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Ella Holmes White (December 18, 1856 – January 31, 1942)

Ella Holmes White (1856-1942), Mrs John Stuart White, came from New York, NY and lived at Briarcliff Manor, NY. She would later state that when in New York City she would always stay at the Waldorf-Astoria. She boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg with her maid Amelia Bissette and manservant Sante Ringhini. Travelling as a first class passenger Mrs White shared cabin C-32 with longtime companion Marie Young. Mrs White remained in her cabin for the entire voyage and only left it when roused by the collision which she described as if the ship had run over a thousand marbles. Mrs White and her maid were rescued in lifeboat 8. She later testified before the American Inquiry that the Titanic had broken in two before sinking. Ella White died in New York City at the age of 85. She was living at the Plaza Hotel when she died.

Timeline & Places:

• December 18, 1856: born.

• January 31, 1942: died. Buried at Green-Wood Cemetery, 500 25th St, Brooklyn, NY 11232, Stati Uniti

References:

Queer Places, Vol. 1.2: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ people around the World Authored by Elisa Rolle
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Paul Cadmus (December 17, 1904 – December 12, 1999)

Paul Cadmus was an American artist. Cadmus's sister, Fidelma, was the wife of philanthropist and arts patron Lincoln Kirstein. He is best known for his paintings and drawings of nude male figures. His works combined elements of eroticism and social critique to produce a style often called magic realism. He painted with egg tempera. He worked in commercial illustration as well, but Jared French, another tempera artist who befriended him and became his lover for a time, convinced him to devote himself completely to fine art. For a period, they worked together with French’s wife as well, calling themselves PaJaMa (Paul + Jared + Margaret). Jon Andersson, a former cabaret singer, who became Paul Cadmus's longtime companion of 35 years, was a subject of many of his works. The two met on a pier on Nantucket in 1964, when Andersson was twenty-seven and Cadmus was fifty-nine. "I never wanted to be with anyone else", Cadmus remarked. Thirty-six years later, at sixty-three and ninety-five, when Paul died, they were still together. Jon can be seen in the David Sutherland 1986 PBS Documentary about Paul Cadmus entitled Paul Cadmus, Enfant Terrible at 80.

Timeline & Places:

• December 17, 1904: born.

• 1919: attended National Academy Museum & School, 1083 5th Ave, New York, NY 10128, Stati Uniti

• 1928: attended The Art Students League of New York, 215 W 57th St, New York, NY 10019, Stati Uniti

• 1933: worked at 54 Morton St, New York, NY 10014, Stati Uniti

• 1940s: lived at 5 St Lukes Pl, New York, NY 10014, Stati Uniti, sharing with Jared French.

• 1960s: lived at Hartland, VT, Stati Uniti, sharing with George Tooker

• 1965 to 1999: lived at Weston, CT 06883, Stati Uniti

• December 12, 1999: died.

References:

Days of Love: Celebrating LGBT History One Story at a Time
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Larry Martin Worrell (June 23, 1954 - December 17, 1989)

Larry Martin Worrell (June 23, 1954 - December 17, 1989) and James Richard Duell (February 11, 1947 – July 15, 1992) are buried together in the gay corner of the Congressional Cemetery, in Washington, D.C. Their tombstone reads "Two most excellent adventures".

Timeline & Places:

• June 23, 1954: born.

• December 17, 1989: died. Buried at Congressional Cemetery, 1801 E St SE, Washington, DC 20003, Stati Uniti. Buried alongside: James Richard Duell (February 11, 1947 – July 15, 1992)

References:

Queer Places, Vol. 1.3: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ people around the World Authored by Elisa Rolle
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Hamish St. Clair-Erskine (August 23, 1909 – December 17, 1973)

