From: Pnash2@aol.com Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 21:57:14 EDT Subject: Karl Heinrich Ulrichs: 175 Years of Pride in 2000 ___________________________________ This is a personal invitation to celebrate the 175th birthday anniversary of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, the first known person to speak out publicly in defense of same-sex rights more than 130 years ago. I've prepared a text and picture website with the details of the invitation (works best in Netscape Navigator): CELEBRATION 2000: Karl Heinrich Ulrich: 175 Years of Gay Pride http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/celebration2000 It takes about a half-hour to read. I've used the word Gay to be inclusive of everyone interested in same-sex love -- that "riddle of nature." I also spent months surfing the web to make my own address list. I saw many wonderful sites and read many interesting bulletin boards, guest books, and lists. Gay activism is alive and well. Keep up the good work! Please pass this email on to as many people or places as possible. I'm sending this out early for Gay History Month (October) and to give you plenty of time to make travel arrangements. I hope you'll do three things: (1) go to L'Aquila if you can or (2) do something in some way to celebrate, and (3) write something by email or regular mail that I can put into the festschrift/memory book (see the web site for details). I hope you enjoy the website and will celebrate this great man's life with people from around the world on August 28, 2000, and throughout the whole year. Let's find unity via the Web! In Gay love, Paul Nash