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Paris, France: plaque to honor last men executed for homosexuality
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/10/17/france-plaque-unveiled-for-last-men-executed-for-being-gay/In Paris, France, tomorrow the mayor will reveal a plaque which honors the memory of the last two men the country had executed for homosexuality. Bruno Lenoir and Jean Diot were burned at the stake in 1750.
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“Bruno Lenoir and Jean Diot were executed publicly on the 6th July at 5pm, for nothing but the crime of being gay. They were the last couple executed in France for this reason."
I am glad they will finally be honored.
