Bruce LaBruce
@brucelabruce.bsky.social
Filmmaker, Photographer, Writer, Artist
How many s's are there in the name Percy Bysshe Shelley, the pansexual atheist English Romantic poet who was BOTD in 1792 & died in 1822 at 29? He championed radical concepts of "free love" and non-possessiveness, actively engaging in passionate relationships w/ both women & men
HBD Martin Sheen, who turns 86 today. I particularly like him in psycho roles: Larry Peerce's "The Incident" (1967), Terrence Malick's "Badlands" (1973) and Nicolas Gessner's "The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane" (1976), which I wrote about here: talkhouse.com/bruce-labruc...
HBD Martin Sheen, who turns 86 today. He's always pretty much great in everything he does, but I particularly like him in psycho roles: Larry Peerce's "The Incident" (1967), Terrence Malick's "Badlands" (1973) and Nicolas Gessner's "The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane" (1976)
Ambiguously) Gay Brit war poet Rupert Brooke was BOTD in 1887 & died in 1915 at 27. I've read "Fatal Glamor: The Life of Rupert Brooke," the demystifying, dispiriting bio by Paul Delany of the famously handsome poet & it paints a depressing picture of a vain self-absorbed coxcomb
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HBD the gorgeous and multi-talented brat Charli xcx @charli_xcx, BOTD in 1992, turning 34 today. Her mockumentary "The Moment" (2026), directed by Aidan Zamiri, was certainly a moment!! Photo, left, by Gus Van Sant @gusvansant
Gay USA writer/activist James Baldwin was BOTD in 1924 & died in 1987 at 63. In 1949 he met & fell in love w/ Lucien Happersberger, 17, though his marriage 3 yrs later left Baldwin distraught. When the marriage ended they later reconciled; Happersberger was at Baldwin's deathbed
In 2022 I was thrilled to appear on The Lydian Spin, the podcast of legendary punk firebrand Lydia Lunch! lydianspin.libsyn.com/episode-133-...
Gay thirst trap fashion legend Yves Saint Laurent was BOTD in 1936 & died in 2008 at 71. In 1971 he posed naked for Jeanloup Sieff's ad for Pour Homme. In the 70s, he had a passionate affair w/ socialite Jacques de Bascher, Lagerfeld's long-term partner. Much fashion drama ensued
Ambiguously gay USA writer Herman Melville, who wrote Moby-Dick, Typee, & Billy Budd, was BOTD in 1819 & died in 1891 at 72. He was married to a woman for 44 years, but his writing was really supergay & apparently he had a big crush on hunky straight novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne
Bruce LaBruce on 'Making Love' & 'Looking for Mr. Goodbar' podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Bruce LaBruce on 'Making Love' & 'Looking for Mr. Goodbar'
Podcast Episode · Feeling Seen · June 19, 2025 · 52m
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Bruce LaBruce Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts Artistic Achievement Award Filmmaker, Writer, Artist, Photographer Toronto, Ontario en.ggarts.ca/bruce-labruce
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Bruce LaBruce is the winner of a 2025 GGArts Award for artistic achievement.
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USA actor/model/high school drop-out Rodney Harvey was BOTD in 1967 & died of a heroin/cocaine O.D. in 1998 at 30. Discovered in Times Square by P. Morrissey (he was in "Mixed Blood" (1984) & "Spike of Bensonhurst" (1988)), he was also in Van Sant's "My Own Private Idaho" (1991)
HBD Geraldine Chaplin, BOTD in 1944, turning 82 today. Daughter of Charlie Chaplin (the 1st of 8 children w/ his 4th wife, Oona O'Neill), granddaughter of Eugene O'Neill, she's great in Altman's "Nashville" (1975)("I'm Opal, from the BBC!") & in Alan Rudolph's "Remember My Name"
HBD the wonderful actor and ex-gay William Atherton, BOTD in 1947, turning 79 today! In 1981 he stated publicly on The Phil Donahue Show that he considered himself a former homosexual who had changed through the Aesthetic Realism teachings of Eli Siegel
Hollywood director & actor Peter Bogdanovich was BOTD in 1939 & died in 2022 at 82. He left his wife & creative partner production designer Polly Platt while filming "The Last Picture Show" (1971) 2 begin a high-profile relationship w/ star Cybill Shepherd talkhouse.com/bruce-labruc...
