Lesbian and Gay Movement in Europe

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Knitting Circle Lesbian and Gay Movement in Europe

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Lesbian and Gay Movement in Europe

Contents

General information
Axel Axgil
Helmer Fogedgaard
Allan Hellman
Rolf Loevaas
Karl Meier ("e;Rolf"e;)

Other European Pioneers

General information

The details here have largely been offered from theWeb site:http://users.cybercity.dk/~dko12530

See also the sections on thelesbian and gay movement,History,Timetable of Lesbian and Gay History,Icons, and thelesbian and gay studies.

John Lauritsen and David Thorstad, (1995), "e;The Early Homosexual Rights Movement (1864-1935)"e;, revised edition, California: Times Change Press, ISBN 0-87810-041-5, 121 pages.

Blurb"e;A book like this is of immense value . . . It is a reminder to other minorities that homosexuals are their brother-victims of persecution. And, to the vast, unthinking but not heartless majority of heterosexuals, it is a challenge."e;
Christopher Isherwood

Axel Axgil

Born 1915.

Danish gay activist.

Original founder of the Danish lesbian and gay organisation, the LBL, in 1948. Also involved with RFSL, DNF-48, and "e;IHWO"e;. This led to the founding of national lesbian and gay organisations in Sweden in 1949 and in Norway in 1950.

In October, 1989, Denmark became the first country in the world to give legal recognition of same-sex relationships. Eigil and Axel Axgil were the first couple to register and were married in theBryllupsalon, or "e;wedding chamber"e; in Copenhagen's town hall. They had lived together for 39 years. In 1958 they had adopted the nameAxgilwhich is a combination of parts of Eigil and Axel.

See the history oflegalised lesbian and gay partnerships.

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