Monday, 3 February 2014

February 3rd in Queer History

Born this day

Gertrude Stein (1874 –  1946) US
Author

Helen Stephens (1918 –  1994) US
Athlete / Softball/Baseball/ Basketball

Kenneth Anger (1927 – ) US
Actor / Director

James Bridge(1936 – 1993 ) US
Screenwriter / Director

Victor Buono (1938 –  1982) US
Comedian / Actory

Emile Griffith (1938 – ) US
Boxer

Dave Davies (1947 – ) UK
Singer / Musician

Nathan Lane (1956 – ) US
Actor / Singer

Marlon Riggs (1957 – 1994) US
Director / Poet / Activist

Lizzie Borden (1958 – ) US
Director

Ferzan Ozpetek (1959 – ) Turkish / Italian
Director / Screenwriter

Gengoroh Tagame (1964 – ) Japanese
Manga Artist

Hong Seok-Cheon (1971 – ) South Korean
Actor

Jason Ricci (1974 – ) US
Singer / Musician

Daniel Allen Cox (1976 – ) Canadian
Author

Antonio Madiera (1981 – ) US US
Porn

Died this day

Joe Meek (1929 - 1967) UK
Composer / Record Producer / Lyricist

Robert Duncan (1919 - 1988 ) US
Poet

Alexis King (?? - 2006 ) US
Murder Victim


Maria Schneider (1952 – 2011)French
Actress, best known for playing Jeanne, opposite Marlon Brando, in the 1972 film Last Tango in Paris.

Sodomy in history, February 3rd


1859 — Kansas reduces the penalty for sodomy from 10 years-life to a maximum of 10 years.
1942 — The West Virginia Supreme Court rules that emission is not required for conviction of sodomy.
1958 — A New York court dismisses a disorderly conduct charge against a Gay man, saying there was no evidence that he did anything wrong.
1960 — The Ohio Supreme Court denies a habeas corpus release from prison for sodomy. The U.S. Supreme Court later refuses to hear the case.
1964 — The New Mexico Supreme Court rules that, since the state’s sodomy law prescribes only a minimum penalty, a sentence of life imprisonment is permissible.

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