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Saturday 31 March 2012

March 31st in Queer History

Born this day

Sergei Diaghilev  (1872 –  1929)  Russian
Art Critic

Richard Chamberlain  (1934 – ) US Actor

Barney Frank  (1940 – ) US
Politician

Alan Duncan  (1957 – ) UK
Politician

Jake Heggie  (1961 – ) US
Composer / Musician

Suzanne Westenhoefer  (1961 – )  US
Comedian / Actress

Alejandro Amenabar  (1972 – )  Chilean
Director

Scott Rennie  (1972 – )  UK
Reverend

Stefan Olsdal  (1974 – ) Swedish
Musician

Romaine Patterson  (1978 – )  US
Author / Presenter / Activist

Died this day

Dario Bellezza   (1944 - 1996)  Italian
Author / Poet / Playwright


Gisele Freund  (1908/12 -  2000 )  French
Photographer

Sodomy in history, March 31st


1860 Pennsylvania enacts an outlaw statute saying that persons who flee when accused of certain crimes—including sodomy—can be found guilty without trial.
1902 Iowa amends its sodomy law to cover oral sex.
1972Vermont amends its oral sex law to eliminate the provision for compulsory confinement in a jail.
1976 — The Florida Supreme Court reverses a conviction for open and gross lewdness of a man who fondled another in a dark bar.
1981Montana adds a fine of up to $50,000 for sodomy, but exempts paupers from paying it.


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