November 25th in Queer History

Events in Queer History

1975 – Campaign for Homosexual Equality rally in Trafalgar Square, London, UK

Born this day

Virgil Thomson (1896 – 1989), US. Composer

Robert Friend (1913 –  1998) US  Poet, Translator

Rosa von Praunheim (1942 – ), Latvian. Director, Activist

Lars Eighner (1948 – ), US. Author

Randy Turner ( 1949 –  2005), US.  Singer

Bruno Toniolli (1955 – ), Italian / UK.  Dancer, Choreographer, Presenter

David B Feinberg (1956 –  1994), US.  Author, Activist

Tonie Walsh (1960 –  ) Irish. Activist, Journalist, Presenter

Craig Seymour (1968 – ), US. Author, Photographer, Professor,Stripper, Journalist

Jason Rae (1986 – ) US.  Politician

And those who died:

Yukio Mishima (1925 - 1970 ) Japanese.  Author

Laurence Harvey (1928 - 1973)  Lithuania / UK / South African.  Actor

Sir Anton Dolin (1904 - 1983 ) UK.  Ballet

Alan Bray ( 1948 - 2001) UK. Historian, Activist

Pierre Seel (1923 - 2005) French.  Author

Died this day

Sodomy laws in history, November 25

1120 — The sinking of the "White Ship" kills the sons of England’s King Henry I. A writer claims they died as punishment for sodomy.

1953 — The Montana Supreme Court upholds a sodomy conviction over protests of the prosecutor’s statements. The court reporter did not record them all, thus removing them from review.

1964 — The North Carolina Supreme Court rules that a sodomy indictment merely stating that the defendant "committed the abominable and detestable crime against nature" with a named male person was sufficient.

1968 — The Michigan Court of Appeals upholds the constitutionality of the state’s sodomy law.

1980 — The Kentucky Supreme Court rules that circumstantial evidence can be used to prove penetration in sodomy cases.

Sources:

Wikipedia

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Gay History Wiki