tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91402411234545019382024-03-13T12:46:24.490+00:00Queers in HistoryTerencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504439119402756448noreply@blogger.comBlogger751125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140241123454501938.post-13868436567774065932014-02-21T17:14:00.000+00:002014-02-21T17:14:00.617+00:00February 21st in Queer History<h4 style="text-align: justify;">
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<b>Anais Nin </b><i> (1903 – 1977)</i> French<br />
Author<br />
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<b>W. H. Auden </b> (1907 – 1973) UK / US<br />
Poet<br />
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<b>Humphry Berkeley</b> <i>(1926 – 1994)</i> UK<br />
Politician<br />
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<b><a href="http://queerhistory.blogspot.com/2011/02/february-21-barbara-jordan.html">Barbara Jordan</a> </b><i> (1936 – 1996)</i> US<br />
Politician, who gained national attention for her intelligence, acumen, and oratorical skill as a member of the United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee during hearings on the articles of impeachment against Richard Nixon over the Watergate scandal. In her career as a legislator and educator she was a vigorous proponent of equal rights, especially for African Americans and women. A deeply closeted lesbian, she did not, however, speak out for the cause of glbtq rights.<br />
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<b>Keith Prentice</b> <i>(1940 – 1992) </i>US<br />
Actor<br />
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<b>Sam Garrison </b> <i>(1942 – 2007)</i> US<br />
Lawyer / Activist<br />
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<b><a href="http://itsaqueerworld.blogspot.com/2011/02/david-geffen.html">David Geffen</a> </b> <i>(1943 – ) </i>US<br />
Legendary music promoter, film producer, entertainment business mogul and philanthropist.<br />
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Peter Hitchener (1946 – ) Australian<br />
Presenter<br />
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<b>Phil Reed </b><i> (1949 – 2008)</i> US<br />
Politician<br />
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<b>Isaac Julien </b> <i>(1960 – )</i> UK<br />
Artist / Director<br />
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<b>Chuck Palahnuik</b> <i>(1962 – )</i> US<br />
Author / Journalist<br />
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<b>Jenny Hiloudaki</b> <i>(1968 – )</i> Greek<br />
Model / Author<br />
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<b>Ramy Eletreby</b> <i> (1981 – )</i> US<br />
Actor / Journalist</div>
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<b>Harriet Hosmer </b> <i>(1830 - 1908 )</i> US<br />
Sculptor</div>
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Sodomy in history, February 21st</h4>
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<b>1788 </b>— New York amends its sodomy law to also require the forfeiture of estate of convicted sodomites.<br />
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<b>1903</b> — New York City police raid the Ariston baths and arrest 26 men for sexual activity (the first recorded raid on a US gay bathhouse). 7 later sentenced to between 4 and 20 years imprisonment. The others in the place are released with a warning and made to leave the building passing through a jeering crowd that had gathered.<br />
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<b>1947</b> — A New York court upholds the conviction of a man for public indecency for sending a young man a letter stating his desire to fuck him. A month later, another court frees him because there was actually no law against what he did.<br />
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<b>1963 </b>— American Samoa passes a sodomy law, basing it on the Georgia law, so that two women can not be prosecuted under it.<br />
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<b>1963 </b>— The District of Columbia Court of Appeals upholds another solicitation conviction of a man with the corroborating evidence that he had put forth no character witnesses for himself.<br />
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<b>1975</b> — The Washington Court of Appeals rejects a defendant’s contention that fellatio was not a violation of the state’s sodomy law.</div>
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Terencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504439119402756448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140241123454501938.post-73141829772835920632014-02-20T17:13:00.000+00:002014-02-20T17:13:00.580+00:00February 20th in Queer History<h4 style="text-align: justify;">
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<b>William Lygon</b> (<i>1872 – 1938)</i> UK<br />
Politician<br />
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<a href="http://queerhistory.blogspot.com/2012/02/baron-jacques-dadelsward-france-writer.html"><b>Baron Jacques D’Adelsward-Fersen</b> </a> <i>(1880 – 1923) </i>French<br />
Author / Poet / Aristocrat<br />
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<b>Robert Andrews <i> </i></b><i>(1895 – 1976)</i> UK<br />
Actor<br />
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<b>Roy Cohn </b><i> (1927 – 1986)</i> US<br />
Lawyer / Politician<br />
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<b>Dr Joel Weisman</b> <i> (1943 – 2009) </i> US<br />
Physician<br />
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<b>Torstein Dahle</b> <i>(1947 – ) </i>Norwegian<br />
Politician<br />
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<b>Andre van Duin </b><i>(1947 – )</i> Dutch<br />
Actor / Singer<br />
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<b>Lord John Browne</b> <i>(1948 – ) </i>UK<br />
Businessman<br />
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<b>Mab Segrest </b> (1949 – ) US<br />
Poet / Activist<br />
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<b>Gaetan Dugas </b> (1953 – 1984 ) Canadian<br />
Flight Attendant [Alleged to be Patient Zero in the AIDS epidemic]<br />
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<b>Philip Hensher </b> <i>(1965 – ) </i>UK<br />
Journalist / Author<br />
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<b>Stephen Gendin</b> (1966 – 2000) US<br />
Author / Activist<br />
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<b>Stuart Miles</b> <i>(1970 – ) </i>UK<br />
Presenter<br />
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<b>Calpernia Addams</b> <i>(1971 – ) </i>US<br />
Author / Activist / Actress / Musician<br />
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<b>Aditya Bondyopadhyay </b> <i>(1972 – ) </i>Indian<br />
Lawyer / Activist<br />
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<b>Jeremy Jordan </b> (1978 – ) Canadian / US<br />
Porn<br />
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<b>Adrian Lamo</b> <i> (1981 – ) </i>US<br />
Journalist</div>
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<b>Laurence Housman </b><i>( 1865 - 1959) </i>UK<br />
Playwright / Author / Illustrator<br />
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<b>Anthony Asquith </b><i> (1902 - 1968)</i> UK Director<br />
<b><br /></b><b>John Paul Hudson </b>(<i>1929 - 2002 )</i> US Activist / Journalist<br />
<b><br /></b><b><a href="http://queering-the-church.blogspot.com/2012/02/remembering-marcella-althaus-reid.html">Marcella Althaus-Reid</a></b> <i>(? - 2009 )</i> Argentinian<br />
Theologian, who applied the principles of the liberation theology she she applied in Argentina under the military theology, to sexual liberation and feminist theology. She was a pioneer in the development of queer theology, best known for her landmark books "Indecent Theology" and "The Queer God".<br />
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<b>Jason Wood</b> <i>(1972 -2010)</i> UK<br />
Singer / Drag Queen [Cher Travesty] </div>
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<b>1775 </b>— In Frisia, the Netherlands, two teenage servants are banished for three years for "toleration of sodomy."<br />
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<b>1852 </b>— Delaware eliminates the flogging penalty for sodomy and substitutes time in the pillory before imprisonment.<br />
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<b>1939</b> — The Indiana Supreme Court rejects the contention of a man and woman convicted of sodomy that oral sex only between people of the same sex is sodomy.<br />
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<b>1959</b> — The Idaho Supreme Court upholds the sodomy conviction of Gordon Larsen, one of the Boise victims, despite inflammatory remarks by prosecutors at his trial. The U.S. Supreme Court refuses to review the decision.<br />
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<b>1973</b> — The District of Columbia Court of Appeals rejects a First Amendment challenge to Gay men soliciting for sex.<br />
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<b>1974</b> — A California appellate court rejects a challenge to the constitutionality of the state’s oral copulation law.</div>
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Terencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504439119402756448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140241123454501938.post-86812259960244573992014-02-19T17:10:00.000+00:002014-02-19T17:10:01.010+00:00February 19th in Queer History<h4 style="text-align: justify;">
Events this day in Queer History</h4>
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<b>2009 </b>– North Dakota Senate votes to include LGBT in the Human Rights Act<br />
<b>2010 </b>– Football V Homophobia launches in the UK</div>
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<b>F. O. Matthiessen </b> <i>(1902 – 1950)</i> US<br />
Historian / Literary Critic<br />
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<b>Carson McCullers </b> <i>(1917 – 1967 )</i> US<br />
Author / Playwright<br />
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<b>George Rose</b> <i>(1920 – 1988)</i> UK<br />
Actor / Murder Victim<br />
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<b>Dudley Cave</b> <i>(1921 – 1999)</i> UK<br />
Activist<br />
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<a href="http://itsaqueerworld.blogspot.com/2010/02/sheila-kuehl-california-state.html">Sheila Kuehl </a>(1941 - ), US<br />
California state legilator<br />
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<b>Stuart Challender </b><i>(1947 – 1991)</i> Australian<br />
Conductor<br />
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<b>Jackie Curtis </b> <i>(1947 – 1985)</i> US<br />
Actress / Poet / Playwright<br />
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<b>Pim Fortuyn </b> (1948 – 2002)<br />
Dutch Politician<br />
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<b>Lari Pittman</b> (1952 – ) US<br />
Artist<br />
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<b>Stephen F Kolzak</b> (1953 - 1990) US<br />
Director<br />
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<b>Justin Fashanu</b> <i> (1959/61 - 1998)</i> UK<br />
Footballer who was known by his early clubs to be gay, and came out to the press later in his career, to become the first and only English professional footballer to be openly homosexual. Until former France international Olivier Rouyer came out in 2008, Fashanu was still the only professional footballer in the world to disclose that he was gay. Fashanu hanged himself in May 1998,at a time when he was wanted in the United States on charges of sexually assaulting a teenager in Maryland. In his suicide note, he insisted that the sex had been consensual.<br />
Since his death, he has been frequently held up as a role model, to encourage other sporting figures to come out publicly.<br />
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<b>Jaime Bayly</b> <i>(1965 – )</i> Peruvian / US<br />
Author / Journalist / Presenter<br />
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<b>Dallas Angguish</b> <i>(1968 – )</i> Australian<br />
Author / Poet<br />
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<b>Beth Ditto </b> (1981 – ) US<br />
Singer</div>
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<b>Andre Gide</b> <i>(1869 - 1951)</i> French<br />
Author<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Suzanne Malherbe</b> <i>(1892 - 1972) </i>French<br />
Artist<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Eric Stryker</b> (1954 - 1988) US<br />
Porn<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Derek Jarman</b> (1942 - 1994) UK<br />
Director / Screenwriter<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Charles Trenet </b><i>(</i><i>1913 - 2001)</i> French<br />
Singer / Author<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Sylvia Rivera </b> <i>(1951 - 2002 ) </i>US<br />
Activist </div>
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Sodomy in history, February 19th</h4>
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<b>1821 </b>— Maine enacts a new sodomy law. It retains the male-only provision of the Massachusetts statute, but sets a one-year minimum penalty.<br />
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<b>1926 </b>— A California appellate court upholds a sodomy conviction based on photographs without any relationship to the case found in the defendant’s vest.</div>
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Terencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504439119402756448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140241123454501938.post-47059306004744435622014-02-18T17:03:00.000+00:002014-02-18T17:03:00.774+00:00February 18th in Queer History<h4 style="text-align: justify;">
