Born this day
Stephen Tennant (1906 – 1987) UK
Aristocrat
Ronald Magill (1920 – 2007) UK
Actor
Ronnie Tober (1945 – ) Dutch
Singer
Murathan Mungan (1955 – ) Turkish
Poet / Author / Playwright
Viola Canales (1957 – ) US
Author
Peter Bacanovic (1962 – ) US
Stockbroker
John Cameron Mitchell (1963 – ) US
Actor / Director / Screenwriter / Author
Alice Wu (1970 – ) US
Director / Screenwriter
Chagmion Antoine (1982 – ) US
Presenter / Journalist
Aristocrat
Ronald Magill (1920 – 2007) UK
Actor
Ronnie Tober (1945 – ) Dutch
Singer
Murathan Mungan (1955 – ) Turkish
Poet / Author / Playwright
Viola Canales (1957 – ) US
Author
Peter Bacanovic (1962 – ) US
Stockbroker
John Cameron Mitchell (1963 – ) US
Actor / Director / Screenwriter / Author
Alice Wu (1970 – ) US
Director / Screenwriter
Chagmion Antoine (1982 – ) US
Presenter / Journalist
Saint's Day
St Anselm of Canterbury ( - 1109) UK
English Archbishop, whose letters to his circle of close male friends read like homoerotic love letters. He is also notable for dismissing a resolution from the Council of London in 1102 for harsh penalties for men guilty of sodomy, declaring that homosexuality was widespread and few men were embarrassed by it or had even been aware it was a serious matter.
English Archbishop, whose letters to his circle of close male friends read like homoerotic love letters. He is also notable for dismissing a resolution from the Council of London in 1102 for harsh penalties for men guilty of sodomy, declaring that homosexuality was widespread and few men were embarrassed by it or had even been aware it was a serious matter.
Died this day
Eleonora Duse (1858 - 1924) Italian
Actress
John Maynard Keynes (1883 – 1946) UK
Economist / Mathematician – Born 5th June
Edmund Lowe (1890 – 1971 )US
Actor
Rudi Gernreich (1922– 1985) Austrian
Fashion Designer / Activist / Dancer
James Kirkwood Jr (1924 - 1989) US
Author / Playwright
Frank C Moore (1953 – 2002 ) US
Painter
Sodomy in history,
April 21
April 21
1806 — English sailor James Jones receives 24 lashes for sex with another sailor. One month earlier, he had received 18 for a similar offense.
1916 — The Georgia Supreme Court rules that both parties in an act of fellatio are principals.
1965 — The Oregon Court of Appeals rules that consent to sodomy while in a drunken stupor is no consent.
1967 — The Maryland Court of Appeals overturns a sodomy conviction because the arresting police testified that the defendant had a "sex problem."
1976 — The Florida Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of the "unnatural and lascivious act" law without hearing arguments in the case.
1992 — Estonia repeals its sodomy law.
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