1982: An article in the medical journal “Lancet” suggests that there is evidence to show inhaling poppers damages the immune system. 2004: Victoria Dunlap, Republican county clerk of rural Sandoval County, New Mexico, began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, citing lack of legal grounds for denial. 2004: King Norodom Sihanouk, constitutional monarch of Cambodia, … Read More

1984: In Sydney, Australia, Elton John marries recording tech Renate Blauel.  Close friends claim he has found “a cover, not a lover.” 1988: Three lesbian guests on The Oprah Winfrey Show are introduced as “women who hate men.”

1972: The film version of Kander and Ebb’s Cabaret, based on Christopher Isherwood’s writings about his time in pre-WWII Berlin, has its world premiere in New York City. Unlike the stage version, the film version adheres slightly more closely to the source material and portrays Michael York’s character, Brian (based on Isherwood himself), bisexual. 1990: Thirteen … Read More

1976: Gay actor, Sal Mineo, is stabbed to death in the garage of his West Hollywood apartment building at 8569 Holloway Drive.  He is only 37 years old.  The crime goes unsolved for a number of years until his murderer, Lionel Ray Williams, is caught and convicted. 1982: Making Love opens nationwide.  Producers timed the release of the film with … Read More

1971: Look magazine includes a gay couple from Minnesota – Jack Baker and Mike McConnell as part of that week’s cover article on “The American Family”.  Baker and McConnell are also noteworthy as they are the first same-sex couple in the U.S. to be granted a marriage license.