January 2nd in Queer History

Born this day

M Carey Thomas (1857 – 1935) US Suffragette
William Haines (1900 – 1973) US  Actor
Sir Michael Tippett (1905 –  1998) UK  Composer
Christopher Durang (1949 – ) US  Playwright / Actor
Marlo Broekmans ( 1953 – ) Dutch Photographer
Todd Haynes (1961 – ) US  Director
Adam Elliot  (1972 – ) Australian Director / Author / Animator

Saints' day:

Saints Basil and Gregory Nazianzus

Died this day

Jess Collins (1923 - 2004) US  Artist
John Wojtowicz (1945 – 2006) US  Bank Robber
Casey Johnson (1979 - 2010) US  Socialite

Sodomy in history, 

January 2nd

1806 — Ohio repeals its common-law reception statute. Since it has no sodomy law, sodomy becomes legal and remains so for nearly eighty years.

1992 — The Idaho Court of Appeals reaffirms a 1913 decision that a sentence of life imprisonment for private, consensual sodomy is both permissible and constitutional.

Sources:

Wikipedia

glbtq emcyclopedia

On this gay day
Calendar of Sodomy, January