- Herbert Rusche
Herbert Rusche (born
May 6 ,1952 ) is a German politician andLGBT activist.Rusche was born in
Bad Neuenahr . In his childhood, he lived in three different cities. After his schooling, he lived inKaiserslautern ,Heidelberg ,Berlin ,Hamburg ,Offenbach andFrankfurt am Main . Rusche left theProtestant Church in 1970 and became a Buddhist in 1977. In 1977 he also opened the firsthealth food store in Offenbach with a friend.Work as politician
Rusche has been a member the
gay community 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 organisationHomosexuelle Aktion Westberlin (HAW). Later he worked in Frankfurt as an activist with "Anderes Ufer". He then became a member inAktionsgemeinschaft Unabhängiger Deutscher in Offenbach/Frankfurt and also became member of the "green list Hessen" (GLH). In 1978 Rusche he was a GLH candidate for the parliament ofHesse , 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 "Die GRÜNEN". Rusche was "Landesgeschäftsführer" of the Greens in Hesse. In 1982 the party won 8,6% of the vote in Hesse and the party was in parliament in Hesse (
Hessischer Landtag ) for the first time. The Green party later also won in federal elections and became a member of theBundestag for the first time. Rusche has been a member of the Bundestag since 1985.During his time in Bundestag, Rusche, who is openly
gay ,citation |title=Hinter dem Schlüsselloch |last=Beucker |first=Pascal |last2=Überall |first2=Frank |date=2006-10-06 |accessdate=2007-09-18 |periodical=TAZ.de] worked for the equalizing of theage of consent ,AIDS causes, and financial help for people with AIDS. He andPetra Kelly worked on the situation inTibet . After he left the Bundestag, Rusche has worked for different AIDS organisations and for "Homosexuelle Selbsthilfe". In 2001, Rusche left the Die GRÜNEN because of the party's political decision onKosovo . In 2003 he became member of the new LGBT organisationWissenschaftlich-humanitäres Komitee (whk) in Hesse. Since 2004 Rusche has been a delegate of "Buddhistische Gmeinschaft" within theDeutsche Buddhistischer Union (DBU). He became one of the members of the "Rat" (board of directors) of the DBU in early 2008.References
External links
* [http://www.herbertrusche.de/ Personal site]
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