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<b>Tuulikki Pietila</b> <i>(1917 – 2009)</i> Finnish<br />
Artist<br />
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<b>David March </b><i>(1925 – 1999)</i> UK<br />
Actor<br />
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<b>Ned Sherrin </b> <i>(1931 – 2007)</i> UK<br />
Presenter / Author / Director<br />
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<b>Duane Michals</b> <i>(1932 – )</i> US<br />
Photographer<br />
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<b>Audre Lorde</b> <i>(1934 – 1992)</i> US<br />
Author / Poet / Activist<br />
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<b>David Ehrenstein</b> <i>(1947 – ) </i>US<br />
Film Critic / Journalist / Author / Blogger<br />
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<b>Margaret Smith</b> <i>(1961 – )</i> UK<br />
Politician<br />
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<b>Christopher Sieber</b> (1969 – ) US<br />
Actor / Singer<br />
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<b>Ben Harvey </b> (1979 – ) US<br />
Presenter</div>
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<b>Michelangelo</b> <i> (1475 - 1564 )</i> Italian<br />
Sculptor / Painter / Architect / Poet / Engineer<br />
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<b>Charlotte Cushman</b> <i>(1816 - 1876 ) </i>US<br />
Actress / Singer / Playwright / Director<br />
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<b>Scott O’Hara </b> <i>(1961 - 1998 )</i> US<br />
Porn / Poet / Editor / Publisher / Author<br />
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<b>Laurel Hester </b> <i>(1956 - 2006)</i> US<br />
Police Officer<br />
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<b><a href="http://queerhistory.blogspot.com/2012/02/barbara-gittings-pioneer-lgbt-activist.html">Barbara Gittings</a></b> <i>(1932 - 2007)</i> US<br />
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A prominent American activist for gay equality. She organized the New York chapter of the Daughters of Bilitis (DOB) from 1958 to 1963, edited the national DOB magazine The Ladder from 1963 to 1966, and worked closely with Frank Kameny in the 1960s on the first picket lines that brought attention to the ban on employment of gay people by the largest employer in the US at that time: the United States government.<br />
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<b>1854 </b>— Alabama is the first state in the nation to make conviction of the "crime against nature" a specific grounds for divorce.<br />
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<b>1893 </b>— The Washington Supreme Court notes that Washington has no sodomy law, even though it is indictable under the common-law statute.<br />
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<b>1930</b> — The Iowa Supreme Court upholds a sodomy conviction despite "conflict and contradictions" in the testimony.<br />
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<b>1937</b> — Vermont outlaws oral sex, which the statute calls "fellation."<br />
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<b>1957</b> — The Arkansas Supreme Court upholds the sodomy conviction of a man committed on a blind boy of borderline intelligence, after the trial judge determined him competent to testify because "he believes in God" and had the Bible read to him.</div>
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Terencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504439119402756448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140241123454501938.post-43984662940746840602014-02-17T16:58:00.000+00:002014-02-17T16:58:00.028+00:00February 17th in Queer History<h4 style="text-align: justify;">
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<b>Arcangelo Corelli</b> (1653 – 1713) Italian<br />
Composer / Violinist<br />
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<b>Friedrich Alfred Krupp</b> <i>(1854 - 1902)</i>, German.<br />
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German industrialist, of the Krupp steel manufacturing company, taking over the leadership of his father's company in 1887. He committed suicide in 1902, a week after the Social Democratic magazine Vorwärts claimed in an article that Friedrich Alfred Krupp was homosexual, and that he had a number of liaisons with local boys and men.</div>
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<b>Sir Alan Bates</b> (1934 - 2003) UK<br />
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Although he was married to Victoria Ward from 1970 until her death from a wasting disease in 1992, Bates had numerous homosexual relationships throughout his life, including those with actors Nickolas Grace and Peter Wyngarde, and Olympic skater John Curry. In 1994 Curry died from AIDS in Bates's arms.<br />
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<b>Claudia Schoppmann </b><i> (1958 – )</i> German<br />
Historian / Author<br />
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<b>Angela Eagle</b><i> (1961 – ) </i>UK<br />
Politician<br />
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<b>Cheryl Jacques </b> (1962 – ) US<br />
Politician / Activist<br />
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<b>Peterson Toscano</b> (1965 – ) US<br />
Playwright / Actor / Blogger / Comedian / Activist / Minister<br />
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<b>Peter Karlsson </b><i>(1966 – 1995)</i> Swedish Ice Hockey<br />
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<b>Billie Joe Armstrong</b><i> (1972 – )</i> US<br />
Singer / Musician<br />
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<b>Antton Harri</b> (<i>1974 – )</i> Spanish<br />
Porn<br />
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<b>Harisu</b> <i>(1975 – )</i> South Korean<br />
Singer / Model / Actress<br />
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<b>Eric Magyar</b> <i>(1975/6 – ??)</i><br />
Porn / Director</div>
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<b>Jack Cole </b><i> (1911 - 1974) </i>US<br />
Dancer / Choreographer<br />
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<b>Randy Shilts </b><i>(1951 - 1994 ) </i>US<br />
Author / Journalist<br />
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<b>Sybille Bedford</b> <i>(1911 - 2006) </i>UK<br />
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1755 — Georgia enacts a law making it a crime to deny that Georgian laws are in force, thus showing that English laws are not recognized. Since Georgia has no sodomy law, this shows that the English sodomy law was not considered in force.<br />
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1905 — In Ohio, a man is sent to the State Reformatory for sodomy even though the records state that he "proved" his absence from the crime scene. He spends two years in the Reformatory.<br />
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1923 — Utah amends its sodomy law to outlaw oral sex and to increase the penalty to 3-20 years.<br />
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1950 — Georgia repeals its ban on probation for sodomy.</div>
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<a href="http://onthisgayday.blogspot.com/">On this gay day</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/calendar_for_february.htm">Calendar of Sodomy, February</a><br />
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Terencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504439119402756448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140241123454501938.post-50057912203414702682014-02-16T16:57:00.000+00:002014-02-16T16:57:00.462+00:00February 16th in Queer History<h4 style="text-align: justify;">
Born this day</h4>
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<b>Katharine Cornell </b><i>(1893 – 1974)</i> US<br />
Actress<br />
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<b>John Schlesinger </b><i>(1926 – 2003)</i><br />
US Actor / Director<br />
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<b>Paul Bailey</b> <i>(1937 – )</i> UK<br />
Author<br />
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John Corigliano <i>(1938 – ) </i>US<br />
Composer<br />
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<b>Steve Kmetko</b> (1953 – ) US<br />
Presenter<br />
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<b>John Balance</b> <i>(1962 – )</i> UK<br />
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<b>Truong Tan</b> <i>(1963 – )</i> Vietnamese<br />
Artist<br />
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<b>Michele Clarke</b> <i>(1973 – ) </i>Trinidad & Tobago / Canadian<br />
Director / Author<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Aaron Tanner </b> <i>(1973/75 – ) </i>US<br />
Porn<br />
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<b>John Tartaglia </b> <i>(1978 – )</i> US<br />
Actor / Puppeteer / Singer<br />
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<b>Cameron Jackson</b> <i>(1986 – ) </i>Czech<br />
Porn</div>
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Died this day</h4>
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<b>Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden</b> <i>(1856 - 1931)</i> German<br />
Photographer<br />
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<b>Keith Haring </b> <i>(1958 - 1990 ) </i> US<br />
Artist and social activist whose work responded to the New York City street culture of the 1980s.<br />
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Karlien Carstens (? - 2005 )Namibian<br />
Murder Victim<br />
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<b>Aycan Yener</b> (?? – 2010 )Turkish<br />
Hate Crime Victim</div>
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<b>1843 — </b>The Iowa Territory passes its own criminal code and makes no reference to sodomy or common-law crimes, keeping it legal.<br />
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<b>1923 — </b>The Wisconsin Attorney General issues an opinion that any person convicted of sodomy can have a professional license taken away.<br />
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<b>1945 —</b> The District of Columbia Court of Appeals upholds an "indecent assault" conviction in a case of consensual sex in the absence of a sodomy law.<br />
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<b>1951 — </b>The District of Columbia Court of Appeals upholds a solicitation conviction and rejects the argument that the defendant could not be guilty because of his honorable discharge from the military.<br />
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<b>1968 —</b> The Maine Supreme Court upholds a sodomy conviction even though there are doubts as to the truthfulness of the accusations.<br />
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<b>1972 — </b>The Maryland Court of Special Appeals rules that the state’s sodomy law applies to married couples.</div>
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<a href="http://onthisgayday.blogspot.com/">On this gay day</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/calendar_for_february.htm">Calendar of Sodomy, February</a></div>
Terencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504439119402756448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140241123454501938.post-39768541048559943132014-02-14T05:00:00.000+00:002014-02-14T05:00:01.900+00:00Valentine's Day: February 14th in Queer History <br />
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<b>Kevyn Aucoin</b> <i>(1962 – 2002</i>) US</div>
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Make-up artist and photographer. As a child, he used to frequently did his sisters' makeup and photographed the results. After dropping out of high school as a result of continuous bullying, he enrolled in beauty school, hoping to learn more about applying make-up - but ended up teaching the class instead.</div>
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He later moved to New York, where he was did several photo shoots and covers for Vogue and Cosmopolitan, and then worked for Revlon and the Japanese cosmetics giant Shiseido.</div>
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<b>Karen Dior </b><i>(1967 – 2004)</i> US</div>
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Transgender adult film performer, director, and singer, best known as a pioneer in popularizing adult films involving transsexual people.</div>
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<b>M. C. Brennan </b><i>(1969 – )</i> US</div>
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Rock vocalist, screenwriter and filmmaker.</div>
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<b>Angela Robinson </b><i>(1971 – )</i> US</div>
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Film and television director, screenwriter and producer. She is married to fellow television writer and director Alexandra Kondracke</div>
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<b>Lisa-Marie Vizaniari</b> <i>(1971 – )</i> Australian</div>
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Retired Australian discus thrower, who competed in the Olympics in 1996 and 2000, in the World Championships in 1997 and in the Commonwealth Games in 1990,1994, 1998</div>
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<b>Rie Rasmussen</b> <i>(1978 – )</i> Danish</div>
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Actress, film director, writer, and photographer.</div>
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<b>Seany O’Kane</b> <i>(1982 – )</i> UK</div>
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<b>Milo & Elijah Peters</b> <i>(1990 – )</i> Czech</div>
