Quotations (4) More Quotations Quotations (1) Quotations (2) Quotations (3) #648 You and your lover look like a nice couple. (You kind of look like brothers) --Louis #649 You've got a great site, with information that most gay-folk don't know about. (I didn't) And should! Knowing about history improves our future! --David #658 Votre travail sur Karl Heinrich Ulrichs est tout simplement remarquable. Bravo! J'ai placé un lien [Your work on KHU is just simply remarkable. Bravo! I have linked your site] --Fred #662 I did not realize anyone would fight for gay or lesbian rights during the Victorian period in history for fear of being hanged or beheaded; that happened a lot --Steven #676 I've sent your link along to a whole bunch of my favorite email contacts --Will #693 You two look great as a couple in the photo I saw --L.P. #694 I have included your tribute to Ulrichs in our HEROES & VILLAINS page --Steve #695 I'm especially tuned into gay history, since I recently wrote and recorded a single called "Pride," which summarizes GLBT history of the 20th Century. Unfortunately Karl Heinrich isn't in the song (Ulrichs is hard to rhyme)... --Jon #702 I thought I knew my gay history but I had never heard of Heinrich Ulrichs --Chris #705 A very amazing man --Glenn #711 Very interesting and sad reading, but such a strong man --Bruce #712 Toast to Karl! --Clay #716 I'm glad I finally got around to reading the full site about Karl Heinrich Ulrichs. It touched me --Jason #722 Thanks for the information on Karl...I had never heard of him nor anything about a man who really is responsible for initiating the gay rights movement. I have read your list of suggestions and can certainly do several of the things on the list --Todd #732 Talk about doing your homework! --Jason in Ontario #733 I can honestly say I was not aware of Ulrichs and the impact he had --Billy #749 I can imagine how much courage it must have taken in the 1800's to "come out" --Helmut #764 Not so often you find a site with actual content! --Kelly #765 I admit to never having heard of him...It DOES sound like Karl has played an important part in your relationship and added to your interests in common. How long HAVE you been together now? Computers and the internet are truly magical. Perhaps one day they will break the time travel problem and you two will be able to sit down with Karl and find out exactly what it was like to be alive in his time and to make those choices. Perhaps Bill Gates is working on it even as we speak! --Paul in Los Angeles #776 Subj: Riding with Karl? I would like to share a short story with you: Coming out of a restaurant in Madison, WI, my girlfriend and I noticed a car that was loaded with rainbow stickers and other "family" labels. We enjoy looking for these and pointing them out to each other, you see. :-) This particular car had a bumper sticker which read, "Riding with Karl." Neither of us had any idea what that might mean, but in view of the rest of the cars decorations, we assumed it to be a phrase related to gay pride in some way. A few weeks passed, and we decided to try to find out what we could. I posted a question on a lesbian message board and waited for an answer. In the meantime, my girlfriend found the web site you created. I am almost positive that "Riding with Karl" refers to Karl Ulrichs. This has been really informative and interesting reading for both of us. We put the link on the lesbian board as well. I also wanted to let you know that the story is getting out ... bit by bit! --Tundra #780 I could not stop reading...I happen to be 76...I plan on attending my first "retreat" with other gays...and I will think of Karl --Len #790 The page on Karl Heinrich Ulrichs showed a lot of effort and was obviously a labor of love. I have to admit that I had not heard of him before -- a shame really --Burton #791 Le site est interessant et c'est tres gentil a vous de l'avoir traduit en francais. Je l'ai envoye a des amies [The site is interesting and it is very nice of you to have translated it into French. I'm sending it to some of my friends] --Carole #794 Grand merci de l'avoir traduit en français, ce qui me permet d'en parler autour de moi...Je pense également qu'il est important de rappeler NOTRE histoire, l'Histoire dont on ne nous parle jamais sur les bancs de l'école!!! [Big thanks for translating it into French, which allows me to be able to talk about it...I also think it's important to recall OUR history, the history they don't teach in school] --Filou #797 Several years ago I discovered translations of Ulrichs' writings. These two books are treasured parts of my personal library. I am duly floored by his progressive thoughts and his courage...I look forward to the much-needed, long-overdue birthday celebration of this nearly-forgotten and rarely-recognized civil rights worker! --Clarence #801 I can't believe that someone was speaking out for gay rights that early in history. I am glad that you contacted me --Matt #806 Thank you very much for the wonderful website; I enjoyed reading it and looking at the pictures...A little suggestion: The Muse Urania is not identical to Aphrodite Urania, to whom Ulrichs' "Uranism" refers --W.S. #809 Thanks for the inspiration! Ulrichs' story reminds me that one person can make a difference --Felix #810 Might I recommend a marketing technique for your translation [of Ulrichs]. How about calling it "Harry Potter and the Wizard of Westerfeld?" --Joseph #814 I had never heard of him before and I have been oblivious to the things that happened to gay people that far into the past. It was inspiring --Mike #819 It was a very fascinating story! --Sean #820 Inspiring! .... All the best with spreading the good word about that remarkable man, Ulrichs --Malcolm #845 I am a fifty eight-year-old gay man, who for the first fifty years of his life was convinced that he and his desires were of the most vile and dirty kind. My cowardice is well illuminated by the honesty and sacrifice of men such as Ulrichs. It is incredible, though I was born 47 years after his death, that the impenetrable cloud of misinformation and ignorance, which has been societies' defense against the likes of us, is still as potent as it was in his lifetime; however, Ulrichs dared to challenge and I dared not. --Clint More Quotations Quotations (1) Quotations (2) Quotations (3)

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