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THIS DAY IN GAY HISTORY

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1766 – Christoffel Bosch van Leeuwarden, a seventy year old porter in the Netherlands, was convicted of seduction to sodomy and sentenced to three years of prison labour.

1880 – A medical journal publishes an article, "Notes upon Sodomy," which claims that men who engage in sodomy have a different type of penis from those who don't.

1918 – James Daly (d.1978) was an American theater, film, and television actor, who is perhaps best known for his role as Paul Lochner in the hospital drama series Medical Center, in which he played Chad Everett's superior.

Daly was born in Wisconsin Rapids in Wood County in central Wisconsin, to Dorothy Ethelbert (Hogan) Mullen, who later worked for the Central Intelligence Agency, and Percifer Charles Daly, a fuel merchant. During the 1930s, Daly studied drama and acted in shows before he worked for the armed services, and served with the United States Navy as World War II ended.

Daly was a music major at the University of Wisconsin, a drama major at Iowa State University, and attended Carroll College before receiving a degree from Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa.[3] Cornell College later presented him with an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree.

Daly was an accomplished stage actor, starting out in 1946 as Gary Merrill's understudy in Born Yesterday. His starring roles on Broadway included Archibald MacLeish's Pulitzer Prize- winning J.B. and Tennessee Williams' Period of Adjustment.

Between 1953 and 1955, Daly appeared in the TV series Foreign Intrigue. He guest-starred on many television series, including Appointment with Adventure (two episodes), Breaking Point, Mission: Impossible, The Twilight Zone ("A Stop at Willoughby"), The Tenderfoot (1964) for Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, The Road West (1966 episode "The Gunfighter"), Custer, Gunsmoke, Combat!, The Fugitive, The Virginian, and Twelve O'Clock High. He portrayed Mr. Flint (an apparently immortal human) in the Star Trek episode "Requiem for Methuselah" (1969).

In 1958, Daly signed a contract with the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company to do television commercials for Camel cigarettes. He served as the Camel representative for seven years, being flown by Reynolds throughout the United States to be filmed smoking a Camel cigarette at various locations.

According to his son Tim Daly during an interview on CBS News Sunday Morning, James Daly came out to Tim as gay a decade after divorcing his wife Hope. His struggle to come to terms with his sexual orientation nearly put a rift between him and his family. As homosexuality was still considered a mental illness until the early 1970s, he and his wife tried and failed at "curing" him. After their divorce, Daly decided to limit his contact with his children out of fear that they would end up mentally ill themselves.

Two of Daly's children, Tyne Daly and Tim Daly, and his granddaughter, Kathryne Dora Brown, and grandson, Sam Daly, are actors. Tyne appeared on Daly's TV series, Foreign Intrigue, as a child. The elder Daly and his daughter both guest-starred separately in the original Mission: Impossible TV series. Tim appeared as a child with his father in Henrik Ibsen's play, An Enemy of the People. Daly had two other children: daughters, Mary Glynn and Pegeen Michael.

Daly died on July 3, 1978, of heart failure in Nyack, New York, two years after Medical Center ended, and while he was preparing to star in the play Equus in Tarrytown, New York. His ashes were sprinkled into the Atlantic Ocean.

1923 – The American composer Ned Rorem, American composer, was born today. He is most well-known and praised for his song settings. He was born in Richmond, Indiana and received his early education in Chicago. He later travelled in Europe and North Africa.

During the time he lived in Morocco and Paris (1949-57), his song texts came from several languages. An avid diarist, in 1969 he published his Paris Diary, which, with his later diaries, has brought him some degree of notoriety, as he is honest about his and others' sexuality, describing his relationships with Leonard Bernstein, Noël Coward, Samuel Barber, and Virgil Thomson, and outing at least a few people.

Rorem has written extensively about music as well. These essays are collected in anthologies such as "Setting the Tone", "Music From the Inside Out", and "Music and People". His music prose is much admired, not least for its barbed observations about prominent musicians such as Pierre Boulez.

