October 10th in LGBT History

Events in LGBT History: 

2008 –  Connecticut court overturns state ban on same-sex marriage becoming the third US state to legalise it .

Born this day

Bernard Mayes ( 1929 –  ) UK / US
Teacher / Presenter / Author / Lecturer

Gary Beach ( 1947 –   )  US
Actor

Mike Penner [Christine Daniels] ( 1957 – )  US
Journalist

Stefano Tonchi ( 1959 –  )  US
Editor

Jennifer Veiga ( 1962 –  ) US
Politician / Lawyer

Bai Ling ( 1966 –  )  US
Actress

Q Boy (Marcos Jose Brito) ( 1978 –  )  UK
Rapper / Journalist / Editor / Presenter

Died this day

Jacob Dahlin ( 1952 –  1991) Swedish
Presenter

Jackie Forster ( 1926 –  1998)  UK
Presenter / Reporter / Actress / Activist

George Forrest ( 1915 –  1999) US
Musical Writer

Ian Scott ( 1934 –  2006) Canadian
Politician / Lawyer

Francis Garcia ( 1958 – 2007)  Mexican
Actor

Sodomy in history, 

October 10th

1960 — The Virginia Supreme Court reverses the sodomy conviction of two men that was based on the confession of only one.

1960 — The U.S. Supreme Court refuses to review the case of a Gay alien being deported after conviction of a minor misdemeanor solicitation.

1960 — The U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear a consensual sodomy case from Ohio.

1972 — The U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear a challenge to the Maryland sodomy law. 

Sources:

Wikipedia

glbtq emcyclopedia

On this gay day

Calendar of Sodomy, October