October 12th in LGBT History

Born this day

Aleister Crowley ( 1875 –  1947) UK
Author / Mountaineer / Poet

Josephine Hutchinson  ( 1903 –  1998 ) US
Actress

Stathis Orphanos  ( 1940 – )  US
Publisher

Arthur Evans  (1942 –   ) US
Author / Activist

Kristen Bjorn  ( 957 –  )  UK
Porn / Director / Producer

Beate Peters  (1959 –  )  German
Javelin

Brian Kennedy  (1966 –  )  UK
Singer / Author

Michael Sandy  (1977 –  2006) US
Hate Crime Victim

Died this day

Nikolai Zverev   (1832 –  1893 )  Russian
Pianist / Teacher

Ricky Wilson  (1953  –  1985) US
Musician / Singer 

Gary Bond   ( 1940  – 1995 )  UK
Actor Born

Matthew Shepard   ( 1976 –  1998)  US
Hate Crime Victim

Christina Smith   ( ???? – 2005)  US
Murder Victim

Sodomy in history, 

October 12th 

1984 — Congress enacts a law repealing the District of Columbia sexual assault reform law of 1981, that had included a repeal of the District’s sodomy law.
1988 — The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals clarifies that only "consensual, heterosexual" activity is constitutionally protected, preventing a more liberal decision of two weeks earlier from becoming precedent. 

Sources:

Wikipedia

glbtq emcyclopedia

On this gay day

Calendar of Sodomy, October