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The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission had the marker in honor of Richard Schlegel taken down June 3 from its location outside his former home, a block from the Capitol in downtown Harrisburg. (AP) - A roadside historical marker installed less than a year ago to honor a gay rights pioneer has been removed after a state senator raised concerns with Pennsylvania's state history agency about the man's 30-year-old memories of an early sexual encounter with another boy. (Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections via AP) Uncredited/AP Pennsylvania's historic preservation agency has removed a roadside marker that was installed in 2021 to honor Schlegel, a gay rights pioneer, after a state senator raised concerns about his 30-year-old remarks sympathetic to pedophilia. Comments In this photo provided by the LGBT Center of Central PA History Project Collection at the Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections, Richard Schlegel is seen in his office at the Pennsylvania Department of Highways.