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<h3 align="center">CLASSICAL GAY PIANIST EARL WILD MOST GIFTED PIANIST OF THE 20th CENTURY</h3>
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<h3 align="center">THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF DAWN LANGLEY SIMMONS</h3>
[[File:earlwild2.png|100px|link=Mayor2|thumb|left|Pianist Earl Wild]]
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[[File:dawnsimmons.jpg|100px|link=Mayor2|thumb|left|Dawn Langley Simmons]]
  
<p>He was the first pianist to give a piano recital on television (1939) and the first pianist to be streamed live on the internet (1997).  He is the only pianist to have played for six consecutive Presidents of the United StatesCan you imagine the life he lived?.</p>
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<p>Prolific English author and biographer, was born as Gordon Langley Hall and lived her first ten years as a maleUnderwent sex reassignment surgery in 1968.</p>
  
<p>Earl Wild has more classical pianist recordings to his credit than any other to date, and is the recipient of a Grammy Award (1997).</p>  [[Earl Wild|Read more]]
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<p>Subsequently, married John-Paul Simmons in the '''first legal interracial marriage''' in South Carolina, one of the most racist American states at the time (and despite threats to their lives).</p>  [[Dawn Langley Simmons|Read more]]
  
  

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The goal of QueerBio.com is to be the definitive online biographical reference source for the international LGBTQ community. Its database lists over 5,000 contemporary and historical figures who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, or queer, and includes artists, sports figures, politicians, entertainers, business leaders, academics, activists, and more. The database is widely international in scope and is an ideal source for research and analysis with full search and sort functionality.
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Did You Know?

THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF DAWN LANGLEY SIMMONS

Dawn Langley Simmons

Prolific English author and biographer, was born as Gordon Langley Hall and lived her first ten years as a male. Underwent sex reassignment surgery in 1968.

Subsequently, married John-Paul Simmons in the first legal interracial marriage in South Carolina, one of the most racist American states at the time (and despite threats to their lives).

Read more


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