1954 – Ang Lee, the Oscar-winning Taiwanese-born director was born today. Lee decided to take on a small-budget, low-profile independent film based on Annie Proulx's Pulitzer Prize-finalist short story originally published in The New Yorker, Brokeback Mountain. In a 2005 article by Robert K. Elder, Lee was quoted as saying, "What do I know about Gay ranch hands in Wyoming?" In spite of the 'straight' director's removal from the subject at hand, Brokeback Mountain showcased Lee's skills in probing depths of the human heart.

The 2005 movie about the forbidden love between two Wyoming cowboys immediately caught public attention and initiated intense debates. The film was critically acclaimed at major international film festivals and won Lee numerous Best Director and Best Film awards worldwide. In addition, "Brokeback" became a cultural phenomenon and a box office hit. "Brokeback" was nominated for a leading eight Oscars and was the frontrunner for Best Picture heading into the March 5 ceremony, but lost out to Crash, a story about race relations in Los Angeles, in a controversial upset. There was speculation that the film's depiction of homosexuality might have been the reason for that upset, while others speculate that Crash was simply a better movie. Lee said he was disappointed that his film did not win Best Picture, but was honored to win Best Director, becoming the first Asian to ever win the award.

If you're a fan of Brokeback but don't know Ang Lee's other work, we'd recommend his brilliant and touching 1993 film "Wedding Banquet." The film about an interracial Gay couple and the meeting of cultures is a treasure.

He also managed to successfully film Life of Pi, the claustophobic story of a castaway boy and a Bengal tiger togetther adrift in a lifeboat - in widescreen 3D, yet!

1971 – Matthew Williamson is an English fashion designer.

Williamson is openly gay. He counts celebrities such as Cat Deeley, Sienna Miller, Kelis, Jade Jagger and Plum Sykes amongst his friends, but has often been criticised by others in the fashion industry for using them to promote his designs.

He was born in Manchester, England, and studied in Manchester at Loreto College until he was 17. He then moved to London to attend school at Central Saint Martin's College of Art and Design, graduating in 1994.

His eponymous fashion house was founded in February 1997. That same year, Williamson debuted his collection 'Electric Angels' at London Fashion Week. His collections were displayed during New York Fashion week in 2002. His store at 28 Bruton Street, in Mayfair, London, followed in 2004.

In 2005, he launched his own perfume range; the following year he was appointed Creative Director at Emilio Pucci. In 2007, a runway show of his designs was incorporated into the video for Prince's song "Chelsea Rodgers" from his Planet Earth album. In 2007, the Design Museum, London, hosted a restrospective of his work entitled "Matthew Williamson – 10 years in Fashion".

In 2008, Williamson was awarded the "Red Carpet Designer" accolade at the British Fashion Awards where he has also received three nominations for Designer of the Year. In September 2008 Matthew Williamson returned to London full-time to focus fully on his own label's forthcoming ventures and expansion. He made a guest appearance on season 7 of Project Runway. The episode aired on 28 January 2010.

In October 2010 it was announced that Matthew Williamson signed a new licensing deal with MBFG. The deal began a new line – Muse by Matthew Williamson.

His collections are shown twice a year during New York Fashion Week, and they often have an Indian influence, perhaps related to the time Williamson spent working in India for the clothing store Monsoon.

1993 – In Helena, Montana, the state supreme court ruled that transvestitism is not a sufficient reason to deny a father joint custody of his 3-year old child.

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The Christopher Inn, Columbus, Ohio (1982) by Hope Moore

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Description on back of card: The Christopher Inn 300 East Broad Street Columbus, Ohio 43215 Located in the heart of downtown Columbus, this spectacular motor inn is only 20 minutes from Port Columbus airport. 140 rooms - dining room - cocktail lounge - entertainment nightly - heated swimming pool - fully air-conditioned. Excellent convention facilities for discerning groups from 40 to 350 people. For reservations phone 614-228-3541. Postmark Date: 1982 Era: Chrome Era Condition: Used. Crease and ink bleed through. Publisher: Aladdin Studio, Columbus, Ohio / Made by Dexter Press, West Nyack, NY

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Edward Hopper's picture from 1905 depicts his bedroom at the family house in Nyack, New York, on the west side of the Hudson River. It would be eight years before he sold a painting (at the Armory Show in 1913) and a further 11 before he sold another.

