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- From: rhayden@oracle.com (Ronald Hayden)
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- Subject: Re: Stonewall in perspective (was: Year of the Queer)
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- Date: 26 Jan 93 01:28:57 GMT
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- In article <C0tyDF.JDB@agora.rain.com> bcapps@agora.rain.com (Brent Capps) writes:
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- The date: May 15, 1897. The place: Berlin, Germany. Magnus Hirschfeld
- founds the world's *first* homosexual emancipation organization, the
- Scientific Humanitarian Committee.
-
- [lots of German history deleted]
-
- I recently the first in a series of BBC documentaries (called "Out
- Now"? Well, 'Out' was one of the two words...), which documents the
- history you've mentioned.
-
- Very interesting stuff. And you're right -- America was not the first
- to address these issues, and up to today remains behind some other
- countries.
-
- For instance, there is speculation that a number of European countries
- may legalize gay marriage (and of course, at least one already has) in
- the near future. We're DECADES from that, most likely...
- --
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- - Ronald Hayden
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