Germany To Pardon More Than 50,000 Men Convicted Of Homosexuality

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Via NNN:

The German government has announced it will overturn the convictions of tens of thousands of gay men jailed before homosexuality was decriminalized.

“The historic convictions are wrong. They are deeply hurtful to human dignity,” said Justice Minister Heiko Maas. “We cannot completely completely undo these outrages of the rule of law, but we want to rehabilitate the victims.”

More than 50,000 gay men were convicted between 1946 and 1969, when homosexuality was decriminalized in both East and West Germany. Those men “should no longer have to live with the stain of a criminal record,” says Maas.

Germany has long had a complex relationship with its LGBT community: Paragraph 175 criminalized homosexuality in 1871 but, by the 1920s, Berlin was the gay capital of the world, with numerous gay clubs and associations—including Magnus Hirschfeld’s groundbreaking Institute of Sexual Research.

Today, gays enjoy a generally liberal and inclusive environment, but Germany is one of the last in the West to continue a ban on same-sex marriage. (Registered partnerships have provided many of the same rights as marriage since 2001.)

And while German people have the option of identifying as neither male or female on official documents, the government still requires trans people to undergo sterilization to have their gender identity legally recognized.

Clearing these men’s records is a step in the right direction, but the march to full equality is far from over.

[Economy 52,839]

Progress i guess?

 

Im surprised at how conservative in some aspects Germany still is!

[LaMaisonGaga 23,884]

YES GERMANY!

[MelbHawker 6,583]

Pleasing to read. Another step in making equality stronger. 

[En_Sabah_Nur 9,366]

About time!  Smh 

 

[kvnrp 48,353]

It'll probably take another 20 years until we can really marry and then another 20 until we can really adopt children

But still, a good step in the right direction for us.

[Economy 52,839]

2 hours ago, kvnrp said:

It'll probably take another 20 years until we can really marry and then another 20 until we can really adopt children

But still, a good step in the right direction for us.

Living in Canada, I dont understand why pretty much the rest if the entire world is so slow to progress in... Well... Like everything  

[kvnrp 48,353]

Just now, Economy said:

Living in Canada, I dont understand why pretty much the rest if the entire world is so slow to progress in... Well... Like everything  

Because young people don't vote anymore 

But everyone complains and don't want to change anything unless it's really necessary 

It's a shame

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3 minutes ago, kvnrp said:

Because young people don't vote anymore 

But everyone complains and don't want to change anything unless it's really necessary 

It's a shame

 

 

Not to brag but, sometimes i feel i won the lotery by being lucky to live in this Country that has only 0.5% of Earths population

 

Eveb Scandinavian Countries which are the only other Countries just as progressive in many aspects are not as good in terms of racism etc due to lack of diversity and less immigrants

 

If I had the option to live anywhere else i still wouldnt leave

 

Our neighbours to the south (USA), I cant at their social issues and their sh*t  

[kvnrp 48,353]

Just now, Economy said:

 

 

Not to brag but, sometimes i feel i won the lotery by being lucky to live in this Country that has only 0.5% of Earths population

 

Eveb Scandinavian Countries which are the only other Countries just as progressive in many aspects are not as good in terms of racism etc due to lack of diversity and less immigrants

 

If I had the option to live anywhere else i still wouldnt leave

 

Our neighbours to the south (USA), I cant at their social issues and their sh*t  

The US is a tragic mess 

The biggest economy can't get their sh*t together 

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About damn time. Now make same sex marriage a thing and make it possible for gay couples to adopt. 

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8 minutes ago, kvnrp said:

The US is a tragic mess 

The biggest economy can't get their sh*t together 

Lol i always laugh becausr any social issue we fix now we already know the US wont even discuss it and have political crap about it for another 10-20 years

 

Women voting, army abstinence of constience, LGBT rights, Racial protection etc all issues we fix way before US or other Countries

 

I respect the struggle tho. Most of the world may be slow to progress but at least it gies the right direction

 

I swear tho everytime i visit the US and i see outdated infrastructure and peoples ignorant views, its like ik going back in time  

[kvnrp 48,353]

Just now, Economy said:

Lol i always laugh becausr any social issue we fix now we already know the US wont even discuss it and have political crap about it for another 10-20 years

 

Women voting, army abstinence of constience, LGBT rights, Racial protection etc all issues we fix way before US or other Countries

 

I respect the struggle tho. Most of the world may be slow to progress but at least it gies the right direction

 

I swear tho everytime i visit the US and i see outdated infrastructure and peoples ignorant views, its like ik going back in time  

I know 

People in Germany always complain that trains are not perfectly on time, but in the US you have trains from the 60s still going around 

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4 minutes ago, kvnrp said:

I know 

People in Germany always complain that trains are not perfectly on time, but in the US you have trains from the 60s still going around 

I know. When you speand $600 Billion annually on military u run out of money for useful uses  

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4 hours ago, kvnrp said:

I know 

People in Germany always complain that trains are not perfectly on time, but in the US you have trains from the 60s still going around 

Because train isn't a common form of transportation in most of the country lol. 

It was replaced by cars. Except for the city subways and railroads in major cities.

Like these in my city: 

But ain't nobody got time for that when we all have cars and great highway systems in cities tbh. 

But they should invest in better trains for faster and cheaper travel across the country instead of planes all the time imo.