James Alexander Wedderburn "Hamish" St. Clair-Erskine (23 August 1909 – 17 December 1973) was an English aristocrat aesthete. At Eton College, St Clair-Erskine was the lover of Tom Mitford. He attended Oxford University. According to James Lees-Milne's diaries: "At Oxford he had the most enchanting looks – mischievous, twinkling eyes, slanting eyebrows. He was slight of build, well dressed, gay as gay, always snobbish however, and terribly conscious of his nobility. At Oxford he was friends with Evelyn Waugh. Hamish St. Clair-Erskine was homosexual, but nevertheless, Nancy Mitford fell in love with him, and it was due to this unrequited love that she attempted suicide and wrote her first novel, Highland Fling: the male lead is based upon St. Clair-Erskine. At St. Clair-Erskine's death in 1973, Alan Payan Pryce-Jones described him as a "bright apparition who once upon a time swept past them like a kingfisher: all colour and sparkle and courage [...] [he found] small place in a world which turned away from an unambitious charmer whose only enduring gift was his charm".

Timeline & Places:

• August 23, 1909: born.

• 1920s: attended Eton College, Windsor SL4 6DW, Regno Unito

• 1920s: attended University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 2JD, Regno Unito

• December 17, 1973: died. Buried at Rosslyn Chapel, Chapel Loan, Roslin EH25 9PU, Regno Unito

References:

Queer Places, Vol. 2.1: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ people around the World
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Eva Kotchever (1891 – December 17, 1943)

Eve’s Hangout was a popular after-theater club run by Polish-Jewish lesbian émigré Eva Kotchever (real name Chava Zloczower/Czlotcheber) from 1925 to 1926 at 129 Macdougal St, New York. It closed when she was convicted of obscenity and disorderly conduct, which resulted in her deportation. Deported at Auschwitz she died on December 17, 1943.

Timeline & Places:

• 1891: born.

• 1925 to 1926: ran Eva Addams' Tearoom, 129 Macdougal St, New York, NY 10012, Stati Uniti

• December 17, 1943: died.

References:

Queer Places, Vol. 1.2: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ people around the World Authored by Elisa Rolle
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Carol Lyons (December 17, 1927 – June 7, 2011)

Carol "Kit" Carr Lyons (December 17, 1927 – June 7, 2011) was one of Charleston’s most talented and versatile actresses, she performed in drama, modern comedy, farce, mystery, and musicals. After moving to Charleston, she co-founded and co-directed, with her partner Dorothy D’Anna, the Little Theatre School in the Dock Street Theatre. For 25 years she was co-director and costume designer for the Theatre for Children at the Footlight Players Workshop. Later she became manager of the Footlight Players.

Timeline & Places:

• December 17, 1927: born.

• 1960s to 2011: worked at Dock Street Theatre, 135 Church St, Charleston, SC 29401, Stati Uniti

• June 7, 2011: died.

References:

Queer Places, Vol. 1.3: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ people around the World Authored by Elisa Rolle
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Dorothy Caruso (August 6, 1893 – December 16, 1955)

The daughter of well to do patent lawyer Park Benjaminin of New York, Dorothy was 25 when she married Italian tenor Enrico in 1918. The marriage produced one child, daughter Gloria who was born in 1919. The couple had been married just shy of 3 years when Enrico died at the age of 48. Dorothy would marry two more times. Her second husband was Captain Ernest Augustus Ingram, and her third was Dr. Charles Adam Holder. Dorothy wrote two biographies about Enrico. The first entitled Wings of Song-The Story of Caruso was published in 1928. The second and more successful Enrico Caruso-His Life And Death was released 17 years later in 1945 and was the source material for the 1951 film The Great Caruso starring Mario Lanza as Enrico and Ann Blyth as Dorothy. By 1942, the relationship of Margaret Anderson with Jane Heap had cooled, and, evacuating from the war in France, Anderson sailed for the United States. During the voyage, Anderson met Dorothy Caruso. The two began a romantic relationship, and lived together until Caruso's death. In 1952, Dorothy wrote her autobiography. She died of cancer in Baltimore, Maryland, just few days before Christmas 1955.

Timeline & Places:

• August 6, 1893: born.

