Mariasilvia Spolato
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Mariasilvia Spolato (25 June 1935 – 31 October 2018) was an Italian activist for LGBT rights, lesbian feminist, magazine founder and publisher. She was one of the pioneers of the homosexual rights movement and the first woman in Italy to publicly declare her homosexuality. For this reason she was discriminated and persecuted, losing her job as a maths school teacher in 1972.[1][2][3][4] In the 1970s Spolato was also active in the "Pompeo Magno" feminist collective in Rome.[4] In 1971 she was one of the founders of the militant organization Fuori! ("Out!"), acronym of Fronte Unitario Omosessuale Rivoluzionario Italiano (United Revolutionary Italian Homosexual Front) and of its eponymous periodical.
References
- ^ Addio a Mariasilvia Spolato, la prima a dire «io amo una donna» (in Italian)
- ^ E' morta Mariasilvia Spolato prima italiana a dichiararsi omosessuale (in Italian)
- ^ Mai più sotto i ponti (in Italian)
- ^ a b Biagini, Elena (2018). L'emersione imprevista. Il movimento delle lesbiche in Italia negli anni '70 e '80 (in Italian). Pisa: Edizioni ETS. pp. 25–31. ISBN 9788846753007.
External links
Media related to Maria Silvia Spolato at Wikimedia Commons
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