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WAS AMELIA EARHART GAY
TIMELINE: Gay marriage chronologyIn Slate, Hs explaed that youngish female bloggers read this proto-femist manifto and seized the opportuny to mull over the nfg, often ntradictory state of morn marriage. It’s worth notg that the surge of tert Earhart’s unnventnal approach me along jt as the Supreme Court announced s plans to take on the issue of marriage equaly, and after an electn that legalized same-sex marriage four stat and sent an openly gay senator to Washgton.
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DM: A GAYER APPROACH TO MARRIAGE
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Although the se is lled the Tomb of the Two Brothers, and there is bate as to s signifince, many historians have terpreted as evince of early gay relatnships. At this time, laws around homosexualy were also formed—among them that gay prostutn would be legal, but taxed. In 1478, the Spanish Inquisn was tablished, which rulted the stong and stratn of many gays and lbians, dubbed "sodom" at the time.
WAS AMELIA EARHARDT GAY
1791: France be the first Wtern European natn to crimalize homosexualy. 1800s: Decrimalizg homosexualy spreads through Europe and Lat Ameri. In 1811, the Netherlands was the first major European untry of the 19th century to crimalize homosexualy.