering quarterly in conversation event curated and hosted by artist Sadie Lee. Over the past decade Sadie has welcomed guests - including Ali Smith, Sunil Gupta, David McAlmont, Andrew Logan, Amy Lam, Richard Dyer, David Holah, Neil Bartlett, Scottee, and Bird La Bird - to discuss people in the Collection who have a personal resonance, teasing out surprising links and hidden histories. Christopher Green is an entertainer, writer and theatre maker. He is the creator of country music singer Tina C, and hip hop pensioner Ida Barr. He is The Singing Hypnotist and the author of Overpowered: The Science & Showbiz of Hypnosis. He was the first Artist in Residence at the British Library. He creates experiential theatre and his current show is an imersive piece about pornography addiction, Prurience, at the Royal Festival Hall. He is developing a new piece about Queer Music Hall Singer Fred Barnes in collaboration with Wiltons Music Hall where he is an Artistic Associate, due for production May 2018 and broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Summer 2018
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- 03 May – William Inge (1913–1973), American playwright & novelist
- 04 May – Keith Haring (1958–1990), American artist
- 04 May – Michael Barrymore (1952–), English actor, comedian & TV presenter of game shows/light entertainment. Born Michael Ciaran Parker
- 07 May – Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893), Russian composer
- 08 May – Tom of Finland (1920–1991), Finnish artist
- 09 May – Alan Bennett (1934–), English playwright, screenwriter, actor & author
- 10 May – Scott Brison (1967–), Canadian politician & federal Cabinet Minister
- 10 May – Steve Gunderson (1951–), American politician & business executive, former Republican congressman
- 11 May – Christopher Bailey (1971–), English business exec, fashion designer, & CEO Burberry Group Inc.
- 11 May – Valentino (1932–), Italian fashion designer
- 12 May – Jared Polis (1975–), American Democratic congressman (Colorado), entrepreneur & philanthropist
- 12 May – Gerry Studds (1937–2006), American politician, former Democratic congressman
- 12 May – Robbie Rogers (1987–), American professional soccer player
- 13 May – Armistead Maupin (1944–), American writer
- 13 May – Réal Ménard (1962–), Canadian politician, political scientist & lawyer
- 14 May – Magnus Hirschfeld (1868–1935), German physician & gay rights advocate
- 16 May – Liberace (1919–1987), American entertainer & pianist
- 16 May – Joey Graceffa (1991–), American YouTuber
- 17 May – Robin Maugham, 2nd Viscount Maugham (1916–1981), British novelist, playwright
- 17 May – Howard Ashman (1950–1991), American playwright & lyricist
- 17 May – Annise Parker (1956–), American politician & Mayor of Houston
- 18 May – Charles Trenet (1913–2001), French singer & songwriter
- 18 May – Don Bachardy (1934–), American portrait artist
- 19 May – Sam Smith (1992–), British singer-songwriter
- 20 May – Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850), French novelist & playwright
- 20 May – Gregory Gray (1959–2019), Northern Irish singer-songwriter
- 21 May – Raymond Burr (1917–1993), Canadian actor
- 21 May – Tom Daley (1994–), British diver & TV personality
- 21 May – Frederick of Hohenau (1857–1914), German aristocrat
- 22 May – Harvey Milk (1930–1978), American politician
- 22 May – Morrissey (1959–), English singer-songwriter
- 22 May – Dale Winton (1955–2018), English radio DJ & TV presenter
- 24 May – Greg Berlanti (1972–), American television writer, producer & director
- 25 May – Robert Ross (1869–1918), Canadian journalist & art critic
- 25 May – Sir Ian McKellen (1939–), English actor
- 25 May – Julian Clary (1959–), English actor, comedian, novelist & presenter
- 26 May – Alan Hollinghurst (1954–), English novelist, poet & short story writer
- 26 May – Henry Holland (1983–), English fashion designer, businessman & blogger
- 27 May – Chris Colfer (1990–), American actor
- 29 May – Rupert Everett (1959–), English actor
- 29 May – Gene Robinson (1947–), American Episcopalian bishop
- 30 May – Bertrand Delanoë (1950–), French politician & former Mayor of Paris
- 31 May – Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945–1982), German movie director & screenwriter
- 31 May – Walt Whitman (1819–1892), American poet, essayist & journalist
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