Kertbeny's role fightg for gay rights is rarely mentned. His one lastg legacy was that he was the man who vented homosexualy, or to be more precise, the one who ed the terms "homosexual" and "heterosexual."
Contents:
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
- HOMO-GENI - A HISTORY OF GAY VENTORS
A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
homo-geni - a history of gay ventors... * homogeneous a history of gay inventors *
I wanted to wre an article celebratg the works of the most fluential gay, lbian, transgenr and bisexual novators, ventors and scientists throughout history. However, there was a are jt not many lists of famo homosexuals the homosexualy has often been associated wh the arts and creativy, has never been as openly accepted wh the scientific muny. Ined, beg a homosexual was a crimal offense many untri until recently (and many untri, ntu to be today), which will have prevented many historil figur om g out of the closet.
HOMO-GENI - A HISTORY OF GAY VENTORS
In the UK, before 1967 (jt over 50 years ago) homosexualy ed to be punishable by sentenc as harsh as life imprisonment. As a rult, many of history’s greatt homosexual scientists may have hidn their te inty.
However, the gay muny has a long history of ntributns to science and I have piled a number of proment novators, scientists, and ventors who were LGBTQ, as they have eher openly admted to beg gay or historil rerds of their relatnships strongly suggt they were (see sourc at bottom of the article). Historil not believe that he was primarily homosexual.
Rpectg the potato kgHistoril acunts believe he was homosexual, which enraged his fay and society at the time.