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It’s an important thing to remember that Berlin had been the gay capital of Europe [0], and the majority of research into LGBT was started in Germany [1] (then
by octokatt 5y ago
It’s an important thing to remember that Berlin had been the gay capital of Europe [0], and the majority of research into LGBT was started in Germany [1] (then summarily burned by Nazis).
I’m astounded by how many people forget this part of what happened.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_culture_in_Berlin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_culture_in_Berlin
[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/queerscience.htm https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/c...
- jimmygrapes 5y agoWithout intention to start a fight here, I have read many (often immediately censored and dismissed as right wing propaganda regardless of neutrality) opinion piece about the effect these exact trends had in the public acceptance of support for Nazis as a backlash. Worth looking into regardless of how extreme you are because it represents one of the few times in recorded history where what we today call progressivism has gone too fast.