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Sunday 31 March 2013

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.
1972 — Vermont 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.
1981 — Montana adds a fine of up to $50,000 for sodomy, but exempts paupers from paying it.


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