Been There Done That

5 Nov 2014

First Milk Bar & Melb Cup, Mapplethorpe, Russo, JFK & Penny Wong

Gay, History, Icons, Lesbian

Today we talk about the origins of the first Milk Bar in 1932 in Australia and the first Melbourne Cup horse race on 7/11/1861.

Gay singer Sam Sparro is born on 8/11/1982. The lives and legacies of Robert Mapplethorpe US gay photographer born 4/11/1946 and Vito Russo US historian and gay activist died 7/11/1990 are discussed.

And we mention John F Kennedy who was elected president of the USA on 9/11/1960 and gay Australian politician Penny Wong was born on 5/11/1968.

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