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sick rule [edit: DISPROVEN] (files.mastodonapp.uk)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Article debunking it: https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/09/calling-in-gay-did-70s-swedes-really-get-paid-sick-leave-for-being-homosexual.html

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[-] [email protected] 97 points 2 years ago

Sorry, I woke up feeling a little fabulous today

[-] [email protected] 67 points 2 years ago

I woke up

The woke agenda ...

[-] Octopus1348 16 points 2 years ago

I woke up

IN A NEW BUGATTI

[-] [email protected] 65 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's mostly true.

One woman did get paid leave for homosexuality because of its classification as an illness. So that's still pretty great. And there were people calling in to get off work for homosexuality, it just wasn't the main form of the protest.

It also only took a few dozen people showing up at the national board of health and welfare to remove the classification of homosexuality as an illness within 6 months.

https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/09/calling-in-gay-did-70s-swedes-really-get-paid-sick-leave-for-being-homosexual.html

[-] [email protected] 46 points 2 years ago

It was actually ended by LGBTQ activists occupying the swedish national board of health and welfare. The myth even comes from activists calling in sick to attend the occupation.

[-] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago

Sadly this story isn't true

[-] [email protected] 44 points 2 years ago

A few people did call in sick, in August 1979. One even got it approved and received sick benefits. But it wasn't the main part of the protest.

[-] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago

Thanks for telling me. It would have been so good though...

[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

Props for updating it in the post!

It's the result that counts I guess...

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