Federico Hewson
Federico Hewson has been an activist, actor, performance artist, dancer, educator and social entrepreneur. He's not quite sure what that all adds up to, but at the moment he's happily getting a Masters in Art Education at NYU with an emphasis in activism. He's glad to live in a time where gay people can come out of the shadows and make a visible and recognized contribution to society.
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Case Study: Countering Homophobic Policing in the UK
In the UK in the 1980s, thousands of men were being continually prosecuted for consensual gay behavior — a level of institutionalized police and judicial discrimination greater than any other European Community member at the time. In 1989, convictions for “gross indecency” (a consensual, gay-only offense) were more than three …Continue Reading
