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Anna Rüling

German journalist and LGBT activist, speaker of the world's first lesbian political speech (1880-1953) · Germany · On the map · Journalists · Died at 72

Theodora "Theo" Anna Sprüngli, better known under the pseudonym Anna Rüling, was a German journalist whose speech in 1904 was the first political speech to address the problems faced by lesbians. One of the first modern women to come out as homosexual, she has been described as "the first known lesbian activist".

Anna Rüling is read about 6 times a day, in 7 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 23 June 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

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