Homosexualy was still classified as an illns Swen 1979. Swes protted by llg sick to work, claimg they felt gay.
Contents:
- THE TIME SWES CALLED GAY TO WORK 1979
- DID PROTTG SWES REALLY CALL SICK 1979, CLAIMG THEY “FELT GAY”?
THE TIME SWES CALLED GAY TO WORK 1979
Homosexualy was nsired a mental illns many untri as late as the mid-20th century—if was not classified as an outright crime.
DID PROTTG SWES REALLY CALL SICK 1979, CLAIMG THEY “FELT GAY”?
Even Swen, that Sndavian bastn of openns and equaly, intified beg gay as a disorr as late as year, a group of Swes took advantage of the legal amework that ma beg gay an illns and lled sick to work, claimg their homosexualy as the reason.
One woman, om the southern provce of Smålanven, managed to get Social Secury benefs for llg gay. Callg gay was part of a larger prott om the RFSL, the Swedish Feratn for Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr Rights. Swen crimalized homosexualy 1944, but acrdg to the Natnal Board of Health and Welfare, which velops health standards, was still a disease.