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28th May 2008, 06:59 AM
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| EC Addict Full Member   Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Far out Location: Mannheim, Germany Age: 62 Posts: 488 Join Date: Mar 2006 |  Berlin inaugurates memorial for gay victims of the Holocaust  http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080527/...any_nazis_gays Sorry I’ve been away a while due to work. Yesterday in Berlin, the German government inaugurated the first monument for the thousands of homosexual victims of the Holocaust, a group that was pretty much ignored or forgotten. The cube-like stone monument has an opening where you can watch a video of 2 men kissing  , something that got homosexuals castrated or sent to concentration camps under Hitler. Some 15,000 are estimated to have died. Even after the war and up until 1969, 50,000 persons were prosecuted for the “crime” of homosexuality.
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28th May 2008, 07:13 AM
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| Trance Fan #1 Full Member   Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Almost everyone Location: Romania Age: 25 Posts: 784 Join Date: Sep 2007 | Re: Berlin inaugurates memorial for gay victims of the Holocaust awesome 
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28th May 2008, 01:07 PM
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| Member Full Member   Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Holy crap, I came out to my best friend *in shock* Location: Ocean City Age: 19 Posts: 98 Join Date: May 2008 | Re: Berlin inaugurates memorial for gay victims of the Holocaust Bout time, I've been wondering if this would happen.  |
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28th May 2008, 02:25 PM
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| He ate my heart Full Member   Gender: Garçon Orientation: 95% Gay, 5% Cheesecake Out Status: Out to everyone Location: The Peach State Age: 20 Posts: 1,575 Join Date: Nov 2007 | Re: Berlin inaugurates memorial for gay victims of the Holocaust I'm so glad that the victims have been recognized. It's so sad that schools completely ignore them and they were just lost in time. I never even knew that so many gays suffered in concentration camps until one of my classmates told me about it last year. |
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28th May 2008, 04:28 PM
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| I Can't Help You Fix Yourself Full Member   Gender: Female Orientation: Garcons et filles Out Status: Seriously, Everyone knows Location: O-H-I-O! Age: 18 Posts: 2,066 Join Date: Feb 2008 | Re: Berlin inaugurates memorial for gay victims of the Holocaust It's good that the victims are being recognized. It might help open people's eyes to what hatred can do. My History Class had a long discussion about gays getting murdered in concentration camps, we were on the brink of a same-sex marriage debate, but my teacher changed the subject. Not because of homophobia, but because I would have been arguing for the cause, and this girl I don't like would've been arguing against me. I can't say anything rude/mean to her or I'll get suspended.
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28th May 2008, 07:37 PM
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| EC Addict Full Member  Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: bestfriend & parents Location: South Florida Age: 21 Posts: 530 Join Date: Aug 2007 | Re: Berlin inaugurates memorial for gay victims of the Holocaust I am really glad they did this. I am a gay jew, so this is an issue close to my heart |
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