Concentration camps for gays
Demonstration against concentration camps in Chechnya
The Rainbow Project, the largest support and activism organisation for lesbian, queer , bisexual and/or transgender people and their families in Northern Ireland, has organised a demonstration against the Chechen government’s creation of concentration camps for lgbtq+ men.
Reports from Human Rights Watch and the independent Novoya Gazeta have confirmed that the Chechen government has commenced a programme of hunting down queer men, interning them in concentration camps and subjecting them to torture including sexual degradation. It has been reported that three of the victims contain been murdered.
To protest against this extreme violation of human rights and to highlight the failure of the UK government to intervene, The Rainbow Proposal has organised a demonstration to be held at Belfast City Hall on Friday 14th April at 5.30pm.
Speaking ahead of the demonstration, John O’Doherty, Director of The Rainbow Project, said: ‘There has been widespread state-sponsored intimidation, discrimination and violence against LGBT within the Russian Federation for many years but this action by the Russian republic of Chechn
Gay people
Lesbian, gay and transgender life in Germany began to thrive at the beginning of the 20th century. Berlin in particular was one of the most liberal cities in Europe with a number of lesbian, gay and trans organisations, cafés, bars, publications and cultural events taking place.
Albrecht Becker – imprisoned by the Nazis for being gay
By the 1920s, Paragraph 175 of the German Penal Code, which criminalised homosexual acts, was being applied less frequently. Magnus Hirschfeld’s Institute for Sexual Science led the world in its scientific approach to sexual diversity and acted as an important public centre for Berlin lesbian, male lover, bisexual and transgender being. In 1929 the process towards complete decriminalisation had been initiated within the German legislature.
Nazi conceptions of race, gender and eugenics dictated the Nazi regime’s hostile policy on homosexuality. Repression against gay men, lesbians and trans people commenced within days of Hitler becoming Chancellor. On 6 May 1933, the Nazis violently looted and closed The Institute for Sexual Science, burning its extensive collection on the streets. Unknown numbers of German gay men, lesbians and trans
In Poland, no one writes about the tragic fate of homosexuals during the Nazi era. Nothing has been published about the thousands of Polish homosexuals who became death camp victims. Ordinary embarrassment is the reason that scholars remain silent about Nazism’s homosexual victims.
Germany’s Golden Years The nineteenth century was the first period when voices openly defending homosexuality and refusing to condemn it were heard on a broad scale. The Napoleonic Code of 1804 served as the model for this kind of progress. Under the influence of the French Revolution, Bavaria repealed in 1813 the rule that imposed penalties on homosexual unions. The government of Hannover soon followed suit. The German Reich, with Bismarck heading its government, was proclaimed in 1871, following the Franco-Prussian War. Article 175 of the unified legal code stated that “any bloke who permits indecent relations with another man, or who takes part in such relations, shall be subject to punishment by imprisonment.”
The Berlin physician Magnus Hirschfeld zealously opposed Article 175. In 1897, he founded the Scientific-Humanitarian Committee, which campaigned for the repeal
Homosexual prisoners in the Dachau concentration camp
Homosexual prisoners in the Dachau concentration camp
On July 30 2017, the German Bundestag passed the "marriage for all" law, which finally abolished legal discrimination against lgbtq+ couples. It marks the end of a history of discrimination and persecution that began in 1871....
Homosexual prisoners in the Dachau concentration camp
On July 30 2017, the German Bundestag passed the "marriage for all" law, which finally abolished legal discrimination against same-sex couples. It marks the end of a history of discrimination and persecution that began in 1871 with the introduction of a law that punished homosexuality and reached a terrible climax with the persecution and murder of homosexual men during the years of the National Socialist dictatorship. In 1935, the law was strengthened and in 1936 the "Reichszentrale zum den Homosexualität und Abortion" (Reich Center for Combating Homosexuality and Abortion), was specially set up for the persecution of homosexual men. After mass arrests and convictions, about 5,000 to 15,000 homosexual men were deported to National Socialist concentration camps,
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