November 17th in Queer History

Born this day

Lord Arthur Somerset (1926 - 1851),  UK.  Aristocrat / Major

Rock Hudson  (1985 - 1925), US.  Actor

Daniel O’Donnell (1960 – ) US.  Politician

RuPaul (1960 – ), US.  Drag Queen, Singer, Actor, Model

Jose Villarrubia  (1961 – ) Spanish.  Comic Book Artist

Rebecca Walker (1969 –  ), US. Author

Brad Star (1983 –  ), US.  Navy / Porn

Shay Jordan (1985 – ), Filipino / US.  Porn

Died this day

Audre Lorde (1934 - 1992), US.  Author, Poet, Activist

Kurt von Ruffin (1901 - 1996 ), German.  Actor, Singer

Aaron Webster (1959 - 2001), Canadian.  Hate Crime Victim

John Craxton (1918 / 1922 – 2009), UK. Painter



Sodomy laws in history, November 17

1715 — North Carolina adopts all laws of England, making the buggery statute operative.

1960 — A county bar association in Ohio files charges against an attorney for misrepresenting a client arrested for sodomy. The Ohio Supreme Court disbars the attorney and refuses to reinstate him in 1967.

1975 — The U.S. Supreme Court upholds the Tennessee "crime against nature" law.

1980 — The Rhode Island Supreme Court affirms that cunnilingus is a "crime against nature."

Sources:

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