Historical Calendar - May 30th

• 1431 - Joan of Arc burned at the stake for heresy. Over the years it has been suggested that her "crimes" included cross-dressing and inappropriate relationships with women. However, some historians disagree (more).
• 1977 - Columnist George Will applauds Anita Bryant and condemns gay rights ordinances as "part of the moral disarmament of society."
• 1980 - Aaron Fricke wins his Rhode Island court battle, and takes a male date, Paul Guilbert, to his senior prom.
• 1984 - The U.S. Supreme Court strikes down a New York state law that prohibits loitering in a public place for the purposes of soliciting for or engaging in "gay sex."
• 1986 - Fashion designer Perry Ellis dies of AIDS at the age of forty-six.
• 1987 - Congressman Barney Frank comes out to the Boston Globe.