Background
Rusche was born in Bad Neuenahr.
politician member of the German Bundestag
Rusche was born in Bad Neuenahr.
In his childhood, he lived in three different cities. After his schooling, he lived in Kaiserslautern, Heidelberg, Berlin, Hamburg, Offenbach am Main and Frankfurt am Main. In 1977 he also opened the first health food store in Offenbach with a friend.
In the 1990s he was self-employed with a telecommunication business.
He encountered severe health issues and retired permanently disabled in 2004. Later he worked in Frankfurt as an activist with Anderes Ufer.
In 1978 Rusche he was a GLH candidate for the parliament of Hesse, but lost with the GLH only getting 1,1% of the vote. During his time in Bundestag, Rusche, who is openly gay, worked for the equalizing of the age of consent, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome causes, and financial help for people with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. He and Petra Kelly worked on the situation in Tibet.
After he left the Bundestag, Rusche has worked for different Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome organisations and for Homosexuelle Selbsthilfe.
Since 2004 Rusche has been a delegate of Buddhistische Gemeinschaft within the Deutsche Buddhistische Union (DBU). On August 24, 2009 he joined the Hesse chapter of the German Pirate Party.
Rusche was Landesgeschäftsführer of the Greens in Hesse. In 2001, Rusche left The Greens because of the party"s political decision on Kosovo.
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Rusche has been a member of the gay community since 1970. In 1973 Rusche became a member of the organisation Homosexuelle Aktion Westberlin (HAW). He then became a member in Aktionsgemeinschaft Unabhängiger Deutscher in Offenbach/Frankfurt and also became a member of the Green List Hessen (GLH).
Later Rusche became a founding member of Sonstige politische Vereinigung DIE GRÜNEN and of the party Die GRÜNEN. Rusche was a member of the Bundestag from 1985 to 1987.
In 2003 he became a member of the new LGBT organisation Wissenschaftlich-humanitäres Komitee (whk) in Hesse. He became one of the members of the "Rat" (board of directors) of the DBU in early 2008.