Saturday, 26 May 2012

May 26th in Queer History

Born this day

1799 – August Kopisch – German Poet / Painter – Died 6th February 1853
1918 - John Dall – US Actor – Died 15th January 1971
1925 – Alec McCowen – UK Actor
1941 – Reg Bundy – UK Drag Queen [Regina Fong] / Dancer / Actor / Presenter – Died 15th April 2003
1954 – Alan Hollinghurst – UK Author / Poet
1957 – Ulrike Lunacek – Austrian Journalist / Politician
1964 – Caitlin R Kiernan – Irish Author
1978 – John Andrew Quale – US Singer / Songwriter [Prince Poppycock]
1979 – Karolien de Becker – Belgian Presenter
1982 – Cristy Road – US Illustrator
1987 – Sakia Gunn – US Hate Crime Victim – Died 11th May 2003

Died this day


1926 – Lord Arthur Somerset – UK Aristocrat / Royal Horse Guards Major – Born 17th November 1851
1991 – Tom Eyen – US Playwright / Lyricist / Screenwriter / Director – Born 14th August 1940
1995 – Tony Azito – US Dancer / Actor – Born 18th July 1948
2006 – Sudha – Indian Hate Crime Victim – Born ????

Sodomy in history, May 26th 

1864 — Congress creates the Montana Territory and makes no provision for criminal laws, so that sodomy is legal.
1939 — Michigan extends its "gross indecency" law of 1903 to cover sex between two women or between a man and a woman.


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