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Contents:
- A SHORT GAY HISTORY OF GERMANY AND §175
- FACULTY MEMBER PUBLISH BOOK ON THE HISTORY OF GAY MEN DENMARK
A SHORT GAY HISTORY OF GERMANY AND §175
Fd out the history and current state of gay, lbian and trans rights Denmark. * short history of gay denmark *
It’s worth notg that as a largely homogenised untry wh a strong welfare system (and therefore mimal wealth equaly), the approach to the issu is often ls tersectnal than necsarily is more populo, diverse untri; somethg that is now shiftg. Among the founrs were gay activists Eigil and Axel Axgil (then Eigil Eskildsen and Axel Lundahl-Madsen), who would later bee the first gay uple to enter to a registered partnership anywhere the world. Homosexual men, or men who have had sex wh other men (MSM), are still not able to donate blood, stemmg om fears that they are at higher risk of rryg HIV or hepatis.
FACULTY MEMBER PUBLISH BOOK ON THE HISTORY OF GAY MEN DENMARK
In this article, we go through a short gay history of Germany wh a foc on §175 and s implitns for queer people. * short history of gay denmark *
Around 1890, homosexualy began to be perceived as a mental illns, and om there somewhat r punishments beme the norm rather than what the penalty amework of 1866 stated. Common to the laws agast homosexualy was that they were aimed almost exclively at gay men, as the mon thought was that women lacked sex drive, which ma relatively unproblematic for two women to live together a discreet relatnship.
Although Houmark portrayed homosexualy several of his novels, cludg "For Guds Aasyn" om 1910, was not until 1950 that he posthumoly acknowledged his sexualy publicly the book "When I Am Dead". After World War II, the Circle of 1948 (what is today LGBT Denmark) was found by Axel Axgil Aalb together wh Doris Pollas as an associatn for homosexuals and bisexuals. Over several hundred gay men were arrted and imprisoned durg the "Great Pornography Affair" 1955, where the Copenhagen police disvered an extensive homosexual prostutn work the pal.
The Gay Liberatn Front ( Danish: Bøssern Beielsont) is formed wh the purpose of munitg and rmg about homosexualy and gay polics to the general populatn by settg up street mpaigns and gay ravans around the untry.