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<b>Tony Holiday</b> <i>(1951 - 1990 )</i> German</div>
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Pop singer and songwriter. He led a clandestine homosexual lifestyle,and died on Valentines Day, 1990 of AIDS at the age 38</div>
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<b>Dick Martin</b> <i>(1927 - 1990 </i>) US</div>
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Artist who illustrated a number of books related to The Oz books series.In addition to books, he designed greeting cards, post cards, and posters.</div>
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<b>Don Slater </b><i>(1923 - 1997 )</i> US</div>
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An early leader in the struggle for glbtq rights. He was the founder of the early gay magazine ONE,and also an activist for several gay causes in Los Angeles.</div>
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<b>Joel Dorius </b><i>(1919 - 2006 )</i> US</div>
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One of three gay professors of literature caught in a pornography scandal and forced out by Smith College in 1960 only to be exonerated in a celebrated case of sexual McCarthyism</div>
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<b>1635</b> — Two men are charged with sodomy in New Hampshire, but are not prosecuted, because it was not thought "fit" to try them there.</div>
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<b>1787</b> — New York, which has been operating under the English sodomy statute for nearly a century, passes its own law, retaining the death penalty.</div>
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<b>1902 </b>— A New York appellate court overturns the sodomy conviction of a man for sex with a teenager of limited mentality whose father coached him in what to say in trial.</div>
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<b>1963</b> — The Washington Supreme Court upholds a sodomy conviction after the "victim" was asked leading questions in the trial.</div>
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<b>1973</b> — An Oklahoma appellate court upholds a sentence of 15 years in prison for consensual sodomy.</div>
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<b>1975</b> — Virginia passes a new criminal code, keeps consensual sodomy as a felony, and increases the maximum penalty from three to five years.</div>
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<a href="http://onthisgayday.blogspot.com/">On this gay day</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/calendar_for_february.htm">Calendar of Sodomy, February</a></div>
Terencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504439119402756448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140241123454501938.post-13115155704228160462014-02-12T05:00:00.001+00:002014-02-12T05:00:02.770+00:00February 12th in Queer History<br />
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Events this day in Queer History</h4>
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<b>1999</b> – First National Freedom to Marry Day in the USA (then held annually on this date)<br />
<b>2009</b> – Hungarian government approve a new registered partnership bill giving the same rights as marriage except in adoption and taking the same surname<br />
<b>2009 </b>– Civil Union Bill passed in Hawaii, USA</div>
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<b>Philip, Prince of Eulenburg</b> (1847 – 1921) German<br />
Politician<br />
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<b>Robert Boothby, Baron Boothby</b> <i>(1900 – 1986)</i> UK<br />
Politician<br />
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<b>Franco Zeffirelli</b> <i>(1923 – )</i> Italian<br />
Director<br />
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<b>Andy Milligan</b> <i>(1929 – 1991)</i> US<br />
Playwright / Screenwriter / Actor / Editor / Producer / Director<br />
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<b>Paul Shenar</b> <i>(1936 – 1989)</i> US<br />
Actor<br />
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<b>John Blankenstein </b>(? - 2006) Dutch<br />
Football Referee<br />
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<b>Patrick Quinn</b> <i>(1950 – 2006)</i> US<br />
Actor<br />
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<b>Frans Mulder</b> (1953 – ) Dutch<br />
Actor / Singer / Comedian<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Chad Johnson</b> (1960/2 – )US<br />
Porn / Hairdresser<br />
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<b>Lourdes Perez</b> (1961 – ) Puerto Rican<br />
Singer / Songwriter / Musician / Composer / Poet<br />
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<b>Jacqueline Woodson</b> (1963/4 – ) US<br />
Author</div>
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<a href="http://queeringthechurch.com/2012/02/12/mary-marinos-of-alexandria-transman-monk-and-saint/">St Mary /Marinos of Alexandria</a> <i>(? - July 19th 508)</i>, Lebanon / Egypt<br />
Ttransman, monk and Christian saint.<br />
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<b>Olive Custance</b> <i>(1874 - 1944 )</i> UK<br />
Poet<br />
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<b>Sal Mineo</b> <i>(1939 - 1976 )</i> US<br />
Actor / Murder Victim<br />
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Poet and political activist, best known for her poems about equality, feminism, social justice, and Judaism. Her poetry, which breaks the silence of many aspects of female experience, has been enormously important to many feminist and lesbian readers.</div>
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Details of Rukeyser's personal life remain a matter of speculation. However, in 1978, she accepted an invitation to participate in a Lesbian Poetry Reading at the annual conference of the Modern Language Association<br />
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<b>Peggy Gilbert</b> (1905 - 2007) US<br />
Musician / Band Leader<br />
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<b>Randy Stone</b> <i>(1958 - 2007) </i>US<br />
Actor / Casting Director / Producer</div>
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<b>1951 —</b> The Missouri Supreme Court rules that consent is no defense to a charge of sodomy.<br />
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<b>1992 — </b>The Oregon Court of Appeals rules that the state’s public indecency law preempts local ones and that, under the controlling state law, public nudity must be for purposes of sexual gratification in order to trigger a violation.<br />
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<b>1999 —</b> The Montana House defeats a bill to remove the invalidated sodomy law from the books on a 50-50 tie.</div>
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<em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">A self-proclaimed “forceful supporter of civil rights and those whose voices are not heard,” Baldwin spearheaded efforts to pass inclusive hate crimes legislation and the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment_Non-Discrimination_Act" rel="wikipedia" title="Employment Non-Discrimination Act">Employment Non- Discrimination Act</a> (ENDA)</span>.</em><em> </em></blockquote>
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Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin is the first out lesbian elected to the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.house.gov/" rel="homepage" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a>. As of 2011, she was one of four openly gay members and the first openly gay non-incumbent elected to Congress. In November 2012, she won election to the US Senate election for Wisconsin. In doing so, she became the first openly lesbian or gay US senator.<br />
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Born in Madison, Wisconsin, Baldwin was raised by her mother and maternal grandparents. She graduated from high school at the top of her class and attended Smith College, where she majored in government and mathematics.<br />
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In 1986, Baldwin was elected to the Dane County Board of Supervisors, her first public office. During this time, she earned her degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School. After practicing law from 1989 to 1992, she won a seat in the Wisconsin State Assembly. </div>
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In 1998, Baldwin was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, making her the first congresswoman from Wisconsin. She was elected to her sixth term in 2008. She serves on the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee of Energy and Commerce and on the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Judiciary_Subcommittee_on_the_Constitution%2C_Civil_Rights%2C_and_Civil_Liberties" rel="wikipedia" title="United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties">Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties</a> of the Committee of the Judiciary. </div>
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Baldwin is a leading advocate for universal health care, as well as a proponent of renewable fuel sources and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. </div>
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A self-proclaimed “forceful supporter of civil rights and those whose voices are not heard,” Baldwin spearheaded efforts to pass inclusive hate crimes legislation and the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). She has authored legislation that would extend benefits for same-sex partners to federal employees. </div>
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Baldwin lives with her partner, Lauren Azar.</div>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">Canon, David T., “First things first: Democrat Tammy Baldwin's Wisconsin win blended professionalism, people power” <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00098S5AK?ie=UTF8&tag=glhimo-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00098S5AK" style="color: #0000cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Campaigns & Elections</span>.</a> 1 May 2009</span></li>
<li><a href="http://tammybaldwin.house.gov/" style="color: #0000cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin’s Official Web site</span></a></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Nichols, John. "Tammy Baldwin's Turn."</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat/1601" style="color: #0000cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">The Nation</span></span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat/1601" style="color: #0000cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">.</a> 27 May 2009</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">"Tammy Baldwin" <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammy_Baldwin" style="color: #0000cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></span>. 27 May 2009</li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Outrage-Jim-McGreevey/dp/B0027BOL4Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1248185967&sr=1-1" style="color: #0000cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Outrage</a> (2009) </span></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wryjYgmVWJI" style="color: #0000cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Rep. Tammy Baldwin on "The Rachel Maddow Show"</a> </li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqx7ZtQof3U" style="color: #0000cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Tammy Baldwin speaks about coming out at work </a></span></li>
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Terencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504439119402756448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140241123454501938.post-84966357024176997622014-02-11T05:00:00.000+00:002014-02-11T05:00:01.202+00:00February 11th in Queer History<br />
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<b>John Wallowitch </b> (1926 – 2007) US<br />
Singer<br />
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Pratibha Parmar (1955 – ) UK<br />
Director / Producer / Author<br />
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<b>Tammy Baldwin</b> (1962 – )<br />
US Politician<br />
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<b>Aubrey O’Day</b> (1984 – ) US<br />
Reality TV [Making the Band]/ Singer / Actress / Songwriter / Fashion Designer<br />
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<b>Lori Shannon</b> (1938 - 1984 )US<br />
Drag Queen<br />
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<b>George Hopkins</b> (1896 - 1985 ) US<br />
Set Designer<br />
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<b>Mark Ashton</b> (1961 - 1987) UK<br />
Activist<br />
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<b>Bernard Price</b> <i>(1925 - 2000)</i> UK<br />
Actor<br />
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<b>Alexander McQueen </b><i>(1969 - 2010 ) </i>UK<br />
Fashion Designer</div>
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<b>1779</b> — Vermont adopts English common law, making sodomy a capital crime.<br />
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<b>1860 </b>— Texas passes a sodomy law, going off the common-law crimes statute. The new penalty is 2-15 years.<br />
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<b>1958</b> — A New York appellate court overturns the disorderly conduct conviction of a man because there was absolutely no proof that he had loitered or solicited.<br />
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<b>1963</b> — Colorado restores the "crime against nature" law to its indeterminate sentencing law.<br />
