October 16th in LGBT History

Events in LGBT History: 

1973 – National Gay Task Force founded (USA)

Born this day

1663:  Eugène of Savoy-Soisson, 
Royal prince and military general

Charles Coypeau d’Assoucy ( 1605 – 1677) French
Musician / Poet

Oscar Wilde,  ( 1854 – 1900) Irish

Playwright aesthete and gay icon


Russell Cheney (1881 – 1945) US.  
American painter. He graduated from Yale in 1904, where he was a member of the Skull and Bones secret society. He was the longtime partner and lover of author F. O. Matthiessen, twenty years Russell's junior, who was also a Yale graduate and member of Skull & Bones.


Michael Collins  ( 1890 – 1922) Irish
Nationalist / Politician

Mary Daly  ( 1928– 2010) US
Philosopher / Theologian

Laud Humphreys  ( 1930 – 1988) US
Sociologist / Author

Paul Monette  ( 1945 –  1995) US
Author / Activist / Poet

Pascal Sevran  ( 1945 – 2008)  French

Presenter / Author / Singer / Songwriter

Bob Mould  ( 1960 –  )  US
Musician

Scott O’Hara  ( 1961 –  1998 )  US
Porn / Poet / Editor / Publisher / Author

Mark Gatiss ( 1966- ) UK, 
Actor, Writer

Jarrett Barrios  ( 1969 – )  US
Politician / Activist

Lawrence Schimel  ( 1971 –  ) US
Author / Translator

Erin Brown  ( 1979 – ) US
Actress / Model / Porn / Director

Died this day

Al-Hakem II (915 - 976), Spain

Muslim Caliph of Cordoba

William F Chafin  ( ?? – 1992 ) US
Record Producer – Born

Sodomy in history, October 16th

1749 — North Carolina adopts the English sodomy law explicitly.

1943 — The Tennessee Supreme Court rules that fellatio is prohibited by the state’s "crime against nature" law, although the decision is neithr />er published nor publicized.

1958 — The District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals overturns a conviction for sodomy after the police entered without a warrant to search the defendant’s home.

Sources:

Wikipedia

glbtq emcyclopedia

On this gay day

Calendar of Sodomy, October