Secret meeting places
The city's parks have always been meeting places for men who have sex with men.
The city's parks have always been meeting places for men who have sex with men. Stories have long circulated about handkerchiefs and scarves that, when folded or tied in particular ways, would signal requests or offers. In 1990, RFSL Rådgivningen ran a campaign for safer sex, filling birdhouses with condoms and lubricants in several of Malmö's parks. At the same time, "gay bashing" (violence against gays) was happening in many of the same parks. Violent crimes against homosexual men were common in Sweden during the first part of the 1990s, and the area around the Pegasus statue in Slottsparken was rumoured to be an especially dangerous place. Foto: Malmö Stadsarkiv Text: A Ride to Pride en kartguide till Malmös hbtqi-historia, Malmö Stadsarkiv
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- Årtal: 1980
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