LGBT Heroes – Day 21
Edward Carpenter
Selected by Jim MacSweeney from Gay’s the Word for Polari Magazine’s list of LGBT Heroes.
Permalink“This is a man who in the latter part of the 19th century and early 20th century was a committed socialist; a pioneering sex reformer who wrote on homosexuality and the emancipation of women; interested in environmentalism and an advocate of sustainable farming; an anti-vivisectionist and supporter of animal rights.”