Events this day in Queer History
2009 – Same-sex marriages legalised in Vermont, USA [becoming effective 1stSeptember 2009]Born this day
1872 – Marie Equi – US Doctor / Anarchist – Died 13th July 1952Harry Hay (1912 - 2002 ),UK / US
Activist
Billie Holiday (1915 – 1959) US
Singer
William Eythe (1918 -1957 ) US
Actor
Daniel Emilfork (1924 – 2006) Chilean / French
Actor
Gorden Kaye (1941 – ) UK
Actor
Werner Schroeter (1945 – 2010) German
Director / Screenwriter / Actor
Janis Ian (1951 – ) US
Singer / Musician
Nick Herbert (1963 – ) UK
Politician
Eve Salvail (1973 – ) Canadian
Model / DJ / Singer
Duncan James (1978 – ) UK
Singer / Presenter / Actor
Died this day
El Greco (1541- 1614) Greek PainterLionel Pries (1897 - 1968) Canadian?
MCAA Athletic Director
Marcel Jouhendeau (1888 - 1979) French
Author
Brenda Benet (1945 - 1982) US
Actress
Fernand Legros (1931 - 1983) French
Art Dealer
David Sweetman (1943 - 2002) UK
Author / Poet / Director
Jack Wrangler (1946 - 2009) US
Porn / Actor / Playwright / Director / Producer
Sodomy in history,
April 7
1934 — A California appellate court overturns a lewd & lascivious conduct conviction because the only witness had been coached in his answers.
1959 — A California appellate court upholds the right of a court to reduce the penalty only of one partner in a consensual act of oral copulation.
1972 — Hawaii passes a new criminal code, repealing its sodomy law, raising the number of repeal states to five.
1989 — New Mexico enacts a Uniform Code of Military Justice for its militia and includes a specific sodomy provision.
1995 — Mississippi enacts a sex offender registration law that includes the state’s sodomy law.
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