December 12th in Queer History

Born this day

Karl Gorath  (1912 –  2003) German
Imprisoned for homosexuality

Jose Sarria (1922/23 –  ) US 
Drag Queen / Politician / Activist

Massimo Consoli (1945 –  2007)
Italian Activist

Ken Yeager (1952 – ) US 
Politician

Robert Lepage (1957 – ) Canadian
Playwright / Screenwriter / Actor / Director

Susan Powter (1957 – ) US  Fitness Instructor / Actress

Toby Radloff (1957 – ) US  Actor

Jasper Conran (1959 – ) UK  Fashion Designer

Volker Beck (1960 – ) German Politician / Activist

Jon Vincent (1962 –  2000) US 
Baseball / Porn

Dmitry Kuzmin (1968 – ) Russian 
Poet / Critic / Publisher

Brandon Teena (1972 –  1993) US
Hate Crime Victim

Desislava Petrova (1980 – ) Bulgarian  Activist

Died this day

Raymond Radiguet (1903 - 1923 ) French
Author

Tallulah Bankhead (1902 - 1968) US 
Actress

Jack Cassidy (1927 - 1976) US 
Actor

Paul Cadmus (1904 - 1999 ) US
Artist

Van Johnson (1916 - 2008 ) US  Actor / Dancer


Sodomy in history, December 12 th

1704 — New Jersey dismisses all pending prosecutions for most crimes, including sodomy.

1712 — South Carolina enacts a buggery statute with a sentence of death.

1922 — The Florida Supreme Court reaffirms its decision that fellatio is a "crime against nature."

1956 — The Idaho Supreme Court upholds the sodomy conviction of the second Boys of Boise defendant whose case reaches the Court.

1956 — A California appellate court upholds the sodomy conviction after a warrantless body cavity search of the defendants.

1966 — A Pennsylvania trial court allows a sodomy defendant to withdraw his guilty plea, entered under pressure from his attorney in the hope that the court would be lenient with him.


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