Brunette sexpot silent film stars Theda Bara (left) & Clara Bow (middle) were both BOTD! (So was blond Thelma "Hot Toddy" Toddy.) Theda Bara was born in 1885 & died in 1955 at 69. Clara Bow was born in 1905 & died in 1965 at 60. Thelma Todd was born in 1906 & died in 1935 at 35
French-American artist Marcel Duchamp was BOTD in 1887 & died in 1968 at 81. In 1919 he drew a pencil mustache & goatee on a cheap postcard reproduction of da Vinci's Mona Lisa. He added the caption L.H.O.O.Q. which sounds like a crude French pun meaning "she has a hot ass"
French-American painter, sculptor, chess master & writer Marcel Duchamp, whose work is associated w/ Cubism, Dada & conceptual art, was BOTD in 1887 & died in 1968 at 81. He dabbled in drag w/ his drag character Rrose Selavy, which is probably a homophone for "Eros, C'est La Vie"
Masterful & sadistic film director Stanley Kubrick was BOTD in 1928 & died in 1999 at 70. "Barry Lyndon" (1975) is his most underrated masterpiece, "The Shining" (1980) his most divisive. Most miss the point that 4 a director accused of misogyny, it's def his most feminist film
Although George Bernard Shaw, Carl Jung & Aldous Huxley were all BOTD, none of them directed "Breakfast at Tiffany's" or "The Party." Director Blake Edwards, who did, was BOTD in 1922 & died in 2010 at 88. He was married to star Julie Andrews for 41 yrs, from 1969 until his death
Hey Kids: check out this cool event! Flip Flop: A zine launch with Slava Mogutin and Oli Raptor 6 August 2026 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Libreria Bookshop, London, U.K. libreria.io/flip-flop-a-...
Brilliant child actor Brad Renfro was BOTD in 1982 & O.D.'d in 2008 (a week before Heath Ledger) at the tender age of 25. I hung out with Brad once w/ a few other people playing glow-in-the-dark bowling. I fondly remember him playing his guitar in his pajamas in the back of a cab
Brilliant child actor Brad Renfro was BOTD in 1982 & died tragically of a heroin overdose in 2008 at 25. I snapped this photo of Brad w/ his grandmother in Toronto while he was shooting the movie "Tart" (2001). You can find it in my photo book "Death Book" www.baronbooks.co.uk/product-page...
HBD lesbian daughter of Lana Turner, Cheryl Crane, BOTD in 1943, turning 83 today. In 1958 Turner's gangster boyfriend was stabbed 2 death by 14 yr old Cheryl who said she did it 2 defend her mother from a vicious beating , but maybe he was trying to molest Cheryl & Turner did it
Tall, muscular actor & professional football player Woody Strode was BOTD in 1914 & died in 1994 at 80. Best known for Ford's "Sergeant Rutledge" (1960), "Two Rode Together" (1962) & "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (1962), he's also great in Brooks' "The Professionals" (1966)
HBD the great gay USA director Gus Van Sant who was BOTD in 1952, turning 73 today! Gus and I first became friends when he was shooting his great movie "To Die For" (1995) in Toronto, having been introduced by our mutual friend, the late, great gay RocknRoll journalist Adam Block
Gay British novelist, screenwriter & biographer Gavin Lambert was BOTD in 1924 & died in 2005 at the age of 80. At Oxford, he befriended film critic Penelope Houston and filmmakers Karel Reisz and Lindsay Anderson, and they founded a short-lived but influential journal, Sequence
