California
20 cases of sodomy were brought before the criminal courts in California, resulting in 16 convictions; 10 of these cases had taken place in the City and County of San Francisco, while 6 more had taken place in neighboring counties.
Utah
Sodomy or “crime against nature” becomes illegal in Utah Territory and a felony punishable by 23 years imprisonment.
Oregon
Gay businessman Theodore Kruse purchases the Belvedere Hotel at Fourth and Alder in Portland. Inside is the Louvre Restaurant, which Kruse turns into a “bohemian” place that becomes a thriving spot for Portland’s Gay men. A separate “Gent’s Dining Room” has mirrored walls and palm trees. The restaurant is cited by newspapers for frequent liquor law violations and is called a “front” for “immoral activity.”
Lesbian physician Marie Equi and heiress Harriet Speckart, known to live together openly in a lesbian relationship, enter Portland’s first Rose Festival in the category of “Carriage and Four” – a four wheel-carriage pulled by two horses. They win second place and receive a $50 prize.
United States LGBT History for 1907
State equality and discrimination bills
President Theodore Roosevelt George W. Bush
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