When injustice persisted
Why liberation for many men was not freedom
Paragraph 175 remained in effect after 1945. Persecuted men waited decades for...
History
Persecution Without a Specific Law
How lesbian women disappeared from public life
The regime destroyed spaces for lesbians. In Austria, relationships between women could...
A piece of fabric became a sentence.
What the pink triangle reveals about life in the camps
Josef Kohout's fabric badge shows how camp inmates were marked, isolated, and...
Antiquity, Power, and Desire
Alexander the Great beyond modern labels
Later sources reveal political marriages and close male relationships, but do not...
When a letter became a source of danger.
How Paragraph 175 turned private intimacy into evidence
Letters, gestures, and denunciations could bring men to court and trigger further...
Hitler's Ally Became an Enemy
How Ernst Röhm's homosexuality became a political weapon
Hitler tolerated Röhm while useful. Later, Röhm's homosexuality served as justification for...
A Place for Knowledge and Protection
The Institute that was far ahead of its time
Research, assistance, and protection came together here. In 1933, Nazis destroyed the...
Nights Between Freedom and Danger
When Berlin promised a moment of queer freedom
Clubs, magazines, and communities enabled queer life in Berlin. This freedom was...
Knowledge, Power, and the Stars
Why rulers banned astrology while also using it
Astrology was considered both knowledge and a risk. Bans often served to...
From Antiquity to the 20th Century
We were always here: Queer history through the Ages
Queer history reveals how desire and gender diversity have been visible throughout...
A FORGOTTEN SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE OF NAPLES
The culture of Femminielli in Naples
Femminielli embedded gender diversity through rituals and humor in Naples' culture.
Queer history between the Habsburg Empire and Fascism
Paragraph 129: The hidden queer history of Trieste
Historian Marco Reglia sheds light on the persecution and hidden queer history...