Activism: Sydney Gay Liberatn — PRIDE HISTORY GROUP

Contents:

• WERE GAY CONCENTRATN CAMP PRISONERS 'PUT BACK PRISON' AFTER WORLD WAR II?
• GAY MEN UNR THE NAZI REGIME
• ACTIVISM: SYDNEY GAY LIBERATN
• GAY PARTI & EVENTS
• THE MAKG OF GEE SEGAL’S GAY LIBERATN

WERE GAY CONCENTRATN CAMP PRISONERS 'PUT BACK PRISON' AFTER WORLD WAR II?

An onle edy seri highlighted the fact that the end of the war did not mean the end of persecutn for many gay German men. Gay men rcerated Nazi ncentratn mps durg World War II were forced back to prison even after the Allied forc won that nflict. "An timated 15, 000 gay people were rcerated Nazi ncentratn mps, " the post on the Lizzy The Lezzy page stated.

The post was acpanied by a picture of a pk triangle -- the symbol officials Nazi Germany ed to intify and ostracize gay ncentratn mp prisoners -- and a quote drawn om the webse for The Pk Triangle of San Francis, an annual event rememberg those victimized unr Nazi le:. Between 1933 and 1945, an timated 100, 000 men were arrted for vlatg Nazi Germany's law agast homosexualy, and of the, approximately 50, 000 were sentenced to prison. The men arrted for beg gay were targeted unr a revised versn of a 19th century statute, Paragraph 175, which was expand to tegorize homosexualy as a crime of "cency.

And their alli feated the Nazi regime, the law remaed effect after World War II, as the Holot Memorial mm's exhib on the regime's anti-gay persecutn stat:. Unr the Allied occupatn, some homosexuals were forced to serve out their terms of imprisonment regardls of time served the ncentratn mps.

GAY MEN UNR THE NAZI REGIME

The Nazi versn of Paragraph 175 remaed on the books of the Feral Republic of Germany (Wt Germany) until the law was revised 1969 to crimalize homosexual relatns between men over the age of 21. On 22 March 2017, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her bet approved a bill that overturned nvictns for gay men which had rried out unr Paragraph 175 between 1949 and 1969 and also provid pensatn for survivg victims.

The Nazi symbol for gay ncentratn mp prisoners has gone through a change of s own, as the Pk Triangle of San Francis's se stat:. The pk triangle symbol has sce evolved to an important remr for the gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr muny of the ntug homophobia and humany agast them and other reprsed mori around the world. The Nazi regime rried out a mpaign agast male homosexualy between 1933 and 1945.

ACTIVISM: SYDNEY GAY LIBERATN

It is unclear how many of the men publicly or privately intified as gay or were part of gay muni and works that had been tablished Germany before the Nazi rise to power. It is important to note that not all of the men arrted and nvicted unr Paragraph 175 intified as gay. However, the Nazi mpaign agast homosexualy and the regime’s zealo enforcement of Paragraph 175 ma life Nazi Germany dangero for gay men.

Gay men Germany were not a monolhic group, nor did the Nazi regime view them as such. However, other factors also shaped gay men’s liv durg the Nazi era.

GAY PARTI & EVENTS

This diversy meant that gay men had a wi range of experienc Nazi Germany.

THE MAKG OF GEE SEGAL’S GAY LIBERATN

For example, gay men active anti-Nazi polil movements risked beg arrted as polil opponents.

Already the mid- to late-neteenth century, there were ditns of nascent and growg gay muni Germany. Among the terms were “gleichgchlechtlich” (“same-sex oriented”) and “homosexuell” (“homosexual”). The latter term dated to 1869, when a pamphlet advotg for crimalizatn of sexual relatns between men ed the term “Homosexualät” (“homosexualy”).

The newer slang word “schwul” (often translated to English as “gay”) was also creasgly popular among certa groups.