orangejim
09-02-2006, 10:52
interesting facts for lgbt history month...
February 7. 1991
In an interview reported in the popular press, the president of the USSR, Academy of Medical Sciences asserts that homosexuality is a disease that must be fought by all legal means.
February 2, 1988
United Kingdom: Three women protest Clause 28 by swinging on ropes off the public gallery into the chamber of the House of Lords.
Their shouts of "Lesbians are angry!" and "It's our lives you're dealing with" distill the current mood of British lesbian and gay activists,
galvanized as never before in opposition to the bill.
February 8. 1945
France: The administration of General Charles de Gaulle decides to maintain the Vichy government's decree establishing a discriminatory age of consent for same-sex acts. Also see August 4, 1982
and....
February 8, 1994
The European Parliament, meeting in Strasbourg, France, approves a resolution initiated by Claudia Roth, representing Germanys Green Party, that affirms a broadly defined gay and lesbian rights agenda, including the right to marry.
February 7. 1991
In an interview reported in the popular press, the president of the USSR, Academy of Medical Sciences asserts that homosexuality is a disease that must be fought by all legal means.
February 2, 1988
United Kingdom: Three women protest Clause 28 by swinging on ropes off the public gallery into the chamber of the House of Lords.
Their shouts of "Lesbians are angry!" and "It's our lives you're dealing with" distill the current mood of British lesbian and gay activists,
galvanized as never before in opposition to the bill.
February 8. 1945
France: The administration of General Charles de Gaulle decides to maintain the Vichy government's decree establishing a discriminatory age of consent for same-sex acts. Also see August 4, 1982
and....
February 8, 1994
The European Parliament, meeting in Strasbourg, France, approves a resolution initiated by Claudia Roth, representing Germanys Green Party, that affirms a broadly defined gay and lesbian rights agenda, including the right to marry.