a head of my own

Tonight, Fabrizio comes back from his trip to New York City (he left Tuesday morning) for his last stint at our place before he leaves on Sunday. I'll be sad when he's gone. He's a nice guy and a dear friend of mine.

Anyway, he told me the other day that Germany isn't being too nice to gays these days, and I found this article to support his claim:

German police keep lists of gays

German gay activists are screaming foul after media revealed that state police in three states keep lists of gays and gay meeting spots, Deutsche Welle reported.

Computer programs allow officers in Bavaria, Thuringia and North Rhine-Westphalia to categorize suspects as homosexual and crime scenes as "locations frequented by gays and lesbians."

Gay MP Volker Beck said the practice reminds him of the "pink lists" kept by the Nazis.

The gay police group VelsPol noted that one such program, Police Integration Procedures System (IGVP), lists "location frequented by homosexuals" right next to "peepshow," "brothel" and "prostitution area."

I guess we never really learn from our past and that history, sadly, really does repeat itself.