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Who is ready @unworthyproductions we about to get ready to film more of the psycho menace, I can't wait, it's going to be awesome Psycho red @latinnerdcosplayer Gold psycho @dpcx1489 Psycho empress @eleni_lianos Pic taken by @unworthyproductions @theblerdvision #cosplay #cosplayer #malecosplayer #femalecosplayer #actor #suitactor #powerrangers #powerrangerscosplay #supersentai #supersentaicosplay #redranger #redrangercosplay #psychorangers #psychored #powerrangersinspace #powerrangerslostgalaxy #psychorangerscosplay #armorcosplay #psychogold #goldranger #goldrangercosplay #psychoempress #purpleranger #purplerangercosplay #unworthyproductions #thepsychomenace #fanseries #megaranger #neziranger (at West Nyack, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmWQESlOSBE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Please join us as we remember all those who were impacted by the tragic events of September 11, 2001. We will never forget. #neverforget 🇺🇸

📷 (c) Dorice Arden; 9/11 Memorial, Haverstraw.

Francis Joseph Trombino: The Rockland Brinks Robbery Survivor Who Perished in the 9/11 Attacks

Francis J Trombino- known by many as simply ‘Joe,’ was a Korean war vet and truck driver who had been with Brinks since the late 1960s and lived most of his life in Clifton, NJ. He was killed on the morning of September 11th, 2001 when two World Trade Center towers collapsed.

But that sunny September morning was not the first time Trombino had crossed paths with terrorists. In 1993, his armoured truck had left the WTC complex a few hours before Islamic terrorist Ramzi Yousef drove an explosives-laden rental van into the underground parking garage and set the fuse.

However, before either of the Islamist attacks on the World Trade Center site, Trombino survived a deadly ambush and robbery from Weather Underground and black sepratist gunmen nearly 20 years before the 9/11 attacks.

As Trombino and fellow guard Peter Paige were picking up money from Nanuet Mall in Rockland County, NY, in October 1981 when masked gunmen burst from a nearby van and opened fire with shotguns and an M-16 rifle, killing Paige instantly. Trombino was able to get off a round before being struck in the shoulder, arm and upper body multiple times.

 After swapping vehicles, the domestic terrorists would then try and shoot their way through a roadblock set up by police in West Nyack, NY, killing two police officers and wounding another before trying to flee on foot or carjack motorists.

Trombino’s injuries would require multiple surgeries. He nearly lost his arm in the gunfight. Brinks reassigned him as a driver where he would continue to work for another 19 years. According to family, Joe hardly complained about the surgeries and therapy, telling them that ‘These things are a part of life’.

Joe Trombino was about a year away from retirement on the morning of September 11th. According to co-workers, he stayed in the underground garage with his truck when the planes hit, calling the Brinks dispatcher and inquiring about the whereabouts of the guards who had gone into the WTC buildings to make a pickup (they had managed to escape but had no means of communication). Trombino told the Brinks office in his last phone call that water was starting to seep in and the walls were starting to crumble around him. —Not Another New England Sports Blog, 2011

#9/11 #rockland history #local history #rocklandhistory #rockland county #nyshistory #september 11 #brinks #Joseph Trombino #memorial

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airmanisr · 2 years

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A northern visitor by Rails of The east Via Flickr: CSX B782 passes by West Nyack, NY (CP22) with a duo of CN locomotives leading. 5/30/2022

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Discover which tunnel in New York is the longest. © iStock.com/bloodua

Americans Are Flocking to These 10 Fastest-Growing Counties in New York

— Written by Colby Maxwell | August 4, 2023

New York is famous for its population swings, especially over the past few years. NYC is always at the top of the list as one of the largest cities in the world, but is that still the case after Covid? Today, we are going to take a look at the 10 fastest-growing counties in New York and learn a little about their populations, location, and some of their notable industries. Let’s learn a bit about New York and the population trends of its counties!

