Herbert Rusche

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Herbert Ludwig Rusche (born 6 May 1952 in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a German politician and LGBT activist.[1]

Rusche was born in

Protestant Church in 1970 and became a Buddhist in 1977. In 1977 he also opened the first health food store
in Offenbach with a friend. In the 1990s he was self-employed with a telecommunication business. He encountered severe health issues and retired permanently disabled in 2004.

Work as politician

Rusche has been openly gay since 1970. He, with some other friends, founded the organisation Homo Heidelbergensis in 1972, the first gay group in Heidelberg. In 1973 Rusche became a member of the organisation Homosexuelle Aktion Westberlin (HAW). Later he worked in Frankfurt as an activist with Anderes Ufer. He then became a member in Aktionsgemeinschaft Unabhängiger Deutscher in Offenbach/Frankfurt and also became a member of the Green List Hessen (GLH). In 1978 Rusche he was a GLH candidate for the parliamentof Hesse, but lost with the GLH only getting 1.1% of the vote.

Later Rusche became a founding member of Sonstige politische Vereinigung DIE GRÜNEN and of the party

Hessischer Landtag) for the first time. The Green party later also won in federal elections and became a member of the Bundestag
for the first time. Rusche was a member of the Bundestag from 1985 to 1987.

During his time in Bundestag, Rusche, who is

Wissenschaftlich-humanitäres Komitee (whk) in Hesse. Since 2004 Rusche has been a delegate of Buddhistische Gemeinschaft within the Deutsche Buddhistische Union (DBU). He became one of the members of the "Rat" (board of directors) of the DBU in early 2008. On 24 August 2009 he joined the Hesse chapter of the German Pirate Party
.

References

  1. ^ Nichols, James Michael (4 October 2013). "LGBT History Month: 2 Queer Events On October 4". Huffington Post. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  2. ^ Beucker, Pascal; Überall, Frank (6 October 2006), "Hinter dem Schlüsselloch", TAZ.de

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