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Mariasilvia Spolato

Italian LGBT-rights activist, first lesbian to come out in Italy

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IntroItalian LGBT-rights activist, first lesbian to come out in Italy
A.K.A.Maria Silvia Spolato
A.K.A.Maria Silvia Spolato
PlacesItaly
wasTeacher Activist
Work fieldAcademia Activism
Gender
Female
Birth25 June 1935, Padua, Italy
Death31 October 2018Bolzano, Italy (aged 83 years)
Star signCancer
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Mariasilvia Spolato (25 June 1935 – 31 October 2018) was an activist for LGBT rights and Italian university professor. She was one of the pioneers of the homosexual rights movement and the first woman in Italy to publicly declare her homosexuality. For this reason she was discriminated and persecuted.

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