How the Nazis destroyed the first gay rights movement.

June 30, 2019 compassq 5 THINGS TO KNOW, HEROES, LIFESTYLES Comments Off on How the Nazis destroyed the first gay rights movement.
‘Damenkneipe’ or ‘Ladies’ Saloon’ painted by Rudolf Schlichter. (Image: Rawstory.com)

In 2017, Germany’s Cabinet approved a bill that would expunge the convictions of tens of thousands of German men for “homosexual acts” under that country’s anti-gay law known as “Paragraph 175.” That law dates back to 1871, when modern Germany’s first legal code was created…