October 11th in LGBT History

Events in LGBT History: 

1988 – First National Coming Out Day in the USA
1989 – Second National March on Washington for Lesbian & Gay Rights
2009 – National Equality March in Washington D.C., USA .

Born this day

Joseph Alsop ( 1910 – 1989 ) US
Journalist

Jerome Robbins  ( 1918 – 1998 ) US
Director / Choreographer

John Glines ( 1933 – )  US
Playwright / Producer

Frederick Combs  ( 1935 – 1992 )  US
Actor

Lupe Valdez ( 1947 – )  US
Sheriff

Elana Dykewomon  ( 1949 –  ) US
Activist

Felix Alvarez  (1951 –  ) UK
Activist

Cleve Jones  ( 1954 –  ) US
Activist

Stephen Spinella ( 1956 –  ) US
Actor

Stephen Williams ( 1966 –  ) UK
Politician

Jay McCarroll  ( 1974 – )  US
Reality TV [Project Runway] / Fashion Designer

Renae Lawrence  ( 1977 – )  Australian
Criminal

William Sledd (1983 – ) US Vlogger

Died this day

Richard Cromwell  ( 1910 – 1960 ) US
Actor

Jean Cocteau  ( 1889 – 1963)  French
Poet / Painter / Actor / Director / Choreographer / Boxing Manager / Playwright / Author

Wayland Flowers  (1939 –1988 )  US
Puppeteer

Paul Shenar  ( 1936  – 1989) US
Actor

Renato Russo  (1960 – 1996 )  Brazilian
Singer

Allan H Spear  ( 1937– 2008) US
Politician

Sodomy in history,October 11th

1915 — A Delaware appellate court rules that fellatio violates the state’s sodomy law.

1935 — A California appellate court violates both statutory and case law in the state by sustaining an oral copulation conviction secured by the admission of the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice.

1965 — The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upholds an oral copulation conviction of two men in California for sex in a restroom stall that was enclosed and viewed from holes in the ceiling overhead.

1995 — A federal judge in Florida refuses to dismiss a suit brought by a man arrested in a restroom for sex. The court finds that the store may have acted in concert with police, thus creating a possible federal civil rights issue. The court also finds that Florida’s privacy provision in its constitution does not give right of action against private individuals.

Sources:

Wikipedia

glbtq emcyclopedia

On this gay day

Calendar of Sodomy, October