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[–][deleted] 53 insightful - 5 fun53 insightful - 4 fun54 insightful - 5 fun -  (3 children)

do we really want to disregard a group that got us started so long ago?

Started what? What did trans people start? They just hitched a ride on the already existing gay rights movement.

France legalized homosexuality in 1791. That's almost 200 years before Stonewall. Fucking Napoleon did more to advance gay rights than trans people ever did since he pushed his legal code into Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg as well, legalizing homosexuality there. Maybe we should worship Napoleon as our lord and savior instead of Marsha P. Johnson.

Stonewall was never the start of the fight for gay rights. It was a tipping point in the United States, where homosexuality was still illegal, but the fight there has started long before then.

[–]fuck_reddit 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Dont forget switzerland!

[–][deleted] 9 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

True. Sadly Switzerland made it illegal again after Napoleon's defeat. Switzerland needed more Napoleon.

[–]fuck_reddit 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Aw, i wasnt aware of that… just knew they still have a legal code based in the Napoleon code…