February 3rd in Queer History

Born this day

Gertrude Stein (1874 –  1946) US
Author


Helen Stephens (1918 –  1994) US
Athlete / Softball/Baseball/ Basketball


Kenneth Anger (1927 – ) US
Actor / Director


James Bridges (1936 – 1993 ) US
Screenwriter / Director


Victor Buono (1938 –  1982) US
Comedian / Actory


Emile Griffith (1938 – ) US
Boxer


Dave Davies (1947 – ) UK
Singer / Musician


Nathan Lane (1956 – ) US
Actor / Singer


Marlon Riggs (1957 – 1994) US
Director / Poet / Activist


Lizzie Borden (1958 – ) US
Director


Ferzan Ozpetek (1959 – ) Turkish / Italian
Director / Screenwriter


Gengoroh Tagame (1964 – ) Japanese
Manga Artist


Hong Seok-Cheon (1971 – ) South Korean
Actor


Jason Ricci (1974 – ) US
Singer / Musician


Daniel Allen Cox (1976 – ) Canadian
Author


Antonio Madiera (1981 – ) US US
Porn

Died this day

Joe Meek (1929 - 1967) UK
Composer / Record Producer / Lyricist


Robert Duncan (1919 - 1988 ) US
Poet


Alexis King (?? - 2006 ) US
Murder Victim


Maria Schneider (1952 – 2011)French
Actress, best known for playing Jeanne, opposite Marlon Brando, in the 1972 film Last Tango in Paris.

Sodomy in history, February 3rd

1859 — Kansas reduces the penalty for sodomy from 10 years-life to a maximum of 10 years.

1942 — The West Virginia Supreme Court rules that emission is not required for conviction of sodomy.

1958 — A New York court dismisses a disorderly conduct charge against a Gay man, saying there was no evidence that he did anything wrong.

1960 — The Ohio Supreme Court denies a habeas corpus release from prison for sodomy. The U.S. Supreme Court later refuses to hear the case.

1964 — The New Mexico Supreme Court rules that, since the state’s sodomy law prescribes only a minimum penalty, a sentence of life imprisonment is permissible.

Sources:

Wikipedia

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On this gay day

Calendar of Sodomy, February