Today in Gay History - 12/1/11: Too many things to put in this small spot!

[WillParkinson]

December 1

1642 - The General Court of Connecticut adopted a list of 12 capital crimes, including "man lying with man." The law was based on the Massachusetts Bay Colony's Liberties of 1641.

1901 - El Universal, a Mexican newspaper, reported that police raided a party attended by single women. The article implied that the women were lesbians.

1975 - Feminist writer Jill Johnston wrote an essay "Are Lesbians Gay?" in which she explained why she believed it was absurd for lesbians to align themselves with the gay movement.

1976 - In Florida, Willard Allen was released from a mental hospital 26 years after he was ordered by a judge to be held there for having sex with another man. His doctors had been recommending his release for almost 20 years.

1980 - The American Journal of Psychiatry published an article recommending religion as a cure for homosexuality.

1981 - The Ontario legislature defeats an amendment to include sexual orientation in human rights code. Five non-violent protesters handcuff themselves to railings in spectators' gallery. The Legislature is disrupted briefly. // The Worldwide Church of God published "The Plain Truth," which speculated that the illnesses being diagnosed in gay men were God's penalty for promiscuity.

1982 - The US House of Representatives voted to provide $2.6 million in funding to the Centers for Disease Control to fight AIDS.

1986 - After being convicted of sodomy, a Georgia man was fined $1,000, sentenced to 10 years probation, and ordered to perform
200 hours of community service.

1988 - The first World AIDS Day was sponsored by the World Health Organization.

1989 - African-American dancer and choreographer Alvin Ailey died of complications from AIDS.

1997-Keith Boykin of the National Black Lesbian Gay Leadership Forum participated in a meeting with President Clinton to encourage greater inclusion of African American gays and lesbians in the President's Initiative on Race.

1998 - Officials in Miami Florida voted 7-6 to pass a law prohibiting discrimination against gays and lesbians in employment and housing.

1999 - On the 700 Club, televangelist Pat Robertson denounced Canada's leaders because a commercial printer who refused to print stationary for the Canadian Gay and Lesbian Archives lost a suit charging that he violated Canadian law. He urged Canadian viewers to "throw out those crazies who are now running the country." He implied that a pastor who said that incest and child molestation are wrong could be imprisoned for holding such
beliefs.

[Rowdyboy]

1. I had an ancestor in the Massachusetts Bay colony who lost his right to vote because of drunkenness

Sadly, he was not lying with another man (at least that the trial records show).

And any memories of Pat Robertson make me smile....What a jerkwad....

[xchrom]

2. Recommend

[WillParkinson]

3. Damn dogs....

Good morning sunshine!

[xchrom]

4. i couldn't blame the damn dogs for my 3 am wake up.

that was all me. damn it

[Irishonly]

5. K&R

Thank you for posting Gay History. I read all of your threads and I have to say you are a great teacher.

[joeybee12]

6. Lots of bad stuff here but still knr