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LGBT+ History
Denmark&#;s LGBT+ history is a story of oppression, invisibility, resistance, union, and victories. Homosexuality was considered a crime in Denmark until – at least for men. Danish Rule from stated: &#;Association against nature is punished with fire&#;. Ordinary Danish Penal Code replaced the death penalty (fire) with reformatory work. Only with the Civil Penalties Act of (which was in outcome from January 1st, ) was sex between grown-up men over 18 (21) years decriminalized. In this timeline, you can peruse about how the personal became political, a movement united and fought for the right to be who you are.
The overview is based on the article &#;LBL and other Danish gay movements&#;, which Inge-Lise Paulsen and Vibeke Nissen wrote for Lambda Nordica in It has since been supplemented and is continuously updated by the LGBT+ Library
The Circle of is founded in Aalborg. The idea takes shape on Midsummer&#;s Eve , so June 23rd is considered the founding day. The idea behind and driving force of the association came from Axel Lundahl Madsen, later Axel Axgil.
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Upcoming Events in Copenhagen
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Bøssehuset Sommerfest: big annual summer party at The Gay House (›Bøssehuset‹) in Copenhagen's ›FreeTown of Christiania‹. (You can take the bus to Bodenhoffs Plads, right where Mælkevejen crosses with Prinsessegade.)
With performances, live bands and DJs.
Tickets: from 70 DKK
From @ Bøssehuset (Refshalevej 2 / Mælkevejen 69 D)
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About Copenhagen and its queer life
Denmark has a population of million people, of whom million exist in the capital Copenhagen (København) and about million in the Greater Copenhagen area. Copenhagen is considered to be one of the most livable cities in the nature – and therefore unfortunately also one of the most expensive by now –, not least because of its numerous green areas, an unpolluted harbor, where you can even go for a swim, and the lovely architecture. Among the most interesting sights in addition to Andersen's Little Mermaid are the Tivoli, one of the oldest still operating am
1. To have homo-sexual feelings for another person.
2. A term used to mock someone for their abnormal obsession or desire for something which could be a person (not necessarilyhomo-sexual), place, thing or an action.
1) Ben is "gay for" Steven.
2) Melissa is "gay for" japanese comics.
Chris is "gay for" watching movies.
Thomas is "gay for" Anna.
by DW Chaney December 28,
GAY, adjective
1. Merry; airy; jovial; sportive; frolicksome. It denotes more being and animation than cheerful.
Belinda smiled, and all the world was gay
2. Fine; showy; as a gay dress.
3. Inflamed or merry with liquor; intoxicated; a vulgar use of the word in America.
GAY, noun An ornament. Not used.
We were having a very GAY old time until those abnoxious pedophilesshowed up. Why can't they get along with anyone?
by THE-INTELLECTUAL February 03,
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