New York has the largest population of any city in the U.S. and multiple counties within its borders. ©IM_photo/Shutterstock.com

General Population Trends for New York

New York has experienced a slight population growth in the past decade, according to data from the Census Bureau. The state’s population was 19,378,102 in 2010 and 19,840,000 in 2022, a rise of about 461,898 people. However, this trend probably masks some larger-scale changes caused by the post-Covid era. The regional powerhouse of the state, New York City, definitely had an impact on the state’s overall population, but it looks like things have recovered and even begun to grow again in the large metro areas. Millions of people left during Covid, but it looks like most of the counties impacted have bounced back. To get a better picture of the state’s population changes, let’s look at the county level and see which 10 counties are the fastest-growing in New York.

The 10 Fastest Growing Counties in New York:

1. Kings County

Kings County is the fastest-growing county in New York. From 2010 to 2023, Kings County grew by 12.01% and currently has a population of 2,805,485, and is the largest county in the state. Kings County has a land area of 69.5 sq miles, giving it a population density of 40,078 people per sq mile.

Kings County is located in the southeastern portion of the state and is part of the NYC metropolitan area. The county is mostly made up of the Brooklyn borough. The major industries in the county include health care and social assistance, professional, scientific and technical services, and education.

Kings County, otherwise known as Brooklyn, is the fastest growing county in the state. ©Shannon West/Shutterstock.com

2. Rockland County

Rockland County is the second-fastest growing county in New York. From 2010 to 2023, Rockland County grew by 11.11% and currently has a population of 346,321. It has a land area of 174 sq miles, giving it a population density of 1,949 people per sq mile.

Rockland County is located in the southeastern part of the state and is part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area, one of the largest metro areas in the world. Rockland is located a few miles to the northwest of Manhattan. Some of the larger cities in the area include Nyack, New City, Nanuet, Spring Valley, and Suffern. The major industries in the county include health care and social assistance, professional, scientific and technical services, and retail trade.

Top: The Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge is located in Rockland County. ©Felix Lipov/Shutterstock.com Bottom: Queens County is a county, but it’s often referred to as a borough. ©Felix Lipov/Shutterstock.com

3. Queens County

Queens County is the third-fastest growing county in New York. From 2010 to 2023, Queens grew by 10.18% and currently has an estimated population of 2,457,886. It has a land area of 108.1 sq miles, giving it a population density of 22,728 people per sq mile.

Queens is located in the eastern part of the state and is one of the five boroughs of New York City. The county is reportedly the most diverse urban area in the world, with a population from over 100 countries. The major industries in the county include health care and social assistance, transportation and warehousing, and retail trade.

4. Orange County

Orange County is the fourth-fastest growing county in New York. From 2010 to 2023, Orange County grew by 9.94% and currently has an estimated population of 409,860 people. It has a land area of 812 sq miles, giving it a population density of 505 people per sq mile.

Orange County is located in the southeastern part of the state and is part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area, although it’s also part of the smaller Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown metro area. For reference, the county is a few dozen miles northwest of New York City. The major industries in the county include health care and social assistance, retail trade, and manufacturing.

Top: Poughkeepsie is one of the largest cities in Orange County. ©Michal Grzechulski/Shutterstock.com Bottom: Upstate New York is very different than the urban centers in the south. ©Mihai_Andritoiu/Shutterstock.com

5. Saratoga County

Saratoga County is the fifth-fastest growing county in New York. From 2010 to 2023, Saratoga County grew by 9.41% and currently has an estimated population of 240,279 people. It has a land area of 810 sq miles, giving it a population density of 297 people per sq mile.

Saratoga County is located in the northeastern part of the state and is part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area. Saratoga is also considered a part of the “Upstate New York” region. Some of the notable cities within its borders are Saratoga Springs, Ballston Spa, and Ballston, although the largest in the area is Albany to the south, just outside of the county border. Some of the major industries in the county include health care and social assistance, retail trade, and manufacturing.

6. New York County

New York County is the sixth-fastest growing county in New York. From 2010 to 2023, New York County grew by 8.88% and currently has an estimated population of 1,726,765 people. It has a land area of 22.8 sq miles, giving it a population density of 75,739 people per sq mile, by far the most population-dense place in the state, as well as the greater U.S.

New York County is located in the southeastern part of the state and is one of the five boroughs of New York City, the area most commonly referred to as Manhattan. The county is a global center for businesses and international organizations, but it’s also a region influenced by the arts, food, and cultural diversity in a truly unique way. The major industries in the county include professional, scientific and technical services, finance and insurance, and health care and social assistance.

