A roadside historical marker installed less than a year ago to honor Richard Schlegel, a gay rights pioneer, has been removed after a Pennsylvania senator complained about an online history describing the man’s memories of his early sexual encounter with a younger boy.
Source: pennnews
Pennsylvania pulls gay pioneer’s historical marker over 1993 interview
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