Today in Gay History - 11/19/11

[WillParkinson]

November 19

November 19, 1922 - Canadian immigration authorities allowed the Irish lover of a Canadian citizen to immigrate legally. This was the first time in North America that a same-sex relationship was used as the basis for immigration.

November 19, 1933 - Christa Winsloe's book "The Child Manuela" was reviewed in the New York Times. It was a translation from a German book about a lesbian relationship in a school for girls. The reviewer referred to it as "a social document that is moving and eloquent."

November 19, 1942 - Clothing designer Calvin Klein is born.

November 19, 1982 - Marilyn Barnett's palimony suit against Billie Jean King was thrown out of court.

November 19, 1997 - In Spanish Fork Utah, during a meeting of the Nebo County Board of Education, supporters of lesbian teacher Wendy Weaver and those demanding her resignation presented their cases. A month earlier Weaver was dismissed from her position as volleyball coach and ordered not to discuss her sexual orientation with anyone, in or out of school.

November 19, 1998 - Prosecutors in Laramie Wyoming presented an outline of their case against Aaron McKinney, who had been arrested for the brutal murder of gay college student Matthew Shepard.

[xchrom]

1. Recommend

[Smarmie Doofus]

2. LOL. I thought MSM had officially deemed the BJK suit "galimony".

Though I see spell-check does not recognize such a term.

Too bad. It was sorta cute, I thought.

[William769]

3. Recommended.