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   Working Class History (workingclasshistory@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Mar-2025 05:56:09 JST Working Class History

   #OtD 4 Mar 1976 Antoni Ruiz was arrested in Valencia for homosexuality after being reported by a nun at confession. One of 5000 LGBT+ people convicted under a Franco-era law and sent to a specialist prison where he was raped and later hounded by police https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10456/antoni-ruiz-arrested

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     Sergio VDS (sergiovds@ursal.zone)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Mar-2025 06:00:52 JST Sergio VDS

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     @workingclasshistory
     Correct info:
     "On 4 March 1976, Antoni Ruiz, a Spanish teenager, was arrested in Valencia for homosexuality. He had recently come out to his family, and after his mother mentioned it at confession, a nun reported it to police"
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     He had confessed to a nun from the Congregation of the Fathers & Sisters of Jude