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<b>1974 </b>— The District of Columbia Court of Appeals rules that Gay bath houses are public nuisances per se.</div>
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<a href="http://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/calendar_for_february.htm">Calendar of Sodomy, February</a></div>
Terencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504439119402756448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140241123454501938.post-55405343002492474822014-02-10T05:00:00.000+00:002014-02-10T05:00:01.885+00:00February 10 th in Queer History<br />
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<b>Anne Kaiser </b> <i>(1968 – ) </i>US<br />
Politician<br />
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<b>Nichcalo Dion Crayton [Jazzmun]</b> (1969 – ) US<br />
Drag Queen / Actor / Entertainer<br />
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<b>Ivri Lider </b> (1974 – ) Israeli<br />
Singer / Musician<br />
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<b>Brent Everett</b> (1984– ) Canadian<br />
Porn / Director / Actor </div>
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<b>Paul Monette</b> (1945 - 1995 ) US<br />
Author / Activist / Poet<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Edgar de Evia</b> <i>(1910 - 2003 )</i> Mexican / US<br />
Photograper<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Gary Frisch</b> (1969 - 2007 ) UK ,<br />
Businessman</div>
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<b>1798 </b>— Kentucky passes its own sodomy law after six years of living with the law of Virginia.<br />
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<b>1831</b> — A new criminal code in Indiana repeals the state’s sodomy law, but retains the common-law crimes reception statute. This makes sodomy a capital offense again.<br />
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<b>1832</b> — Florida gives juries total discretion to sentence a sodomy (via the common-law reception law) defendant to the penitentiary or to a fine.<br />
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<b>1872 </b>— South Carolina passes a new criminal code, setting the penalty at five years in prison. The code retains the term "buggery."<br />
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<b>1887 </b>— Idaho eliminates the specific reference to life imprisonment for sodomy, but states no maximum.<br />
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<b>1911</b> — In Germany, the League for the Protection of Mothers endorses repeal of the German sodomy law and opposes its extension to cover women, calling it "a serious mistake."<br />
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<b>1950 </b>— A Pennsylvania court convicts a man of sodomy as an accessory before the fact for driving two teenagers to a friends house and watching them have sex.</div>
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Terencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504439119402756448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140241123454501938.post-28315468874916449892014-02-09T05:00:00.000+00:002014-02-09T05:00:00.864+00:00February 9th in Queer History<br />
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<b>2009 </b>– Domestic Partner Registry opens in Phoenix, Arizona, USA</div>
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<b>Amy Lowell</b> <i>(1874 – 1925)</i> US<br />
Poet<br />
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<b>Brendan Behan</b> <i>(1923 – 1964</i>) Irish<br />
Poet / Author / Playwright<br />
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<b>Louis Dusee</b> <i>(1930 – 1999)</i> Dutch<br />
Singer / Actor / Playwright / Presenter<br />
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<b>Sheila James Kuehl </b><i>(1941 – )</i> US<br />
Actress / Politician<br />
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<b>Marc Stevens</b> (1943 – 1989) US<br />
Porn<br />
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<b><a href="http://itsaqueerworld.blogspot.com/2010/02/alice-walker-author-and-feminist.html">Alice Walker</a></b> <i>(1944 – )</i> US<br />
Author / Poet / Activist<br />
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<b>Marie France</b> (1946 – ) French<br />
Actress / Singer<br />
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<b>Gabriel Rotello</b> (1953 –) US<br />
Documentary Writer / Producer<br />
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<b>Jim J Bullock</b> <i>(1955 – )</i> US<br />
Actor<br />
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<b>Holly Johnson</b> <i>(1960 – )</i> UK<br />
Singer<br />
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<b>Michael Brandon</b> <i>(1965 – )</i> US<br />
Porn / Director / Producer<br />
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<b>Christian Vincent</b> <i>(1980 – )</i> Canadian<br />
Dancer / Choreographer / Actor<br />
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<b>Tiffany Berry</b> ( ? - 2006 ) US<br />
Murder Victim<br />
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<a href="http://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/calendar_for_february.htm">Calendar of Sodomy, February</a></div>
Terencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504439119402756448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140241123454501938.post-62596620259392265222014-02-08T05:00:00.000+00:002014-02-08T05:00:00.144+00:00February 8th in Queer History<h4 style="text-align: justify;">
Born this day</h4>
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<b>Georgette LeBlanc</b> <i>(1875 – 1941)</i> French<br />
Singer / Author<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Ralph Chubb</b> <i>(1892 – 1960)</i> US<br />
Poet / Artist<br />
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<b>Elizabeth Bishop</b> <i>(1911 – 1979) </i>US<br />
Poet<br />
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<b>Jack Larson</b> <i>(1928 – )</i> US<br />
Actor / Producer / Screenwriter / Composer<br />
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<b>James Dean</b> <i>(1955 - 1931)</i><br />
US Actor<br />
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<b>Paul Codde</b><i> (1950 – )</i> Belgian<br />
Actor / Presenter<br />
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<b>Rosario Crocetta</b> <i>(1951 – )</i> Italian<br />
Politician<br />
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<b>Joshua Kadison</b> <i>(1963 – )</i> US<br />
Singer / Songwriter / Pianist / Author<br />
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<b>Nicole LeFavour</b> <i>(1964 – )</i> US<br />
Politician / Teacher<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Carlos Montenegro</b> [aka Fredy Navas] <i>(1972 – )</i> Argentina<br />
Porn / Bodybuilder / Personal Trainer / Dancer / Model<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Erik Rhodes</b> <i>(1982 – )</i> US<br />
Porn / Model<br />
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<b>Jim Verraros</b> <i>(1983 – )</i> US<br />
Reality TV<br />
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<b>Raci Ignacio</b> <i>(1985 – )</i> Filipino<br />
Reality TV<br />
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Died this day</h4>
<b>Derya Y </b>(? - 2010 ) Turkish<br />
Hate Crime Victim</div>
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<b>1791</b> — New Hampshire restricts its sodomy law to male-male acts only, and retains the death penalty.<br />
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<b>1826</b> — Delaware lowers the penalty for sodomy from death to 60 lashes given publicly, a $1,000 fine, and three years of solitary confinement in prison.<br />
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<b>1854</b> — Texas amends its common-law reception statute to create specific penalties for common-law crimes, thus eliminating the death penalty for sodomy.<br />
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<b>1949</b> — Georgia reduces the penalty for sodomy from compulsory life imprisonment to 1-10 years.<br />
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<b>1960</b> — A California appellate court upholds the constitutionality of the state’s oral copulation law.<br />
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<b>1963</b> — The District of Columbia Court of Appeals upholds the solicitation conviction of a man with the corroborating evidence that he had put forth no character witnesses for himself.<br />
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<b>1973</b> — The Alabama Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of the state’s sodomy law.</div>
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Terencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504439119402756448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140241123454501938.post-4432733177788963192014-02-07T05:00:00.000+00:002014-02-07T05:00:01.211+00:00February 7th in Queer History<h4 style="text-align: justify;">
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<b>Olive Custance</b> <i>(1874 – 1944)</i> UK<br />
British poet. She was part of the aesthetic movement of the 1890s, and a contributor to The Yellow Book.<br />
Bisexual, in 1901 she became involved in a lesbian relationship with writer Natalie Clifford Barney in Paris, which Barney later included in her memoirs. Custance then became engaged to George Montagu, but ran away and married Lord Alfred Douglas instead.<br />
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<b>Johnny Jordaan</b> <i>(1924 – 1989)</i> Dutch<br />
The pseudonym for Johannes Hendricus van Musscher, a Dutch folk singer. He was well known for his songs about the city of Amsterdam, especially the Jordaan district.<br />
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<b>Gary Bond</b> <i>(1940 – 1995)</i> UK<br />
English actor, best known as a theatrical actor , but also played a number of roles in feature films and on television. Bond was the companion of actor Jeremy Brett from 1969 to 1976. Later, American artist and illustrator E.J. Taylor was Bond's long-term partner from 1979 to 1995.<br />
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<b>Witi Ihimaera</b> <i>(1944 – ) </i>New Zealand<br />
Author, and often regarded as one of the most prominent living Māori writers.<br />
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<b>Steve Bronski</b> <i>(1960 – )</i> UK<br />
Musician, and eponymous member of the British synthpop trio Bronski Beat, who achieved success in the mid 1980s, particularly with the 1984 chart hit "Smalltown Boy". All members of the group were openly gay and their songs reflected this, often containing political commentary on gay-related issues.<br />
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<b>Mark Tewksbury</b> <i>(1968 – )</i> Canadian<br />
Swimmer, best known for winning the gold medal in the 100 metres backstroke at the 1992 Summer Olympics. In December 1998, Tewksbury announced to the Canadian media and people that he was gay. He was the first Canadian athlete to voluntarily state his homosexuality and his announcement drew great public attention. In 1998, he lost a six-figure contract as a motivational speaker because he was "too openly gay. Tewksbury has simce become a prominent advocate for gay rights and gay causes in Canada and the world. On May 16, 2003, Tewksbury joined the board of directors for the 2006 World Outgames in Montreal and was named co-president.<br />
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<b>D. K. Broster</b> <i>(1877 - 1950) </i>UK<br />
British novelist and short-story writer<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Norman Douglas</b> <i>(1868 - 1952)</i> UK<br />
British writer, now best known for his 1917 novel South Wind. His other claim to fame, is to have been possibly the first person to publish a collection of bawdy verse, a set of limericks such as this one:<br />
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There was a young man called McLean<br />
Who invented a f**king machine.<br />
Concave or convex,<br />
It would fit either sex,<br />
And was perfectly simple to clean.<br />
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The verses were accompanied by extensive, mock scholarly annotations.<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Benny Neyman</b> <i>(1951 - 2008)</i> Dutch<br />
Singer<br />
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<b>1706</b> — Queen Anne disallows the 1700 Pennsylvania sodomy law that included flogging and castration provisions, unaware that it had been changed less than a month earlier.<br />
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<b>1877 </b>— The Dakota Territory reduces the maximum penalty for sodomy from life to 10 years.<br />
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<b>1950</b> — The Maine Supreme Court rules that cunnilingus is a "crime against nature."<br />
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<b>1966</b> — The New Jersey Supreme Court overturns the conviction of two prisoners for forcible sodomy on another because a third prisoner said during the trial that all of them had engaged in sodomy with the victim. Evidence also is presented at trial to show that the victim was the lover of one of the defendants.<br />
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<b>1980</b> — The Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds the right of police discriminatorily to enforce prostitution and solicitation laws against Gay men.<br />
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<b>1984</b> — A Michigan appellate court upholds the applicability of the gross indecency law to consenting adults.</div>
