October 3, 1847 – Hans Christian Andersen wrote to the Hereditary Grand-duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, “I love you as a man can only love the noblest and best. This time I felt that you were still more ardent, more affectionate to me. Every little trait is preserved in my heart.”
October 3, 1970 – Bisexual singer Janis Joplin died of a heroin overdose.
October 3, 1980 – US Representative Robert Bauman (R-MD) was arrested in Washington DC for soliciting sex from a male prostitute. Bauman was a supporter of the Moral Majority and a founding member of the American Conservative Union.
October 3, 1992 – At the fourth annual Asian Lesbian and Gay Regional Conference in Manila, delegates voted to create the Global Alliance Lesbian and Gay Asia to promote solidarity among Asian sexual minorities.
October 3, 1997 – Paul Bradford Cain, a 26 year-old champion kickboxer, was sentenced to 25 years to life for the murder of gay scientist Dr Stanley Keith Runcorn. In a statement before his sentencing, Cain claimed he was the true victim because Runcorn made a pass at him. The judge disagreed, saying to Cain “I hope you rot in hell because what you did was callous and cruel.”
October 3, 1997 – An Ontario court ruled that the province’s Insurance Act had to include same-sex couples in the definition of spouse.
October 3, 1997 – Gay historian and Shakespeare scholar A. L. Rowse died at age 93 in southwest England. He had suffered a stroke the year before.
October 3, 1970 – Bisexual singer Janis Joplin died of a heroin overdose.
October 3, 1980 – US Representative Robert Bauman (R-MD) was arrested in Washington DC for soliciting sex from a male prostitute. Bauman was a supporter of the Moral Majority and a founding member of the American Conservative Union.
October 3, 1992 – At the fourth annual Asian Lesbian and Gay Regional Conference in Manila, delegates voted to create the Global Alliance Lesbian and Gay Asia to promote solidarity among Asian sexual minorities.
October 3, 1997 – Paul Bradford Cain, a 26 year-old champion kickboxer, was sentenced to 25 years to life for the murder of gay scientist Dr Stanley Keith Runcorn. In a statement before his sentencing, Cain claimed he was the true victim because Runcorn made a pass at him. The judge disagreed, saying to Cain “I hope you rot in hell because what you did was callous and cruel.”
October 3, 1997 – An Ontario court ruled that the province’s Insurance Act had to include same-sex couples in the definition of spouse.
October 3, 1997 – Gay historian and Shakespeare scholar A. L. Rowse died at age 93 in southwest England. He had suffered a stroke the year before.
Bauman thing is interesting. I swear, it's getting to be that if you have that little (R) after your name it's like the scarlet letter.
ReplyDeleteGood, he deserves it.
Actually the 1980's were an interesting time for outing politicians. Recall Barney Frank, Gerry Studds, et al.
Janis Joplin and I were born the same year, and she died on my 27th birthday.
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