John Waters Born April 22nd

John Samuel Waters, Jr was born April 22nd, 1946 in Baltimore, MD though he grew up in the suburb of Lutherville. Waters is best known as the purveyor of camp and controversy in movies like Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble, Desperate Living, and Polyester. Waters moved dramatically toward the mainstream with his later movies. Get yourself to Netflix if you've never watched even one of them.

“Catholics have more extreme sex lives because they're taught that pleasure is bad for you. Who thinks it's normal to kneel down to a naked man who's nailed to a cross? It's like a bad leather bar.”

Read more about Waters at Wikipedia.

Pier Paolo Pasolini Born March 5th

Pier Paolo Pasolini was born in Bologna, Italy on March 5th. Pasolini was out of the closet as an adult, thanks to being involved in sex scandal at the beginning of his career. Playwright, poet, journalist, Pasolini is most well known for his films, such as Salo (or 120 Days Of Sodom) and Decameron. Pasolini's death was violent and had political undertones.

Read GLBTQ's bio and Open Democracy's The Life & Death of Pier Paolo Pasolini