April 4th in Queer History

Born this day

Edith Sodergran  (1892 –  1923)  Finnish
Poet / Author

Anthony Perkins  (1932 – 1992)  US
Actor

Robert Bauman  (1937 – )  US
Politician

Cazuza   (1958 –  1990)  Brazilian
Composer / Singer / Poet

Graham Norton  (1963 – )  Irish
Comedian / Actor / Presenter

David Hampton  (1964 –  2003) US
Con Artist

Kara Aucheman  (1970 –  2005)  Polish
Activist

Died this day

Clifford Kitchin  (1895 -1967)  UK
Author / Barrister

Herbert List  (1903 -1975)  German
Photographer

Arthur Russell  (1951 - 1992) US
Cellist / Composer / Singer

Kenny Everett (1944 – 1995) UK
Comedian / Presenter4

Clint Walters  (1979 - 2010) UK
Activist

Sodomy in history, 

April 4

1799 — Pennsylvania makes its sodomy law perpetual.

1939 — The Iowa Supreme Court upholds a sodomy conviction with an opinion giving no details other than that it "appears" that an indictment preceded the trial.

1973 — Montana passes a new criminal code and keeps sodomy as a felony, but makes the act criminal only between persons of the same sex. The maximum penalty is reduced from life to 10 years.

Sources:

Wikipedia

glbtq emcyclopedia

On this gay day

Calendar of Sodomy, April