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NOVEMBER 15 IN LGBTQ HISTORY1636: The Plymouth Colony (present-day Massachusetts) issues the first complete legal code in the colonies. “Sodomy, rapes, buggery” constitute one of eight categories of crimes punishable by death.
NOVEMBER 15 IN LGBTQ HISTORY1961: Washington, DC chapter of the Mattachine Society is formed. Activist Frank Kameny is elected president. 1987: Randy Shilts‘s seminal work on the early years of the AIDS crisis, “And the Band Played On” debuts at No. 12 on the New York Times best seller list. 1989: Massachusetts becomes the second state in the U.S….
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Today In Queer History
1980 - Michael Harcourt, an alderman consistently supportive of the gay community, is elected mayor of Vancouver. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Harcourt
1989
- Massachusetts passed a statewide gay rights law
1992 - Thirty-five members of The Cathedral Project, a gay Roman Catholic group, demonstrated at St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City to protest a Vatican directive urging bishops to oppose laws banning anti-gay bias.
Born this day
Sara Josephine Baker (1873-1945) US.
Author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Josephine_Baker
Georgia O'Keefe (1887 - 1986), US.
Bisexual artist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_O%27Keeffe
Source:http://queerhistory.blogspot.com/2012/11/november-15th-in-queer-history.html?m=0
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