Karl Heinrichs Ulrichs was the first LGBTQ+ activist as we know it today, determined to pave the way for the rest of us, in his time and in the future, and to convince everyone that our nature wasn't a perversion. He clashed with everyone, and he was treated poorly, but nobody is a prophet in their homeland. Therefore, he ended his days in Italy, respected and recognized. His was the first Pride; let's never forget that.

The music, from Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn, and other contemporaries, is on this Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4Ggp6uWdoD4fniGmZkn8EB?si=JHzgc2QPQJSaERt15LyC9Q