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Title: Berlin unveils controversial gay holocaust monument
Post by: Natasha on May 27, 2008, 05:35:44 PM
Post by: Natasha on May 27, 2008, 05:35:44 PM
Berlin unveils controversial gay holocaust monument
http://www.topnews.in/berlin-unveils-controversial-gay-holocaust-monument-243925
5/26/2008
"A Jewish homosexual, Hirschfeld was a medical doctor who dedicated his life to the scientific study of homosexuality and to lobbying the German government to repeal laws outlawing all same-sex behaviour even amongst consenting adults in private. The word "transsexual" was coined by Hirschfeld to describe the phenomenon that he argued was a natural extension of human sexuality."
Posted on: May 26, 2008, 12:18:24 AM
more about this story here. (http://www.ukgaynews.org.uk/Archive/08/May/2703.htm)
http://www.topnews.in/berlin-unveils-controversial-gay-holocaust-monument-243925
5/26/2008
"A Jewish homosexual, Hirschfeld was a medical doctor who dedicated his life to the scientific study of homosexuality and to lobbying the German government to repeal laws outlawing all same-sex behaviour even amongst consenting adults in private. The word "transsexual" was coined by Hirschfeld to describe the phenomenon that he argued was a natural extension of human sexuality."
Posted on: May 26, 2008, 12:18:24 AM
more about this story here. (http://www.ukgaynews.org.uk/Archive/08/May/2703.htm)
Title: Re: Berlin unveils controversial gay holocaust monument
Post by: cindianna_jones on May 27, 2008, 05:46:20 PM
Post by: cindianna_jones on May 27, 2008, 05:46:20 PM
Quote"But we are sad because it has taken this long to come this far. Gays imprisoned by the Nazis were still in prison well into the 1950s and '60s because of anti-gay laws which were not repealed until 1969," Eckert says.
Everyone here should read this article. This is important. Thanks Natasha for scooping this jewel.
Cindi
Title: Re: Berlin unveils controversial gay holocaust monument
Post by: gina on May 28, 2008, 07:38:22 PM
Post by: gina on May 28, 2008, 07:38:22 PM
Well even though it took many years....its nice to see the memorial created for those that suffered from the mind of lunatics. :(
gina
gina