October 4, 1913 – E.M. Forster finished writing his novel “Maurice” which is about a man coming to terms with his homosexuality. It would not be published until 1971, after Forster’s death, at the request of the author.
October 4, 1983 – AFL-CIO voted to support gay rights legislation.
October 4, 1985 – West Germany elected its first openly gay parliament member.
October 4, 1989 – Graham Chapman, co-founder of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, died of throat cancer at the age of 48. Chapman came out in his book “A Liar’s Autobiography.” He was survived by his lover of 23 years, David Sherlock, and John Tomiczek, who the couple adopted as a teenager in 1971.
October 4, 1983 – AFL-CIO voted to support gay rights legislation.
October 4, 1985 – West Germany elected its first openly gay parliament member.
October 4, 1989 – Graham Chapman, co-founder of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, died of throat cancer at the age of 48. Chapman came out in his book “A Liar’s Autobiography.” He was survived by his lover of 23 years, David Sherlock, and John Tomiczek, who the couple adopted as a teenager in 1971.
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