Nazism and homosexuality

The apparent connection between Nazism and homosexuality is cited by various wingnutsSuch as Scott Lively and Kevin Abrams (), Pat Robertson and the Family Defense Council (Anti-Gay Religious Crusaders Claim Homosexuals Helped Mastermind the Holocaust, the Southern Poverty Law Center). as proof that the gay agenda is a Nazi-style conspiracy to destroy the family.Typically Christian fundamentalists in the good old US of A indulge in this conspiracy theory, but this practice of reductio ad Hitlerum began in the Soviet Union, ironically.It's nice to see wingnuts and moonbats working together, isn't it(?!) It is widely regarded by most decent scholars as homophobic vitriol and utter bollocks, as well as a form of pseudohistory. The Nazis were opposed to homosexuality and abortion, despite what Conservapedia may tell you.
Apart from one notable exception (see below), the Nazis were predominately heterosexual, and up to 15,000 gay men were killed in the Holocaust. Which would be odd for a party enforcing a gay agenda, wouldn't it?
== Treatment of homosexuals in Nazi Germany ==
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Although some claim that the persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany was a myth,Wickoff, Jack. The Myth of a Nazi Extermination of Homosexuals (Hosted by whale.to and cited by Metapedia, so you know it's fucking reliable, eh?! the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum claims 5,000 – 15,000 gay men were killed in the Holocaust.Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Male homosexuality was made illegal in Nazi Germany under – a law so vague that it prohibited same-sex fantasies – and were forced to wear a pink triangle in concentration and death camps.Alternatively, if you were gay and Jewish, the Nazis would superimpose a pink triangle onto a Judenstern for you. How thoughtful of them. Gay Symbols, Stonewall Society.
As the Strasserist and moderate (by Nazi standards) views of Röhm weakened in January 1933, the Nazis conducted a purge of "homophile" (LGB) clubs in Berlin, outlawed sex publications (particularly those from the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft) and banned organised homophile groups, causing many such as and writer to flee Germany. In March 1933, Kurt Hiller, the main organiser of Magnus Hirschfeld's Institute, was sent to a concentration camp. In May 6 of the same year, the Hitlerjugend (Hitler Youth) made an attack on the Institute, and 20,000 books and journals, and 5,000 images, were destroyed in the process. However, the names and addresses of gay men, lesbians, transgender people, etc. were seized by the Nazi authorities, and used for political blackmail later on. In 1937, Himmler gave a speech, reiterating his belief that the German nation would "go kaputt", unless a systematic killing of gay men occurred, ASAP.Himmler, Heinrich. Question of Homosexuality, 1937.
Nazi Germany thought of German gay men as against the plan of creating a Herrenvolk ("master race"), and sought to force them into sexual and social conformity. Gay men who would not change or feign a change in their sexual orientation were sent to concentration camps under the "Extermination Through Work" campaign.Neander, Biedron. Homosexuals. A Separate Category of Prisoners, Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum More than one million gay Germans were targeted, of whom at least 100,000 were arrested and 50,000 were serving prison terms as "convicted homosexuals".United States Holocaust Memorial Museum — Archived from the original Hundreds of European gay men living under Nazi occupation were castrated under court order.Giles, Geoffrey J. "'The Most Unkindest Cut of All': Castration, Homosexuality and Nazi Justice," Journal of Contemporary History, vol. 27 (1992): pp. 41–61.
Lesbians, on the other hand, were considered "asocial" for some reason, and given a black triangle.
==Organisations relating to homosexuality in Nazi Germany==
===Institut für Sexualwissenschaft===
: Position: Pro-gay
The (Institute for Sexual Science) was an early sexology institute (1919-33) headed by (a Jewish physician), who is widely considered a father of the modern gay rights movement in Germany and anti-Nazi fighter.However, this is not entirely true, as he did have some rather dubious ideas regarding eugenics, Social Darwinism, and his view of homosexuality as a mental disorder.Hirschfeld and Praunheim: Eugenics and Racism, Today Berliner Institut für Faschismus-Forschung und Antifaschistische Aktion e. V. (in English) According to der Ewige Jude,"The Eternal Jew", the German equivalent of the English phrase "The Wandering Jew" Hirschfeld was an example of what happens when the Jews meddle with Aryan culture, as he "promoted homosexuality and perversion", and "in the guise of scientific discussions ... tried to direct mankind's healthy urges down degenerate paths".Der Ewige Jude / The Eternal Jew (English subbed). NSFW, unless your boss is a literal Nazi.
The Nazis ransacked the institute and burned its books, along with works by pacifists, liberals, socialists, and Jewish authors, stolen from local libraries and book shops. The discreditedPaul Halsall. "Internet Modern History Sourcebook / Holocaust". Fordham University History Department. Quote: "The Annotated Pink Swastika … [is an e]xtensive point by point refutation of the Lively/Abrams book. The effort is worthwhile, but it should be noted that no serious historian takes the Lively/Abrams book seriously as anything other than evidence about the modern American far right…."Jacob Anderson-Minshall (February 3, 2016). "New Book Debunks the Pink Swastika Myth". The Advocate. book The Pink Swastika claimed the Nazis burned the books at the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft because they were secretly gay themselves and trying to cover it up, but The Annotated Pink Swastika found that was actually bullshit based on quote mining of one of the institute's employees, Ludwig Levy-Lenz, who was himself just speculating:(1996/1997). "The Annotated Pink Swastika", New Edition. Citizens Allied for Civic Action.
===Reichszentrale zur Bekämpfung der Homosexualität und der Abtreibung===
: Position: Anti-gay
The (created on 10 October 1936 by a special decree of the Reichsführer-SS, Heinrich Himmler) was the central instrument of Nazi Germany for the fight against homosexuality and abortion in Nazi Germany. It was based on a similar organisation set up by Stalin to combat immorality in the USSR. The primary task of the Reichszentrale was the collection of data about homosexuals.
Its creation was the sign of the revival of persecution of gay men during the relative calm after the 1936 Summer Olympics, and the central archive of data allowed the Reichszentrale to coordinate and begin the persecution and punishment of homosexuals in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. In order to do this, it had at its disposal special mobile squads, which also could carry out executions. By 1940 the section had acquired data regarding some 41,000 homosexuals, both suspected and convicted. Investigation of homosexuality within the Party was not encouraged, unless the leadership ordered it for political reasons, such as during the Night of the Long Knives.
==Gay Nazi list==
* (ALLEGED by me) – all that talk on homosexuality (see "see also") seems like a form of psychological projection to me.
* der Führer himself (ALLEGED) – yes, he had a wife, but that doesn't deter some to suggest that Hitler may have been gay.
*Ernst Röhm (CONFIRMED GAY) – killed in the Night of the Long Knives (aka Röhm Putsch/Rebellion), as he was deemed an opponent of Hitler.Röhm was considered the main target of the Night of the Long Knives, but other Strasserists were killed in this Putsch. Röhm's sexuality was given as the official reason for his death, as homosexuality was outlawed in Germany at the time. He was the only Nazi official who referred to Hitler as the familiar du,Du is the German informal singular. Most officials referred to Hitler as Mein Führer ["my leader"], never mind the German formal for "you" (singular), Sie. prompting the rumour that Hitler was actually gay himself, as anyone who is friendly with a gay man must also be gay, right?
== See also ==
*Question of Homosexuality, a speech given by 
*Eugenics
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