Top: Manhattan, or New York County, is the famous hub of the NYC metro area. ©IM_photo/Shutterstock.com Bottom: Bronx County, or the Bronx, is an urban area and the home of the Yankees Stadium. ©Gryffindor, CC BY-SA 3.0 – License

7. Bronx County

Bronx County is the seventh-fastest growing county in New York. From 2010 to 2023, Bronx County grew by 8.22% and currently has an estimated population of 1,498,919. It has a land area of 42.1 sq miles, giving it a population density of 35,437 people per sq mile.

Bronx County is located in the southeastern part of the state and is another one of the five boroughs of New York City. Bronx County, also known as “the Bronx” when referring to the borough, is the only borough primarily on the “mainland,” whereas the other boroughs are on Long Island, Staten Island, or Manhattan Island. Bronx County has a lot of diversity and cultural importance for the region. The major industries in the county include health care and social assistance, retail trade, and accommodation and food services.

8. Westchester County

Westchester County is the eighth-fastest growing county in New York. From 2010 to 2023, Westchester County grew by 7.58% and currently has an estimated population of 1,021,059 people. It has a land area of 430.7 sq miles, giving it a population density of 2,359 people per sq mile.

Westchester County is located in the southeastern part of the state and is part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City metropolitan area. For an easy geographic reference, Westchester is located to the north of Manhattan Island and starts just above the border to the Bronx. The major industries in the county include professional, scientific and technical services, health care and social assistance, and finance and insurance.

Top: A “NO SWIMMING” sign with an anti-swimming logo on a wooden barrier cautioning visitors against swimming in the Hudson River at Croton Point Park, Westchester County, NY. ©Linda Harms/Shutterstock.com Bottom: Staten Island, or Richmond County, is one of the five boroughs of NYC, although its disconnected from Manhattan. ©Jayne Lipkovich/Shutterstock.com

9. Richmond County

Richmond County is the ninth-fastest growing county in New York. From 2010 to 2023, Richmond County grew by 7.49% and currently has an estimated population of 503,853. It has a land area of 58.5 sq miles, giving it a population density of 8,614 people per sq mile.

Richmond County is located in the southeastern part of the state and is one of the other five boroughs of New York City that we’ve covered so far. The county is more commonly known as Staten Island and is the least populated and, by far, the most suburban of all five boroughs. The county is connected to Brooklyn by a bridge and to Manhattan by the Staten Island Ferry. The major industries in the county include health care and social assistance, retail trade, and public administration.

Upstate New York has large wilderness areas, and Hamilton County is located within one of these forested areas. ©Akitzhaber/Shutterstock.com

10. Hamilton County

Hamilton County is the tenth-fastest growing county in New York. From 2010 to 2023, Hamilton County grew by 7.28% and currently has an estimated population of 5,188. It has a land area of 1,721 sq miles, giving it a population density of 3 people per sq mile, the smallest on our list by quite a bit. It goes to show the extremes of the state of New York!

Hamilton County is located in the northern part of the state and is the least populated and most sparsely populated county in New York. The county is located in Upstate New York, a less populated region of the state. Additionally, it’s located in the West Canada Lake Wilderness region, a mostly forested area without many people and little infrastructure.

The Top 10 Largest Counties in New York (By Population):

New York has some of the largest counties in the United States by population. Although, as probably makes sense, most of the largest counties in the state of New York are centered around NYC. In fact, these counties together account for over half of the total population of the state! Here is the most updated list as of 2023:

Kings County with 2,805,485 People

Queens County with 2,457,886 People

New York County with 1,726,765 People

Suffolk County with 1,535,691 People

Bronx County with 1,498,919 People

Nassau County with 1,412,646 People

Westchester County with 1,021,059 People

Erie County with 964,796 People

Monroe County with 763,973 People

Richmond County with 503,853 People

#New York #Fastest Growing Counties #Census Bureau #Post-Covid Era #New York City #Kings County #Rockland County #Queens County #Orange County #Saratoga County #New York County #Bronx County #Westchester County #Richmond County #Hamilton County

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