Events this day in Queer History
2008 – Bill passed in Victoria, Australia to allow registered partnerships (effective 1st December 2008)
Born this day
Alfred Redl (1864 – 1913) Austrian
Soldier
Harold Monro (1879 – 1932) UK
Poet
Sylvia Beach (1887 – 1962) US
Author
Malka Drucker (1945 – ) US
Rabbi / Author
Franco Grillini (1955 – ) Italian
Politician / Activist
Sean Mathias (1956 – ) UK
Actor / Director / Screenwriter
Terry George (1965 – ) UK
Entrepreneur / Club Owner / Photographer / Columnist
Kevin Williamson (1965 – ) US
Screenwriter
Mary Cheney (1969 – ) US
Businesswoman
Kayne Gillaspie (1979 – ) US
Reality TV [Project: Runway] / Fashion Designer
Bruno Balz (1902 - 1988 ) German
Songwriter
Howard Ashman US
Playwright / Songwriter / Director / Producer (1950 - 1991)
Ryan Skipper (1981 - 2007) US
Hate Crime Victim
Soldier
Harold Monro (1879 – 1932) UK
Poet
Sylvia Beach (1887 – 1962) US
Author
Malka Drucker (1945 – ) US
Rabbi / Author
Franco Grillini (1955 – ) Italian
Politician / Activist
Sean Mathias (1956 – ) UK
Actor / Director / Screenwriter
Terry George (1965 – ) UK
Entrepreneur / Club Owner / Photographer / Columnist
Kevin Williamson (1965 – ) US
Screenwriter
Mary Cheney (1969 – ) US
Businesswoman
Kayne Gillaspie (1979 – ) US
Reality TV [Project: Runway] / Fashion Designer
Died this day
Bruno Balz (1902 - 1988 ) German
Songwriter
Howard Ashman US
Playwright / Songwriter / Director / Producer (1950 - 1991)
Ryan Skipper (1981 - 2007) US
Hate Crime Victim
Sodomy in history, March
1778 - Gotthold Frederick Enslin was the first American soldier dismissed from the army for homosexuality.
1848 — Virginia changes the penalty for sodomy to 1-5 years for free persons and keeps the death penalty for slaves.
1878 — Virginia raises the minimum penalty for sodomy from 1 to 2 years.
1890 — Wyoming amends its sodomy law to prohibit fellatio, but not cunnilingus. The maximum penalty for sodomy also is reduced from life to 5 years.
1955 — The Colorado Supreme Court upholds a sodomy conviction and says the psychopathic offender law is optional with sentencing judges. The defendant wished to be declared such, but the court said that only "dangerous" offenders were. Despite not being "dangerous," he received 2-6 years in prison.
1962 — The Arizona Supreme Court upholds the fellatio conviction of a man with a teenage male. He acknowledged being Gay and said that the arresting police might be, too.
1963 — Nevada prohibits the release of anyone convicted under the "crime against nature" law unless certified by psychiatrists as not harmful to the health, safety or morals of others.
1990 — The Idaho Court of Appeals finds a privacy interest in sex in enclosed restroom stalls.
1848 — Virginia changes the penalty for sodomy to 1-5 years for free persons and keeps the death penalty for slaves.
1878 — Virginia raises the minimum penalty for sodomy from 1 to 2 years.
1890 — Wyoming amends its sodomy law to prohibit fellatio, but not cunnilingus. The maximum penalty for sodomy also is reduced from life to 5 years.
1955 — The Colorado Supreme Court upholds a sodomy conviction and says the psychopathic offender law is optional with sentencing judges. The defendant wished to be declared such, but the court said that only "dangerous" offenders were. Despite not being "dangerous," he received 2-6 years in prison.
1962 — The Arizona Supreme Court upholds the fellatio conviction of a man with a teenage male. He acknowledged being Gay and said that the arresting police might be, too.
1963 — Nevada prohibits the release of anyone convicted under the "crime against nature" law unless certified by psychiatrists as not harmful to the health, safety or morals of others.
1990 — The Idaho Court of Appeals finds a privacy interest in sex in enclosed restroom stalls.
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