January 31st in Queer History

Born this day

Tallulah Bankhead (1902 –  1968) US
Actress


Anna Blaman  (1905 –  1960) Dutch
Author


Pat Kavanaugh (1940 –  2008) UK
Literary Agent


Derek Jarman (1942 –  1994) UK
Director / Screenwriter


Charles Howard (1961 –  1984) US
Hate Crime Victim


Patrick Gale (1962 – )  UK
Author


David Oliver (1962 –  1992) US
Actor


Patricia Velasquez (1971 – ) Venezuelan
Actress / Model


Portia de Rossi (1973 – ) Australian
Actress


Chad Hunt (1973/4 – ) US
Porn


Albert Kennedy (1973 – 1989) UK
Homeless Person


Daniel Tammet (1979 – ) UK Autistic
Savant


Maia Lee Singaporean 
Singer

Died this day

Keith Norton (1941 - 2010 )Canadian
Politician / Lawyer

Sodomy in history, January

1729 — A Prussian baker is executed for fellating another man who later died, according to the court, of "exhaustion."

1913 — Oregon amends its sodomy law to include any act of "sexual perversity," thus including not only oral sex, put any other form of erotica. The penalty also is increased from a maximum of 5 years to a maximum of 15.

Sources:

Wikipedia

glbtq emcyclopedia

On this gay day

Calendar of Sodomy, January