Tag: history
Chemsex will define a period of our gay history
56 Dean Street Chemsex Lead David Stuart: 'Stop stigmatizing people who engage in chemsex and help them share their stories'
It’s not a good idea to be angry as you stand before a packed room about to deliver a speech. But there I was.
It was the recent book launch event for James Wharton’s Something for the Weekend, where the former British soldier bravely shares his chemsex story.
And so before taking the microphone as the chemsex lead at London’s 56 Dean...
The secret history of the gay Kings and Queens of England
Secret love lives, stormy reigns and grisly murders
England’s ‘gay’ kings and queens defied society – during perhaps the most homophobic era of human history – to have same-sex lovers.
Of 41 monarchs since William The Conqueror, we’ve identified seven who were likely lesbian, gay or bisexual. That’s an incredible 17%. And they include some of the most famous rulers in British history.
This is the incredible history of their secret love lives, stormy reigns, tragic sicknesses and grisly murders.
King William Rufus...
The gay Holocaust victims history forgot
27 January marks the 72nd anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Its extent of torture is unparalleled in European history; unthinkable by any civilisation. What happened within the barbed gates of Auschwitz remains the deep shame of a now peaceful continent. The Nazi concentration camps were the abattoirs of humanity, making it their business to kill as quickly and mercilessly as possible.
Though it may be an impossible episode to comprehend, as the 72nd anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation dawns on 27...
Germany earmarks €30m in compensation for gay men convicted under historical sex laws
The German Justice Ministry plans to allocate the funds in order to compensate the thousands of gay and bisexual men convicted under archaic sex laws.
The German government has announced that it is making preparations to compensate more than 50,000 men who were jailed for being gay under Paragraph 175 – a law which criminalised homosexuality and was enforced until the late 60s.
To say that the law is archaic is a bit of an understatement, as it was introduced in...
How history is made – Bernie Sanders supported gays in a homophobic era
The 1990’s signified the start of a change, regarding how homosexuality was viewed by the majority. But the times were still uncertain, as today’s supporters were convinced detractors back in the days. Clinton, for instance, signed in 1993 the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” decree, meant to protect the gay soldiers and allow then to join the military forces, which previously was not possible. But in 1996, the same Bill Clinton, signed the Defense of Marriage Act that defined the...
