Massimo Consoli

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Italian acticist and writer

Places

Italy

was

Writer Journalist Activist LGBT rights activist

Work field

Activism Journalism Literature

Gender

Male

Birth

12 December 1945 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

Rome, Italy

Star sign

Sagittarius People who share this birthday

Death

4 November 2007 People who died on this day

Place of death

Rome, Italy

Age

61 years

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Biography

Massimo Consoli (12 December 1945 – 4 November 2007) was known as "the father of the Italian gay movement". Besides being an activist, he was also an anarchist and an historian. In 1998, the State Archive of Italy's Ministry of Culture acquired his extensive archive of Italian gay activist history.

He wrote more than 30 books, mostly on gay issues, including works on German authors Karl Heinrich Ulrichs and Kurt Hiller.He was a close friend of American author and activist Vito Russo and Italian activist Mario Mieli.

Consoli died on November 4, 2007 of colon cancer.

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