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this is for harry styles and the gays.

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HELLO ALL i was tagged by the lovely @princesscarriefisher to share my fave selfies from 2017 and i was forbidden to turn this into the aaron&julia show (gotta keep them thirsty!) i still snuck some of my fave friends in here! shoutout to clem and janina, gone but not forgotten rip feel free to do this if you want 🏳️‍🌈 mother loves u

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cologne pride 2017 🌈

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... Danke, CDU.

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Johannes Kahrs’ angry speech towards Angela Merkel who has been “supporting the discrimination of lesbians and gays and never done anything towards legal equilisation.” (X)

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@ my international followers: If germany does pass same-gender marriage tomorrow, pls dont make or reblog posts like “thank you Angela” or “thanks to Merkel there’s finally marriage for all in germany”. No. No. She didn’t do this. She doesn’t deserve praise for this. She and her party have opposed this for DECADES and just bc she’s not explicitly saying she’ll vote against it rn (bc there’s an election soon and she’s afraid for her approval rating) does NOT make her an lgbt ally. Do NOT praise her for something she didn’t do. (goes for my german followers too ofc, but non-germans seem to think Merkel is this liberal/progressive icon and just….no.)

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Thank you, Volker Beck!

Volker Beck has been a MP for the Green Party since 1994. Since then he fought for marriage equality in the Bundestag. He is one of the leaders of a movement that ended with marriage equality in Germany today. He made numerous petitions, handed in draft after draft, fought against discrimination and for equal rights. Not only in Germany but also internationally. He was one of those parlamentarians that never accepted a no, but also took every little step they could. When he started this fight homosexuality was still illegal, homosexuals weren’t accepted as victims of the Nazis, and discrimination of homosexuals was everyday normality. He was always open about being gay at a time when it wasn’t seen as normal by the majority of people. He made sure that homosexuals weren’t criminalised any more, he fought for victims of the Nazis and fought for a memorial for them, he fought for those that were criminalised for their homosexuality and fought that those crimes were erased, he fought for marriage equality ever since. When Germany was one of the first countries to allow same-sex civil unions, he didn’t stop there. He continued to fight for same-sex marriages and he fought that same-sex couples have the same rights and wouldn’t be discriminated any longer. It were many, many small steps that he made possible with his persistency. Ever since he became a MP he fought for the rights of homosexuals, but also every other marginalised and discriminated group. Last week he persisted that the Green Party makes marriage equality one of the red lines in their party programme for the next election. This lead to similar reactions by the FDP, the Linke, and the SPD. This prompted Merkel to say that they maybe should talk about it some time in the future.

Today was his last day ever in parliament and today he reached his goal! Germany has marriage equality. Thank you Volker Beck and good luck!

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Volker Beck - the man who fought 30 years for LGBT rights in Germany and witnessed marriage equality on his last day as a MP. Legend.

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bunboyfriend replied to your post: straight people just got married in our townhall....

one of the MPs was like “also niemandem wird ja etwas weggenommen, die nächste hochzeit, die ich besuche ist auch eine hetero-hochzeit” and people booed it was great asjkdjkasd

honestly me as all the people who booed it was very hard to keep calm right now, i almost booed those couples too ajshdjak

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How to show up to a discussion on same sex marriage.

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straight people just got married in our townhall. weird. i thought straight marriage was destroyed now that gay people can marry too...?

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not gonna lie these past 3 days were the most stressful days of my life, i'm still shaking 🌈🌈🌈

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Germany just legalised same sex marriage 🌈

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GERMAN BUNDESTAG JUST VOTED FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY!!!

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Bundestag stimmt mit deutlicher Mehrheit für Ehe für alle

Der Bundestag hat mit deutlicher Mehrheit die Ehe für alle beschlossen. 393 Abgeordnete stimmten für den Antrag.

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A clear majority of German MPs have voted to legalise same-sex marriage, days after Chancellor Angela Merkel dropped her opposition to the idea.

The reform gives gay men and lesbians full marital rights, and allows them to adopt children.

At present, same-sex couples are limited to civil unions.

But Mrs Merkel, who only decided to allow the vote on Monday, voted against the measure. Her political opponents were strongly in favour.

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