This is terribly sad news. Axel Axgil has died, aged 96 – after a lifetime of service to equality. Axel set up the world’s first national gay rights organisation in 1948 in Denmark - years before we had magazines like One, networks like Daughters of Bilitis or anyone had heard of Stonewall.
Axel and a small groups of others were fundamental to the implementation of civil partnerships in 1989 in Denmark and he was the first of the first at the first same sex wedding on Oct. 1, 1989, when he and his partner Eigil were among 11 couples to exchange vows. I interviewed the second couple, Ove Carlsen and Ivan Carlsen, in 2009 and they both spoke very highly of Axel.
LGBT Danmark said it planned a memorial service for Axgil at the organization’s annual meeting on Nov. 5 in Aarhus, western Denmark. Read more
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- Love is Love regardless of gender.
I see nothing wrong with gay marriage.
What I do , or who I marry , has NOTHING to do with the next person.
I love my girlfriend more than anything in this world & I don’t see how it affects YOU or anybody else.
Love has NO gender.
Regardless of what anyone says.
Obviously, America has a long way to go regarding gay marriage, but I just made a case for the National Rifle Association laying the groundwork for greater acceptance: http://thepoliticali.blogspot.com/2011/11/nra-boosts-gay-rights.html
I agree – love has no gender. Hate from others should not prevent the happiness of a couple, and I look forward to the day when that no longer is the case.
It is sad to hear about Eigil’s death. He has done such great work, and we are all the better for it.