Callg In Gay to Work: Prottg Prop 8 Through Charable Work

Contents:

• THE TIME SWES CALLED GAY TO WORK 1979
• DID PROTTG SWES REALLY CALL SICK 1979, CLAIMG THEY “FELT GAY”?
• CALLG 'GAY' TO WORK IS LATT FORM OF PROTT
• CALLG IN GAY TO WORK
• CALLG IN 'GAY' TO WORK IS LATT FORM OF PROTT
• CALLG ‘GAY’ TO WORK IS LATT FORM OF PROTT

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. 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.

DID PROTTG SWES REALLY CALL SICK 1979, CLAIMG THEY “FELT GAY”?

As a b of ntext, the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn announced that would no longer nsir homosexualy a mental disorr 1973, though ntued to e “sexual orientatn disturbance” to tegorize dividuals who felt distrsed by their sexual orientatn (among other odd disorrs) up wh the lack of tractn was gag through tradnal letter and phone mpaigns, RFSL planned to occupy the Natnal Board buildg as a monstratn agast pathologizg homosexualy. On Augt 29, durg the middle of Stockholm’s “Homosexual Liberatn Week” (which later beme known as Stockholm Pri), RFSL protters gathered to block the stairs of the Natnal Board buildg, chantg and wavg banners. In late October of 1979, the Natnal Board classified homosexualy as a disease, makg Swen the first European untry to do so.

That turned out to be the se for a tweet that has circulated om var acunts over the last year, which claims: “Homosexualy was still classified as an illns Swen 1979. Swes protted by llg sick to work, claimg they felt gay. RFSL—the Swedish Feratn for Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr Rights—provid the five answer.

CALLG 'GAY' TO WORK IS LATT FORM OF PROTT

Acrdg to the RFSL webse, although homosexualy was legalized Swen 1944, 1979 was still classified as a mental illns. Most didn’t want to be known that they were gay, but a few did ed ll sick, claimg that they were unable to work bee they were homosexual. RFSL says that only a few people lled sick, of whom jt one managed to qualify for paid leave on the basis of her homosexualy.

CALLG IN GAY TO WORK

Our discsn topics clu Frd, the DSM, and a group of Swes who lled gay to work. Frd and homosexualy.

Swes who lled gay to work. Our nversatn topics clu Frd, a massive diagnostic manual known as the DSM, and a group of Swes who lled gay to work.

CALLG IN 'GAY' TO WORK IS LATT FORM OF PROTT

However, what he also did was say that homosexualy and heterosexualy, there has to be a difference.

There has to be somethg unrlyg someone who intifi as queer, or homosexual – as he would say, vers someone who’s heterosexual and almost, you know, monizg homosexualy. And he me to a ncln at some pot where he said, well, if there has to be a reason for homosexualy, there has to be a reason for heterosexualy.

CALLG ‘GAY’ TO WORK IS LATT FORM OF PROTT

So he, was almost like he was first weaponizg and monizg homosexualy, but also sayg if there’s a reason for one, there has to be a reason for another, which is very tertg bee you don’t hear that the days, ’s always, homosexualy is the thg that’s not normal. So if you’ve ever seen the send season of Amerin horror story, which is tled “Asylum” – and warng, the next 10 sends will fely nta some spoilers -You’ll know that the character Lana wters, a lbian journalist played by the actrs Sarah Plson, was mted to a mental stutn bee she was a homosexual.