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Save Our Children, Inc. was a political coalition formed in 1977 in Miami, Florida, U.S. to overturn a recently legislated county ordinance that banned discrimination in areas of housing, employment, and public accommodation based on sexual orientation. The coalition was publicly headed by celebrity singer Anita Bryant, who claimed the ordinance discriminated against her right to teach her children biblical morality. It was a well-organized campaign that initiated a bitter political fight between unprepared gay activists and highly motivated Christian fundamentalists. When the repeal of the ordinance went to a vote, it attracted the largest response of any special election in Dade County's history, passing by 70%.

Save Our Children was the first organized opposition to the gay rights movement, whose beginnings were traced to the Stonewall riots in 1969. The defeat of the ordinance encouraged groups in other cities to attempt to overturn similar laws. In the next year voters in St. Paul, Minnesota, Wichita, Kansas, and Eugene, Oregon overturned ordinances in those cities, sharing many of the same campaign strategies that were used in Miami. Save Our Children was also involved in Seattle, where they were unsuccessful, and heavily influenced Proposition 6—a proposed state law in California that would have made the firing of openly gay public school employees mandatory—that was rejected by California voters in 1978. (Full article...)

• 1 – Jeffrey Buttle (1982–), Canadian figure skater, 2008 World Champion
• 1 – Leslie Feinberg (1949–2014), American transgender activist and author
• 1 – Lily Tomlin (1939–), American actress, comedian, writer, and producer
• 2 – Ferdinand Karsch (1853–1936), German zoologist and sexologist
• 2 – Elizabeth Birch (1956–), American attorney, former corporate executive, and LGBTQ advocate
• 3 – Michael Huffington (1947–), American politician, former Republican congressman (California), and film producer
• 3 – Sarah Orne Jewett (1849–1909), American writer and poet
• 4 – Mary Renault (1905–1983), English novelist
• 5 – Freddie Mercury (1946–1991), British musician
• 5 – Johnny Sibilly (1987–), American actor and producer
• 6 – Jane Addams (1860–1935), social worker, writer, activist and first American woman to win Nobel Peace Prize
• 6 – Julien Green (1900–1998), American expatriate writer
• 6 – Sylvester (1947–1988) American singer
• 7 – Michael Feinstein (1956–), American singer and pianist
• 7 – Rudy Galindo (1969–), American figure skater, 1996 World Bronze Medalist
• 7 – Paul Iacono (1988–), American actor
• 7 – Valerie Taylor (1913–1997), American pulp fiction author
• 7 – Peter Wheatley (1947–), English Anglican bishop
• 7 – Evan Rachel Wood (1987–), American actress
• 8 – Dema Harshbarger (1884–1964), American talent manager and concert promoter
• 8 – Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967), English poet, author, and soldier
• 8 – Mark Foley (1954–), American politician, former Republican congressman (Florida), and radio host
• 9 – Paul Goodman (1911–1972), American sociologist and poet
• 9 – John Curry (1949–1994), British figure skater, 1976 Olympic Champion
• 10 – Pope Julius III (1487–1555), Head of the Roman Catholic church, 1550-1555
• 10 – Alison Bechdel (1960–), American cartoonist
• 10 – H.D. (1886–1961), American poet, novelist, and memoirist
• 10 – Karl Lagerfeld (1933–2019), German fashion designer, artist, and photographer
• 11 – D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930), English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, and literary critic
• 11 – Kristy McNichol (1962–), American actress
• 11 – Karel Kovář (Kovy) (1996–), Czech YouTube personality
• 12 – Leslie Cheung (1956–2003), Hong Kong film actor and musician
• 13 – Zander Hodgson (1990–), English model
• 13 – Adonxs (1995–), Slovak singer
• 13 – Layton Williams (1994–), English actor and dancer
• 13 – Nell Carter (1948–2003), American actress and singer
• 13 – Claudette Colbert (1903–1996), French-American actress
• 14 – Rob McCall (1958–1991), Canadian ice dancer, 1988 Olympic Bronze Medalist
• 14 – Pier Vittorio Tondelli (1955–1991), Italian novelist
• 15 – Ann Bannon (1932–), American author
• 16 – Wilhelm von Gloeden (1856–1931), German photographer
• 18 – Trajan (53–117), Roman emperor
• 18 – Eugenia Rasponi (1873–1958), Italian aristocrat, suffragist, and businessperson
• 18 – Greta Garbo (1905–1990), Swedish actress
• 18 – Matěj Stropnický (1983–), Czech left-wing politician
• 19 – Brian Epstein (1934–1967), English music manager (The Beatles)
• 19 – Soni Wolf (1948–2018), American queer activist, and co-founder of Dykes on Bikes
• 19 – Tegan Quin (1980–), Canadian singer-songwriter-musician and member of indie rock duo Tegan and Sara
• 19 – Sara Quin (1980–), Canadian singer-songwriter-musician and member of indie rock duo Tegan and Sara
• 19 – Riyad Vinci Wadia (1967–2003), Indian independent filmmaker
• 21 – Anne Burrell (1969–), American chef and TV personality
• 21 – Billy Porter (1969–) American actor, singer, writer, and director
• 21 – Fannie Flagg (1944–), American actress, comedian and author
• 21 – Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1640–1701), younger brother of King Louis XIV
• 21 – Edgars Rinkēvičs (1973–), Latvian politician
• 23 – Manvendra Singh Gohil (1965–), Indian Prince
• 24 – William Dobell (1899–1970), Australian sculptor and painter
• 25 – Pedro Almodóvar (1949–), Spanish film director and producer
• 27 – Carrie Brownstein (1974–), American musician, writer and actress
• 28 – St. Vincent (1982–), American singer-songwriter and musician
• 29 – William Thomas Beckford (1760–1844), English novelist, travel writer, and also the richest commoner in England at the time
• 29 – Danica Roem (1984–), American journalist and politician, Member of the Virginia House of Delegates