Thank you for this, Joe. I have shared on both linked-in and counter social. Sorry I can't do a paid sub right now. I hope this little bit of sharing helps.
Thanks Eli! Do not worry about premium subscriptions. I too am in a tight financial situation where I can't support all the creators I want to. But thank you for sharing! You'd be surprised how much that helps me grow.
From what I've read, the Nazis targeted Hirschfeld's _Institut für Sexualwissenschaft_ because of its support for gay rights, not because of its work with trans people.
The article you cite about the gay men sent to concentration camps says:
> Significant numbers of gay men were arrested, of whom an estimated 50,000 received severe jail sentences in brutal conditions. Most homosexuals were sent to police prisons, rather than concentration camps, where they were exposed to inhumane treatment. There they could be subjected to hard labour and torture, or they were experimented upon or executed.
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> An estimated 10-15,000 men who were accused of homosexuality were deported to concentration camps. Most died in the camps, often from exhaustion. Many were castrated and some subjected to gruesome medical experiments. Collective murder actions were undertaken against gay detainees, exterminating hundreds at a time.
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> During the 1935 redrafting of Paragraph 175 in Germany, there was much debate about whether to include lesbianism, which had not been recognised in the earlier version. Ultimately lesbians and trans people were not included in the legislation and they were subsequently not targeted in the same way as gay men.
There are definite parallels between the Nazi attacks on gay men and today's attacks on trans people, but we should get the history right. This doesn't change the big point, but underscores the importance of solidarity among all of us under the rainbow. Sometimes the fascists single out gay men; other times they single out trans people; but in the end they'll come for all of us, as Niemöller wrote.
History doesn't repeat itself. But it does rhyme.
Was not aware we left the Communists out.
Yea, it's pretty gross, in my opinion.
Thank you for this, Joe. I have shared on both linked-in and counter social. Sorry I can't do a paid sub right now. I hope this little bit of sharing helps.
Thanks Eli! Do not worry about premium subscriptions. I too am in a tight financial situation where I can't support all the creators I want to. But thank you for sharing! You'd be surprised how much that helps me grow.
From what I've read, the Nazis targeted Hirschfeld's _Institut für Sexualwissenschaft_ because of its support for gay rights, not because of its work with trans people.
The article you cite about the gay men sent to concentration camps says:
> Significant numbers of gay men were arrested, of whom an estimated 50,000 received severe jail sentences in brutal conditions. Most homosexuals were sent to police prisons, rather than concentration camps, where they were exposed to inhumane treatment. There they could be subjected to hard labour and torture, or they were experimented upon or executed.
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> An estimated 10-15,000 men who were accused of homosexuality were deported to concentration camps. Most died in the camps, often from exhaustion. Many were castrated and some subjected to gruesome medical experiments. Collective murder actions were undertaken against gay detainees, exterminating hundreds at a time.
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> During the 1935 redrafting of Paragraph 175 in Germany, there was much debate about whether to include lesbianism, which had not been recognised in the earlier version. Ultimately lesbians and trans people were not included in the legislation and they were subsequently not targeted in the same way as gay men.
There are definite parallels between the Nazi attacks on gay men and today's attacks on trans people, but we should get the history right. This doesn't change the big point, but underscores the importance of solidarity among all of us under the rainbow. Sometimes the fascists single out gay men; other times they single out trans people; but in the end they'll come for all of us, as Niemöller wrote.
As I understand it, "homosexual" was a broad term that encompassed much of what we call queer men.