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Terencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504439119402756448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140241123454501938.post-61630187179129939942014-02-06T05:00:00.000+00:002014-02-06T05:00:02.071+00:00February 6th in Queer History<h4 style="text-align: justify;">
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<b>Ramon Novarro</b> <i>(1899 – 1968)</i> Mexican<br />
Mexican leading man actor in Hollywood in the early 20th century. He was regarded as the next male "Sex Symbol" after the death of Rudolph Valentino. Novarro had been troubled all his life as a result of his conflicting views over his Roman Catholic religion and his homosexuality, and his life-long struggle with alcoholism is often traced to these issues. Novarro was the victim of a violent extortion attempt which resulted in his death.<br />
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<b>Donald Friend<i> </i></b><i>(1915 – 1989</i>) Australian<br />
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Artist, writer and diarist. Much of Friend's life and career were spent outside Australia, in places as diverse as Nigeria, Italy, Sri Lanka, and Bali .<br />
Friend made "no attempt to disguise the homoeroticism which underlay much of his work", despite winning the Blake Prize for religious art in 1955. Nor did he mince words about his sexual preferences, depicting himself in his journal as "a middle-aged pederast who's going to seed".<br />
Friend also published a number of illustrated books, almost all in limited editions, which displayed the same wit and sensuality that informs much of his art.</div>
<b><br /></b><b>Arthur Gold</b> <i>(1990 - 1917 )</i> US<br />
Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale were an American two-piano ensemble; they were also authors and television cooking show hosts.<br />
Gold and Fizdale met during their student years at the Juilliard School. They formed a lifelong personal and professional partnership based on their common interests of music (forming one of the most important piano duos of the 20th century), travel and cooking.<br />
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<b>Lionel Blue</b> <i>(1930 – )</i> UK<br />
British Reform rabbi, journalist and broadcaster. He was the first British rabbi publicly to declare his homosexuality.<br />
He is best known for his longstanding and respected work with the media, most notably the wry and gentle sense of humour on "Thought for the Day" on BBC Radio 4's Today programme. He is also widely respected in the UK as a journalist, cook and author.<br />
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<b>Adam Faust</b><i> (1974 – )</i> US<br />
Porn / Store Owner<br />
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<b>August Kopisch</b> <i>(1799 - 1853)</i> German<br />
Poet and painter.<br />
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<b>James Merrill</b> <i>(1926 - 1995)</i> US<br />
Poet,whose awards include the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1977) for Divine Comedies.<br />
The Black Swan, a collection of poems Merrill's Amherst professor (and lover) Kimon Friar published privately in Athens, Greece in 1946, was printed in just one hundred copies when Merrill was 20 years old. Merrill's first mature work, The Black Swan is Merrill's scarcest title and considered one of the 20th century's most collectible literary rarities. Later,<br />
Merrill's partner of more than four decades was David Jackson, also a writer.<br />
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<b>Don Dunstan </b>( 1926 -1999) Australian<br />
South Australian politician, Premier of South Australia from 1967 - 1968, and again from 1970 - 1979.<br />
A reformist, Dunstan brought profound change to South Australian society. His socially progressive administration saw Aboriginal land rights recognised, homosexuality decriminalised and the first female judge appointed.<br />
He was married twice during his political career, but after the death of his second wife and subsequent retirement, he took a male life partner, Stephen Cheng, with whom he opened a restaurant called "Don's Table" in 1994, and with whom he lived until his death.</div>
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1907 — The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals rules that juveniles are not entitled to a lesser sentence for sodomy.<br />
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1918 — Two Oregon prisoners file suit against the sterilization law. One is a Gay man convicted of sodomy. He succeeds in convincing the Eugenics Board to change its position regarding him and the straight prisoner decides to allow himself to be castrated.<br />
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1957 — A bill to end the half-century-old ban on probation for sodomy is introduced into the Ohio House of Representatives. It passes committee, but never becomes law.<br />
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1991 — The Maryland Court of Special Appeals rules that a sodomy defendant can not demand an inquiry into the sex practices of his partner to determine if he is an accomplice.</div>
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Terencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504439119402756448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140241123454501938.post-73564427781999595672014-02-05T21:59:00.000+00:002014-02-05T06:46:52.422+00:00William S. Burroughs<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Novelist, born as William Seward Burroughs in St. Louis, Missouri. Heir to the Burroughs Adding Machine Company fortune. As a teenager, Burroughs was sent off to military school at Los Alamos, New Mexico, where he had his first same-sex encounters. He was educated at Harvard and Vienna universities.</div>
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Burroughs fell in love and became obsessed with Ginsberg, and they have remained lifelong friends. Following trouble with the law regarding his drug habits, Burroughs settled in Mexico City with his wife Joan. One night in 1951, after a few drinks, they were entertaining some friends with their "William Tell" routine. She put a whiskey glass on her head and he aimed a pistol at the glass. Although he was an expert marksman, the shot was low and Joan was killed instantly. Burroughs had to leave Mexico.</div>
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His sexual explicitness (he was an avowed and outspoken bisexual) and the frankness with which he dealt with his own experiences as a drug addict won him a following among writers of the Beat movement. With Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, he was one of the founding members of the Beat generation. He was known to be a lover of young boys and in his later years, he lived with his long-time companion James Grauerholtz.</div>
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Junkie: Confessions of an Unreedemed Drug Addict (1953)<br />
Letters to Allen Ginsburg 1953-1957<br />
The Naked Lunch (1959)<br />
Nova Express (1960)<br />
The Soft Machine (1961)<br />
The Ticket that Exploded (1962)<br />
Dead Fingers Talk (1963)<br />
The Wild Boys (1971)<br />
The Place of Dead Roads (1983)<br />
Queer (1986)<br />
The Western Lands (1987)Terencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504439119402756448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140241123454501938.post-52432296511933014962014-02-05T05:00:00.000+00:002014-02-05T05:00:04.112+00:00February 5th in Queer History<h4 style="text-align: justify;">
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<b>William S Burroughs</b><i> (1914 – 1997) </i>US<br />
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<b>Vivica Bandler</b> <i>(1917 – 2004) </i>Finnish<br />
Director<br />
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<b>Ronald Jason Palmieri</b> <i>(1950 – )</i> US<br />
Politician<br />
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<b>Russell Grant</b> (1951 – ) UK<br />
Astrologer / presenter<br />
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<b>Carol Philipps </b>(1965 – 2009) Canadian<br />
Journalist / / Activist / Editor<br />
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<b>Joe Foster </b>(1976 – ) Australian<br />
Porn<br />
<b>Pavel Novotny </b>[aka Jan Dvorak / Jakub Moltin / Max Orloff] – (1977 – ) Czechoslovakian<br />
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<b>Ernst Burchard</b><i> (1876 – 1920)</i> German<br />
Physician / Sexologist / Author / Activist<br />
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<b>Brendan Burke</b> <i>(1988 - 2010 ) </i>Canadian/US<br />
Ice Hockey / Manager</div>
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<b>1957</b> — The Iowa Supreme Court upholds the sodomy conviction of a farmer for fellating consenting teenagers.<br />
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<b>1993</b> — A Texas appellate court upholds a public indecency conviction for masturbating in a public restroom. The police had spied the activity through roof holes. The court finds that, because the activity could have been seen by anyone in the restroom, the police could use the roof holes.</div>
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<b>Cesar Romero </b> <i>(1907 – 1994)</i> US<br />
Film and television actor who was active in film, radio, and television for almost sixty years. His wide range of screen roles included Latin lovers, historical figures in costume dramas, characters in light domestic comedies, and as The Joker in television's Batman series.<br />
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<b>Herman Meijer</b> <i>(1947 – )</i> Dutch<br />
Fprmer politician for the Dutch Greens, he is a graduate architect and urban planner. He has been active politically for the student movement, as a gay activist, and for peace - and anti- racism committees. He was also one of the founders of the movement Christians for Socialism .<br />
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<b><a href="http://itsaqueerworld.blogspot.com/2011/01/bill-t-jones-dancer-and-choreographer.html">Bill T Jones</a></b> <i>(1952 – )</i> US<br />
Artistic director, choreographer and dancer. who has twice won Tony awards for best choreogaphy: in 2007 for "Spring Awakening", and in 2010 for Fela!<br />
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<b>Ernesto Scorsone </b> <i>(1952 – ) </i>US<br />
Politician, lawyer, and judge from Kentucky. A Democrat, he was appointed to the Fayette County Circuit Court in 2008 by Governor Steve Beshear, and later elected to a six-year term on the court. Previously, he had been a member of the Kentucky State Senate<br />
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<b>Edwin Cameron</b> <i> (1953 – )</i> South African<br />
Judge, serving on South Africa's Constitutional Court. Cameron served as a Supreme Court of Appeal judge from 2000 to 2008. He was the first senior South African official to state publicly that he was living with HIV/AIDS. Before his appointment to the bench, he practiced as a human rights lawyer, and has been prominently involved in numerous important court cases affecting LGBT rights and equality, and has won numerous awards, in South African and internationally.<br />
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<b>Mikey Craig </b> <i>(1960 – )</i> UK<br />
Former DJ who became the bassist with Culture Club, one of the most popular bands of the 1980s.<br />
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<b>Titti de Simone </b> <i>(1970 – ) </i>Italian<br />
Journalist and politician, who was elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies (the lower house of the Italian parliament) in 2001, and in 2006 was elected secretary to the President of the Chamber.<br />
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<b>Miranda July</b> <i>(1974 – )</i> US<br />
Performance artist, writer, actress and film director. Born Miranda Jennifer Grossinger,[1] she works under the surname of "July,"</div>
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<b>Henry Brandon</b> <i>(1912 - 1990 )</i> German / US<br />
A character actor in over 100 films, famous for playing Indian, Arab, Persian, Turkish, Native American and East Asian roles, usually villains. <i> </i><br />
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Professor of English language and literature in the Netherlands. He was also a novelist, who won the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs in 1987 for his novel <i>Mystiek lichaam</i>. This work attracted criticism in gay circles for its alleged homophobia, but Kellendonk was himself gay, and died of complications following AIDS a month after his 39th birthday</div>
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<b>Arturo Islas </b> <i>(1938 - 1991)</i> US<br />
Professor of English and a novelist, writing about the experience of Chicano cultural duality. Islas died on February 15, 1991 from complications related to AIDS.<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Victor Kovyl </b> <i> (???? - 2002 )</i> Belarusian<br />
Hate Crime Victim. On 15 February 2002 34 year old accountant Victor Kovyl was found dead in his parents’ flat. He was openly gay both at work and in public. The police refused to give the details of the murder to Kovyl’s partner Alexander and one of the members of the police said to him: “It serves you right, sodomites (faggots)!”.<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Yardena Marsh</b> (?? - 2006) Israeli<br />
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<b>1839</b> — Mississippi passes a sodomy law, doing away with its reliance on the common law to prosecute it. The penalty is set at a maximum of 10 years in prison.<br />
