United States LGBT History for 1907
State equality and discrimination bills
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.
President Theodore Roosevelt George W. Bush
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.
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