LGBT history in the Czech Republic
17th Century[]
- 1670? Wenceslaus Hollar depicts the departure of Abraham and Lot. Lot is described in the Book of Genesis 18 and 19 as the pious heterosexual with Daughters of Lot during the fire and brimstone of Sodom and Gomorrah for homosexuality.
18th Century[]
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20th Century[]
One of the earliest activists in Czechoslovakia to fight for the equal rights of sexual minorities and the decriminalization of homosexuality was Imrich Matyáš. He started advocating for gay rights in 1919 and continued during the communist regime as well.[1]
Homosexuality in Czechoslovakia was decriminalised in 1962.[2]
References[]
- ^ Vērdiņš, Kārlis, ed. (2016). Queer Stories of Europe. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 136. ISBN 978-1-4438-9790-7.
- ^ "Where is it illegal to be gay?". BBC News. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
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