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  • Times did change though, quite a lot even.

    I’m not LGBTQ+ so I can only say what I know from other people. But when you speak to older gay people, boomer gays and such, they tell you awfuly heartbreaking stories.

    Of course gays and other LGBTQ+ folx still get hated on and discriminated and there is still a long, long way to go.

    But that doesn’t change, that nowadays you can publish loveletters of two men, without destroying the lives of each person involved. Back then, the letter writers would have probably ended up in prison and everyone else with knowledge of them or any kind of involvement would loose their jobs and carrers and would have been shunned. Someone responsible publishing them or making a film about them, would probably go to prison too.

    So yes. I’d call this a more enlightened time compared to Europe in the 1930’/40’s.









  • norimee@lemmy.worldtoWorld News@lemmy.worldGermany is imposing border controls
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    I’m german and I absolutely disagree with these measures. It goes against all our Union within Europe stands for. We have to solve issues together not everyone on its own.

    If there is a problem, we have to strengthen the EU-outside borders not the one within.

    I would wish a better support and cooperation for countries with EU borders. The budget and people for strengthening german borders should go to an EU wide border cooperative that protects the EU outside borders together.


  • Last Generation Austria (Letzte Generation Österreich) disbanded recently, because they can’t handle legal fees anymore. Others are on the same path.

    While protesters for other causes face no consequences, climate protesters get arrested regularly.

    For example farmers in Germany protested that they don’t get subsidies anymore for using diesel engines, blocked and hindered main streets, people and buisnesses. Held a ferry full of people hostage because a politican with his family was on board, with no real negative or legal consequences.

    German government caved to the farmers, while at the same time charging climate activists en mass for blocking highways and such.