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The forgotten origins of the modern gay rights movement in WWI

  • Written by Laurie Marhoefer, Assistant Professor of History, University of Washington
imageGerman infantrymen aim machine guns from a trench near the Vistula River in 1916. AP-Photo

One of the World War I’s most enduring legacies is largely forgotten: It sparked the modern gay rights movement.

Gay soldiers who survived the bloodletting returned home convinced their governments owed them something – full citizenship. Especially...

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