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<b>1858</b> — A proposed new criminal code for the District of Columbia, which includes a sodomy law with a penalty of 2-10 years, is defeated 73%-27% by District voters.<br />
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<b>1893 </b>— The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, in the first such case in the United States, rules that fellatio is not a "crime against nature."<br />
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<b>1913 </b>— The Idaho Supreme Court rules that the state’s sodomy law, with no maximum penalty established, permits a sentence of life imprisonment.<br />
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<b>1967</b> — The District of Columbia Court of Appeals rules that police do not have to detain potential defense witnesses in public restrooms when they arrest people for solicitation therein.</div>
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Terencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504439119402756448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140241123454501938.post-3175235401731313482014-02-04T05:00:00.000+00:002014-02-04T05:00:02.826+00:00February 4th in Queer History<br />
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<b>Julian Bell </b><i>(1908 – 1937)</i> UK<br />
Poet / Military Ambulance Driver<br />
<b>Wallace Potts</b> <i>(1947 – 2006) </i>US<br />
Screenwriter / Director<br />
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<b>Evan Wolfson</b> <i>(1957 – ) </i>US<br />
Lawyer / Activist<br />
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<b>Mark Trevorrow</b> (1959- ) Australian<br />
Presenter / Comedian / Singer<br />
<b><br /></b><b>David Thompson </b><i>(? - ???? )</i> US<br />
Porn / Director<br />
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<b>Lucius Beebe</b> <i>(1902 - 1966 )</i> US </div>
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<b>Patricia Highsmith</b> <i>(1921 - 1995)</i> US<br />
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<b><br /></b><b>Scott Smith</b> <i>(1948 - 1995)</i> US<br />
Activist, Partner of Harvey Milk<br />
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<b>Ronald Robertson </b><i>(1937 -2000)</i> US<br />
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<b>George Nader</b><i> (1921 - 2002 ) </i>US<br />
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<b>1864</b> — Idaho outlaws sodomy with a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.<br />
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<b>1869 </b>— South Carolina abolishes the death penalty for sodomy, but fails to include a new penalty.<br />
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<b>1893</b> — A Gay sex scandal begins in Denmark and later Friedrich Hammerich, son of a prominent judge, is arrested. The press claims that Hans Christian Andersen started a seduction chain leading to the present scandal.<br />
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<b>1981 </b>— Rep. Jon Hinson (R-MS) resigns from the House following an arrest for attempted sex in a public restroom with another man.<br />
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<b>1982 </b>— Police in Kingston, Jamaica use tear gas to disperse a crowd of 2,000 which has gathered at a hospital to see two Lesbians in such a tight embrace that they required medical attention to be separated.</div>
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Terencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504439119402756448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140241123454501938.post-23685558919599941442014-02-03T05:00:00.001+00:002014-02-03T14:35:08.756+00:00Gertrude Stein<b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;">Author<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;">Stein moved to </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;">Paris</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;"> in 1902 and became an avid art collector. She turned her house into an informal salon. It soon became a hotspot for famous artists and writers - including Pablo Picasso, Ernest Hemingway, Ezra Pound, Henri Matisse and Thornton Wilder. Hemingway viewed Stein as his mentor and Picasso became her close friend. Stein later called </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;">Paris</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;"> a city of "The Lost Generation."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;">In 1907, Stein met life partner <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_B._Toklas" rel="wikipedia" title="Alice B. Toklas">Alice B. Toklas</a>. Together during WWI, Toklas and Stein drove supplies to French hospitals. After the war, Stein received a medal for her contributions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;">Stein wrote her first book, "Q.E.D.," in 1903, but did not publish a novel until "Three Lives" (1909), a work heavily influenced by former professor James and writer William Henry. Unique because of its similarity to the art form of cubism, Stein's writing delved into a literary area previously unexplored. "Tender Buttons," a short collection of feminist poems published in 1914, resembled Pablo Picasso's artwork, albeit in different form. In 1926, Stein explained the connection during lectures at the </span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;">University</span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;"> of </span><st1:placename><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;">Oxford</span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;"> and </span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;">Cambridge</span></st1:placename><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;"> </span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;">University</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;">. She published her lectures as a book, "Composition and Explanation" (1926).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;">In 1932, "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas," a book that told Stein's life story, excited the American public. It was her first bestseller. Composers adapted several of her works, including Virgil Thomson's "Four Saints in Three Acts" and "The Mother of Us All."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;">Complex and progressive, Stein's writing transformed American literature and contributed to the feminist movement. A monument on the upper terrace of Bryant Park in </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;">New York City</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;"> honors her memory.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5c3b08;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<strong>Bibliography</strong></div>
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<tr><td class="main" style="color: #5c3b08; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/stein-interview.html" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>“An Interview with Gertrude Stein.” Writing.upenn.edu. July 3, 2007</b></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="main" style="color: #5c3b08; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0748611983?tag=equalityforum-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0748611983&adid=1PXDY8X2S960NQXBFHQY&" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>Will, Barbara. <i>Gertrude Stein: Modernism and the Problem of “Genius.” </i>Edinburgh University Press, 2000</b></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="main" style="color: #5c3b08; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.centerforbookculture.org/context/no6/williams.html" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>Williams, William Carlos. “The Work of Gertrude Stein.” Center for Book Culture. July 3, 2007</b></a></td></tr>
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<strong>Selected Works</strong></div>
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<tr><td class="main" style="color: #5c3b08; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0916870472?tag=equalityforum-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0916870472&adid=1R8NW5PW28M83YBDS4NC&" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>Blood on the Dining Room Floor (1948)</b></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="main" style="color: #5c3b08; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000CSOU4C?tag=equalityforum-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=B000CSOU4C&adid=0QNKRMXKD4KC3RAC4J6W&" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>Brewsie and Willie (1946)</b></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="main" style="color: #5c3b08; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000MXRQEI?tag=equalityforum-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=B000MXRQEI&adid=1PWXGN8VMMXJ6G5Y3JY9&" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>First Reader and Three Plays (1946)</b></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="main" style="color: #5c3b08; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000NY1N1I?tag=equalityforum-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=B000NY1N1I&adid=0EGWG18X1ER9ES6JCP4P&" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>Four in America (1947)</b></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="main" style="color: #5c3b08; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><img src="http://www.glbthistorymonth.com/glbthistorymonth/2007/images/clear.gif" height="5" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="main" style="color: #5c3b08; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0486231445?tag=equalityforum-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0486231445&adid=11X386F9H2CN61TCZ5WM&" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>How to Write (1931)</b></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="main" style="color: #5c3b08; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><img src="http://www.glbthistorymonth.com/glbthistorymonth/2007/images/clear.gif" height="5" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="main" style="color: #5c3b08; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/039471797X?tag=equalityforum-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=039471797X&adid=1MHMKZDSRADENSPCCZDG&" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>Ida (1941)</b></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="main" style="color: #5c3b08; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><img src="http://www.glbthistorymonth.com/glbthistorymonth/2007/images/clear.gif" height="5" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="main" style="color: #5c3b08; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0801849853?tag=equalityforum-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0801849853&adid=1AYZ5B3571KQ8YW5T84K&" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>Last Operas and Plays (1949)</b></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="main" style="color: #5c3b08; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><img src="http://www.glbthistorymonth.com/glbthistorymonth/2007/images/clear.gif" height="5" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="main" style="color: #5c3b08; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000H0UE9K?tag=equalityforum-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=B000H0UE9K&adid=1VM00CG42W2TVBMAW6CC&" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>Lectures in America (1935)</b></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="main" style="color: #5c3b08; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><img src="http://www.glbthistorymonth.com/glbthistorymonth/2007/images/clear.gif" height="5" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="main" style="color: #5c3b08; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1564782409?tag=equalityforum-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=1564782409&adid=1VH2V85CWW44T7M7VXQR&" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>Lucy Church Amiably (1930)</b></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="main" style="color: #5c3b08; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1426487061?tag=equalityforum-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=1426487061&adid=09H9NGH4A5AV7WX2684J&" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>Matisse, Picasso and Gertrude Stein (1933)</b></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="main" style="color: #5c3b08; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0226771660?tag=equalityforum-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0226771660&adid=182433CYSH1JG18A3HNS&" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>Narration (1935)</b></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="main" style="color: #5c3b08; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><img src="http://www.glbthistorymonth.com/glbthistorymonth/2007/images/clear.gif" height="5" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="main" style="color: #5c3b08; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0871401606?tag=equalityforum-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0871401606&adid=0BA7WTNB7SWABCPM9FC8&" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>Paris France (1940)</b></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="main" style="color: #5c3b08; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0486247155?tag=equalityforum-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0486247155&adid=1RJWF5RDXH9Y1453RJZ8&" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>Picasso (1938)</b></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="main" style="color: #5c3b08; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><img src="http://www.glbthistorymonth.com/glbthistorymonth/2007/images/clear.gif" height="5" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="main" style="color: #5c3b08; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000QB3PEG?tag=equalityforum-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=B000QB3PEG&adid=0MTRQ5471CT3VHVMAYCJ&" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>Portraits and Prayers (1934)</b></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="main" style="color: #5c3b08; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><img src="http://www.glbthistorymonth.com/glbthistorymonth/2007/images/clear.gif" height="5" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="main" style="color: #5c3b08; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0679724648?tag=equalityforum-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0679724648&adid=067WC4N1H8JT6VKN9FYK&" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>Selected Writings of Gertrude Stein (1946)</b></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="main" style="color: #5c3b08; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/067972463X?tag=equalityforum-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=067972463X&adid=0EKRSBTV5SEEQ1TA7QEY&" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (1933)</b></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="main" style="color: #5c3b08; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><img src="http://www.glbthistorymonth.com/glbthistorymonth/2007/images/clear.gif" height="5" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="main" style="color: #5c3b08; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0394719417?tag=equalityforum-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0394719417&adid=0VF6E4009194WFGVTQYD&" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>The Geographical History of America or the Relation of Human Nature to Human Mind (1936)</b></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="main" style="color: #5c3b08; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000H2Y4VC?tag=equalityforum-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=B000H2Y4VC&adid=0WCX5EP9BP9SE75PVXP9&" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>The World is Round (1939)</b></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="main" style="color: #5c3b08; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000N44ZYA?tag=equalityforum-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=B000N44ZYA&adid=0H42H87D16V30GWE56MT&" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>Things As They Are (1950)</b></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="main" style="color: #5c3b08; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0451528727?tag=equalityforum-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0451528727&adid=1WR8Q5VNWJBRG4RYR0QV&" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>Three Lives and Tender Buttons (2003)</b></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="main" style="color: #5c3b08; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000OL3JQC?tag=equalityforum-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=B000OL3JQC&adid=0M61QV4GFFYFC5XDEF7N&" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>Wars I Have Seen (1944)</b></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="main" style="color: #5c3b08; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000HDMIVO?tag=equalityforum-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=B000HDMIVO&adid=1C18V8Q7K8HC312XN163&" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><b>What are Masterpieces (1940)</b></a></td></tr>
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Terencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504439119402756448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140241123454501938.post-28515744852572615852014-02-03T05:00:00.000+00:002014-02-03T14:34:15.804+00:00February 3rd in Queer History<h4 style="text-align: justify;">
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<b><a href="http://queerhistory.blogspot.com/2011/02/author-b.html">Gertrude Stein</a></b> <i>(1874 – 1946)</i> US<br />
Author<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Helen Stephens</b> <i>(1918 – 1994)</i> US<br />
Athlete / Softball/Baseball/ Basketball<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Kenneth Anger </b><i>(1927 – )</i> US<br />
Actor / Director<br />
<b><br /></b><b>James Bridge</b>s <i>(1936 – 1993 )</i> US<br />
Screenwriter / Director<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Victor Buono</b> <i>(1938 – 1982)</i> US<br />
Comedian / Actory<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Emile Griffith</b> <i>(1938 – )</i> US<br />
Boxer<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Dave Davies</b> <i>(1947 – )</i> UK<br />
Singer / Musician<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Nathan Lane</b> <i>(1956 – )</i> US<br />
Actor / Singer<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Marlon Riggs</b> <i>(1957 – 1994)</i> US<br />
Director / Poet / Activist<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Lizzie Borden </b><i>(1958 – )</i> US<br />
Director<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Ferzan Ozpetek</b> <i>(1959 – )</i> Turkish / Italian<br />
Director / Screenwriter<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Gengoroh Tagame</b> <i>(1964 – )</i> Japanese<br />
Manga Artist<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Hong Seok-Cheon</b> <i>(1971 – )</i> South Korean<br />
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<b><br /></b><b>Jason Ricci </b><i>(1974 – )</i> US<br />
Singer / Musician<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Daniel Allen Cox</b> <i>(1976 – )</i> Canadian<br />
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<b><br /></b><b>Antonio Madiera</b> <i>(1981 – ) </i>US US<br />
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<b>Joe Meek</b> <i>(1929 - 1967)</i> UK<br />
Composer / Record Producer / Lyricist<br />
<b><br /></b><b>Robert Duncan</b> <i>(1919 - 1988 )</i> US<br />
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<b><br /></b><b>Alexis King </b><i>(?? - 2006 )</i> US<br />
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<b>Maria Schneider </b><i>(1952 – 2011)</i>French<br />
Actress, best known for playing Jeanne, opposite Marlon Brando, in the 1972 film <i>Last Tango in Paris</i>.</div>
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<b>1859 </b>— Kansas reduces the penalty for sodomy from 10 years-life to a maximum of 10 years.</div>
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<b>1942</b> — The West Virginia Supreme Court rules that emission is not required for conviction of sodomy.</div>
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<b>1958 </b>— A New York court dismisses a disorderly conduct charge against a Gay man, saying there was no evidence that he did anything wrong.</div>
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<b>1960</b> — The Ohio Supreme Court denies a <i>habeas corpus</i> release from prison for sodomy. The U.S. Supreme Court later refuses to hear the case.</div>
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<b>1964 </b>— 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.</div>
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Terencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504439119402756448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140241123454501938.post-13111403938892455362014-02-02T21:03:00.000+00:002014-02-02T16:52:14.503+00:00Billy Sipple, Herob. <st1:date day="20" month="11" year="1941">November 20, 1941</st1:date><br />
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<b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">My sexual orientation has nothing at all to do with saving the President's life, just as the color of my eyes or my race has nothing to do with what happened in front of the <st1:place><st2:sn>St.</st2:sn> <st2:middlename>Francis</st2:middlename> <st2:sn>Hotel</st2:sn></st1:place>.</span></i></b></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">A native of <st1:place><st1:city>Detroit</st1:city>, <st1:state>Michigan</st1:state></st1:place>, Oliver "Billy" Sipple served in the United States Marines in <st1:country -region="-region"><st1:place>Vietnam</st1:place></st1:country>. A piece of shrapnel left him disabled. While living in <st1:city><st1:place>San Francisco</st1:place></st1:city> on disability pay, he became active in local causes, including the campaign of Harvey Milk, an openly gay candidate for <st1:city><st1:place>San Francisco</st1:place></st1:city> city supervisor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">On <st1:date day="22" month="9" year="1975">September 22, 1975</st1:date>, Sipple was standing among a group of people waiting to see President Gerald Ford as he exited the <st1:place><st2:sn>St.</st2:sn> <st2:middlename>Francis</st2:middlename> <st2:sn>Hotel</st2:sn></st1:place> in <st1:city><st1:place>San Francisco</st1:place></st1:city>. As President Ford emerged, Sipple noticed the woman standing next to him raise a .38-caliber pistol at the President. Instinctively, Sipple lunged at the woman, deflecting her aim as she fired the pistol. The bullet missed the President by five feet. Police arrested the woman, Sara Jane Moore, who received a life sentence for the assassination attempt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Following the incident, Sipple shied away from media attention. However, gay activists in <st1:city><st1:place>San Francisco</st1:place></st1:city> cited Sipple's actions as a positive example for the movement. Harvey Milk said about Sipple, "For once we can show that gays do heroic things."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Legendary San Francisco Chronicle columnist Herb Caen wrote about Sipple, including his sexual orientation. Several newspapers across the country picked up the story, and the news reached his Michigan-based family, who were unaware of Sipple's orientation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The family became estranged for a period of time. Feeling wronged by the media, Sipple filed suit against the newspapers that outed him. The case was ultimately dismissed. Sipple's experience remains an ethical debate in law and journalism schools.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sipple became reclusive and his health worsened. He died from pneumonia in 1989. Among the personal items collected from his apartment was a framed letter hanging on the wall, which read: "I want you to know how much I appreciated your selfless actions last Monday," signed, "Jerry Ford."<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5c3b08;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Terencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504439119402756448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140241123454501938.post-38105446939641683772014-02-02T17:45:00.000+00:002014-02-02T17:45:34.897+00:00February 5th in Queer History<br />
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<b>William S Burroughs</b><i> (1914 – 1997) </i>US<br />
Author<br />
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<b>Vivica Bandler</b> <i>(1917 – 2004) </i>Finnish<br />
Director<br />
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<b>Ronald Jason Palmieri</b> <i>(1950 – )</i> US<br />
Politician<br />
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<b>Russell Grant</b> (1951 – ) UK<br />
Astrologer / presenter<br />
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<b>Carol Philipps </b>(1965 – 2009) Canadian<br />
Journalist / / Activist / Editor<br />
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<b>Ernst Burchard</b><i> (1876 – 1920)</i> German<br />
Physician / Sexologist / Author / Activist<br />
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<b>Brendan Burke</b> <i>(1988 - 2010 ) </i>Canadian/US<br />
Ice Hockey / Manager</div>
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<b>1957</b> — The Iowa Supreme Court upholds the sodomy conviction of a farmer for fellating consenting teenagers.<br />
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<b>1993</b> — A Texas appellate court upholds a public indecency conviction for masturbating in a public restroom. The police had spied the activity through roof holes. The court finds that, because the activity could have been seen by anyone in the restroom, the police could use the roof holes.</div>
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<a href="http://onthisgayday.blogspot.com/">On this gay day</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/calendar_for_february.htm">Calendar of Sodomy, February</a><br />
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Terencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504439119402756448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140241123454501938.post-15105100630490783392014-02-02T14:05:00.000+00:002014-02-02T18:01:03.537+00:00February 2nd in Queer History<br />
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<b>Havelock Ellis <i>(</i></b><i>1859-1939</i>) English<br />
Sexologist.<br />
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<b>Xuan Dieu </b><i>(1916 – 1985)</i> Vietnamese
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Poet. A colossal figure in modern Vietnamese literature, he wrote about 450 poems (largely in posthumous manuscripts) especially love poems, several short stories, and many notes, essays, and literary criticisms. Many people believe that he was homosexualalong with his lifelong friend the famous poet Huy Cận, as shown through his many poems about love dedicated to (and apparently addressed to) various men.</div>
