American writer, editor and philanthropist Lincoln Kirstein was BOTD in 1907. Born in New York City to a wealthy upper-middle-class family, he was raised in Boston and studied at Harvard University. He moved to New York in 1930, editing the influential literary magazine Hound & Horn. After attending the Ballet Russes’ production of George Balanchine’s ballet Apollo, he arranged for Balanchine to move to America. Together, they co-founded the New York City Ballet, working together for over 40 years and helping develop and fund the New York State Theatre building at Lincoln Center. A prolific writer and critic, Kirstein also provided financial backing to a number of artists, including the sensationally gay painter Paul Cadmus. In 1941, he surprised many by marrying Cadmus’ sister Fidelma. Their 50-year relationship was loving but erratic, punctuated by their respective mental illnesses and Kirstein’s frequent affairs with men. His bisexuality was an open secret in New York society. His diaries, published in 2007, provided detailed accounts of his sexual encounters with men, and he had a number of long-term boyfriends, who often lived with him and Fidelma. He publicly acknowledged his bisexuality in 1982, and somehow still received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Ronald Reagan in 1984. He died in 1996 aged 88.