• 1920s: lived at The Savoy, Strand, London WC2R 0EU, Regno Unito

• December 16, 1955: died. Buried at Druid Ridge Cemetery, 7900 Park Heights Ave, Pikesville, MD 21208, Stati Uniti

References:

Days of Love: Celebrating LGBT History One Story at a Time
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Queer Places, Vol. 2.1: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ people around the World
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Dixie Lee Ruliffson (December 16, 1943 - July 16, 2007)

Brenda J. Grissom (1951-2011) was the owner of The Polish Shop in Belleville. She previously co-owned the Char-Pei Lounge in Belleville and Char-Pei's City Center in E. St. Louis. Brenda was an active member of the St. Louis area LGBT community and a member of Metropolitan Community Church in St. Louis, and T.O.P.S. She was a greeter at Belleville Wal-Mart. She was preceded in death by her life companion, Dixie Lee Ruliffson (1943-2007). They are buried together at Green Mount Catholic Cemetery (Belleville, IL 62221).

Timeline & Places:

• December 16, 1943: born.

• July 16, 2007: died. Buried at Green Mount Catholic Cemetery, Belleville, Illinois 62221, Stati Uniti

References:

Queer Places, Vol. 1.1: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ people around the World
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Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (April 25, 1694 – December 15, 1753)

In 1711 George Frederick Handel’s opera “Rinaldo” was a hit, and the next year he moved in with Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington. The eighteen-year-old Burlington held court at Burlington House in Piccadilly and at his country estate, Chiswick House. Here over the years he gathered a coterie of artists including the poets Pope and Gay and the architect William Kent, also fresh from Rome and eager to spread Palladio over the English countryside. The atmosphere of this “verdant and artistic hothouse,” Ellen Harris reports in her wonderful book on Handel’s cantatas, breathed a “luxurious and indolent sensuality” and a “distinct homoerotic undertone.”

Timeline & Places:

• April 25, 1694: born.

• 1704 to 1729: lived at Burlington House, Piccadilly, Mayfair, London W1J 0BD, Regno Unito

• 1729 to 1753: lived at Chiswick House, Burlington Lane, London, Chiswick W4 2RP, Regno Unito

• December 15, 1753: died. Buried at All Saints, Londesborough, York YO43 3LQ, Regno Unito

References:

Queer Places, Vol. 2.1: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ people around the World
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James O. Bloss (September 30, 1847 – December 15, 1918)

John William Sterling (1844–1918) was a founding partner of Shearman & Sterling LLP and major benefactor to Yale University. In Sterling's will, he directs: "no interment other than my own and that of my sister, Cordelia, shall ever take place" in his Mausoleum in Woodlawn Cemetery. An exception is made, however, "in case my said friend, James O. Bloss (1847–1918), who has lived with me for more than forty years, should desire to be interred in the said Mausoleum and should die without ever having been married." Cordelia Sterling is burried with her brother. Bloss died less than six months after Sterling, according to his sister, of a broken heart, and is not buried with his friend, though the reason is unknown. He is buried at Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester (same cemetery where are buried Susan B. Anthony and Lillian D. Wald). Sterling's obituary in the New York Times referred to "his lifelong friend, James O. Bloss, a retired cotton broker, who made his home with the testator for more than forty years." James Orville Bloss died suddenly in New York City, on December 15, 1918.

Timeline & Places:

• September 30, 1847: born.

• 1873: lived at 21 W 25th St, New York, NY 10010, Stati Uniti, sharing with John William Sterling

• 1890s: lived at 221 E 47th St, New York, NY 10017, Stati Uniti, sharing with John William Sterling

• 1902: lived at 912 Fifth Avenue, 10021, NYC, NY, USA, sharing with John William Sterling

• December 15, 1918: died. Buried at Mount Hope Cemetery, 1133 Mt Hope Ave, Rochester, NY 14620, Stati Uniti

References:

Queer Places, Vol. 1.2: Retracing the Steps of LGBTQ people around the World Authored by Elisa Rolle
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