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<b>Liz Smith<i> </i></b><i>(1923 – )</i> US</div>
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Gossip columnist, known as The Grand Dame of Dish. Smith acknowledged her bisexuality (or as she refers to it, 'gender neutrality') in her memoirs.</div>
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<b>Jane Wagner</b> <i>(1935 – )</i> US</div>
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Writer, director and producer,best known as Lily Tomlin's comedy writer, collaborator and life partner</div>
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<b>Thomas M Disch</b> <i>(1940 – 2008)</i> US</div>
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Award - winning science fiction author and poet. Among his other nonfiction work, he wrote theatre and opera criticism for The New York Times, The Nation, and other periodicals.</div>
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Following an extended period of depression following the death in 2005 of his life-partner, Charles Naylor, Disch stopped writing almost entirely, and later committed suicide by gunshot in 2008.</div>
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<b>J. E. Freeman</b> <i>(1946 – )</i> US</div>
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Actor, especially known for his menacing characters roles,including the ferocious gay hitman from "Miller's Crossing". In 2009, he published a letter to the editor on sfgate.com, detailing his reminiscences of the 1969 Stonewall riots.</div>
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<b>Frank Ferri</b> <i>(1954 – )</i> US</div>
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<b>Michel Marc Bouchard</b> <i>(1958 – )</i> Canadian</div>
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<b>Dana International</b> <i>(1972 – )</i> Israeli</div>
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Israeli pop singer of Yemenite Jewish ancestry,who is most famous for having won the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 in Birmingham with the song "Diva". She has been credited with being one of the world's best known transsexuals.</div>
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<b>David Paisley </b><i>(1979 – )</i> UK</div>
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Scottish actor, especially well known for roles as midwife Ben Saunders in Holby City, Ryan Taylor in Tinsel Town and most recently Rory Murdoch in River City. Openly gay, he has been voted 'Britain's sexiest man' by readers of Gay Times magazine</div>
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<b>Jeff Whittington</b> <i>(1985 – 1999 )</i> New Zealand</div>
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A teenager who was murdered by two men in an anti-gay hate crime in Wellington, New Zealand. It is unknown whether Whittington was gay. Whittington was beaten by Jason Morris Meads and Stephen Smith, suffering severe facial injuries and perforated bowels. After being taken to the hospital, he died of brain swelling. At the time of his death, Whittington had dyed his hair purple and was wearing fluorescent green nail polish.</div>
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<b>Natalie Clifford Barney</b> <i>(1876 - 1972)</i> US<br />
Playwright, poet and novelist who lived as an expatriate in Paris. She was openly lesbian and began publishing love poems to women under her own name as early as 1900, considering scandal as "the best way of getting rid of nuisances" (meaning heterosexual attention from young males).<br />
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<b>Ondrej Nepala</b> <i>(1951 - 1989)</i> Czechoslovakian<br />
Olympic gold medalist and three-time World champion Slovak figure skater who competed for Czechoslovakia in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He died of AIDS-related complications in 1989, at the age of 38.<br />
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Oliver "Billy" W. Sipple was a decorated US Marine and Vietnam War veteran widely known for saving the life of US President Gerald Ford during an assassination attempt in San Francisco on September 22, 1975. The subsequent public revelation that Sipple was gay turned the news story into a cause célèbre for gay activists.<br />
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<b>Lou Harrison</b> <i>(1917 - 2003 )</i> US<br />
Composer, particularly noted for incorporating elements of the music of non-Western cultures into his work, and one of the most prominent composers to have worked with microtones. Harrison lived for many years with Bill Colvig in Aptos, California.</div>
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<b>1809 </b>— The Illinois Territory receives the statutory law of Indiana, adopting its harsh sodomy law.<br />
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<b>1960</b> — The Florida Attorney General issues an opinion that most crimes, including sodomy, can not be prosecuted on Indian reservations, so long as at least one of the parties to the act is an Indian.<br />
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<b>1965</b> — A Florida appellate court rules that a "lewd, lascivious or indecent assault or act upon a child" is a lesser included offense within the "crime against nature."</div>
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Terencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504439119402756448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140241123454501938.post-66552595434177022012014-02-01T14:08:00.000+00:002014-02-02T18:09:07.561+00:00February 1st in Queer History<br />
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<b>2004 </b>– Cape Verde legalises homosexuality; Marshall Islands legalise homosexuality<br />
<b>2004</b> – Same-sex marriage licences issued in San Francisco, California (later annulled)<br />
<b>2005 </b>– Civil Marriage Act introduced in Canada sanctioning same-sex marriage (the 4th country to do so)<br />
<b>2005</b> – LGBT History Month launched in the UK<br />
<b>2008</b> – HOD (LGBT organisation for Orthodox Jews) founded in Israel<br />
<b>2009 </b>– <a href="http://itsaqueerworld.blogspot.com/2010/11/johanna-sigurardottir-prime-minister-of.html">Johanna Sigurdardottir</a> elected Prime Minister of Iceland, the world's first openly LGBT head of government.<br />
<b>2009 </b>– NoH8 campaign created by Jeff Parshley in the USA</div>
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<b><a href="http://queerhistory.blogspot.com/2012/02/james-mercer-langston-hughes-1902-1967.html">Langston Hughes</a></b> <i>(1902 – 1967)</i> US<br />
Poet, writer, and editor. Together with gay African American poet and novelist Countee Cullen, he was an important figure in the Harlem literary Renaissance of the 1920s. He is known for the use of jazz and black folk rhythms in his poetry.<br />
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Hugues never had a significant lover-relationship, though his poem "F.S." (1921) suggests otherwise, and his autobiographical writings briefly mention sex with men. Hugues wrote and published in all genres until his death but he never addressed homosexuality openly. His poems invite gay readings but his biographers disagree about his sexuality. He often said of his life,<br />
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<b>Hildegarde</b> <i>(1906 – 2005)</i> US<br />
Cabaret singer, best known for the song "Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup."<br />
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<b>Ton Jansen</b> <i>(1944 – )</i> Dutch<br />
Local politician. When he was elected Mayor of Neerijnen in 1988, he became the first openly gay mayor in the Netherlands. When others followed later, he was involved with an informal association of gay mayors.<br />
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<b>Lucy Jane Bledsoe</b> <i>(1957 – )</i> US<br />
Novelist and science writer,who writes both fiction and non-fiction books for children and adults. She focuses on LGBT literature and has received several awards for her fictional and non-fictional writings, establishing herself as a Stonewall Book Award winner and four-time Lambda Literary Award finalist.<br />
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Saint's Day: <a href="http://jesusinlove.blogspot.com/2014/02/brigid-and-darlughdach-celtic-saint.html">St Brigid of Ireland</a></h4>
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St. Brigid and her soulmate St. Darlughdach were sixth-century Irish nuns who brought art, education and spirituality to early medieval Ireland. Brigid (c.451-525) shares her name and feast day (Feb. 1) with a Celtic goddess -- and she may have been the last high priestess of the goddess Brigid.<br />
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Raised by Druids, Brigid seems to have made a smooth transition from being a pagan priestess to a Christian abbess. Today she is Ireland’s most famous female saint.<br />
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Died this day</h4>
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<b style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">William Desmond Taylor </b><i style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">(1872 - 1922)</i><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> US </span><br />
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Irish-born American actor, successful film director of silent movies and a popular figure in the growing Hollywood film colony of the 1910s and early 1920s. His murder on February 1, 1922 led to a frenzy of sensationalistic and often fabricated newspaper reports.Some of this speculation included suggestions that he lead a clandestine gay life, but Normand.Taylor's murder remains officially unsolved</div>
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<b>Howard Junior Brown </b><i>(1924 - 1975)</i> US </div>
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A founder of the National Gay Task Force and a former New York City Health Services Administrator, who helped change the image of gay men and lesbians in the United States by coming out publicly in 1973.</div>
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<b>Richard Wattis</b> <i>(1912 - 1975)</i> UK </div>
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English character actor,best known for his appearances in British comedies of the 1950s and 1960s, typically as the "Man from the Ministry" or similar character, with trademark thick-rimmed round spectacles. He was an openly gay man in an era when this was a taboo subject.</div>
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<b>June Miller</b> <i>(1902 – 1979)</i> US </div>
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Second wife of the novelist Henry Miller. June was bisexual,and briefly left Miller to live with the artist Jean Kronski in Paris. After returning to her marriage with Miller, she became involved in a flirtatious, and possibly sexual, relationship with the writer Anais Nin. Both writers (Miller and Nin)used June as the basis for some of their writing.</div>
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<b>Gian Carlo Menotti</b> <i>(1911 - 2007 ) </i>Italian / US<br />
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Italian-American composer and librettist, best known for his classic Christmas opera, Amahl and the Night Visitors, originally written for television and broadcast in 1951. One of the leading classical composers of the twentieth century, Gian Carlo Menotti not only had a distinguished career, but also achieved acclaim at a time when his uncloseted homosexuality could have been a major barrier.</span><br />
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For thirty years, his life partner was the composer Samuel Barber, whom he had met while still at college, and for whom he wrote the libretto for the opera <i>"Vanessa"</i>. Later he also had a long personal and professional relationship with the conductor Thomas Schippers.</div>
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Sodomy in history, February 1st</h4>
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<b>1816</b> — Four English sailors aboard the Africaine are hanged for sodomy following a major scandal. Two others are flogged—one with 200 lashes and the other is sentenced to 300, but receives only 170 when the attending physician warns that any more would endanger his life.<br />
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<b>1916</b> — A California appellate court upholds the "lewd and lascivious act" conviction of a man for having been found on a bed "in contact" with his partner.<br />
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<b>1920</b> — Los Angeles poolice <a href="http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2014/02/01">“Purity Squad” raids private part</a>y<br />
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<b>1955 </b>— A California appellate court upholds an oral copulation conviction after the jury saw graffiti referring to the defendant as "queer."<br />
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<b>1964</b> — The committee reviewing the New York criminal code recommends repeal of the consensual sodomy law.</div>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/">Wikipedia</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.glbtq.com/">glbtq emcyclopedia</a></div>
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<a href="http://onthisgayday.blogspot.com/">On this gay day</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/calendar_for_february.htm">Calendar of Sodomy, February</a></div>
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