As the article points out, that was only a very small part of the overall effort to change the classification, however it’s still quite funny to think about.
A few times some relatives (English not being their native language), when I was younger, would ask me “are you of the gay?!”
I always use the phrase whenever I can. Just typing it is making me laugh.
In 1979, because homosexuality was listed as an illness in Sweden at the time, a few people called into work saying they “felt gay”.
One person even got state benefits for being homosexual
As the article points out, that was only a very small part of the overall effort to change the classification, however it’s still quite funny to think about.
So “I diagnose you with gay” was a real thing a doctor could legitimately say lmao.
A few times some relatives (English not being their native language), when I was younger, would ask me “are you of the gay?!”
I always use the phrase whenever I can. Just typing it is making me laugh.