Homosexuality in history - facts & dates..

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richiemidsTue 03/07/07 18:30		I've been doing some timeline research in homosexuality for a new show and found out some facts I thought some of you might be interested in.... 1836 - The last known execution for homosexuality in Great Britain. 1897 - George Cecil Ives organizes the first homosexual rights group in England, the Order of Chaeronea. 1933 - The National Socialist German Workers Party bans homosexual groups. Some homosexuals are sent to concentration camps 1945 - Upon the liberation of Nazi concentration camps by Allied forces, those interned for homosexuality are not freed, but required to serve out the full term of their sentences under Paragraph 175 1958 - The Homosexual Law Reform Society is founded in the United Kingdom 1978 - The rainbow flag is first used as a symbol of homosexual pride. 1982 - Northern Ireland decriminalizes homosexuality 1984 - Chris Smith, newly elected to the UK parliament declares: "My name is Chris Smith. I'm the Labour MP for Islington South and Finsbury, and I'm gay", making him the first openly out homosexual politician in the UK parliament. 1988 - Sweden is the first country to pass laws protecting homosexual regarding social services, taxes, and inheritances. Section 28 passes in England and Wales; Scotland enacts almost identical legislation 1989 - Western Australia legalizes male homosexuality 1991 - The red ribbon is first used as a symbol of the campaign against HIV/AIDS. 1992 - Isle of man legalize homosexuality 1994 - The United Kingdom reduces the age of consent for homosexual men to 18 2000 - The UK ban on homosexuals serving in the armed forces is abolished. The age of consent is equalised in the UK.
richiemidsTue 03/07/07 18:32		This one was quite interesting as well !! 1957 - The Wolfenden Committee's report recommends decriminalizing consensual homosexual behaviour between adults in the United Kingdom; Psychologist Evelyn Hooker publishes a study showing that homosexual men are as well adjusted as non-homosexual men, which becomes a major factor in the American Psychiatric Association removing homosexuality from its handbook of disorders in 1973.
#208522Tue 03/07/07 18:40		You missed out Jan 99 - quickfind:matt_sport sucks his first cock
satyr_zaTue 03/07/07 18:50		1996 - South Africa became the first nation in the world to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation in its constitution

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