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"In the fall of 2022, a German court heard an unusual case.
It was a civil lawsuit that grew out of a feud on Twitter about whether
transgender people were victims of the Holocaust. Though there is no longer
much debate about whether gay men and lesbians were persecuted, there’s been
very little scholarship on trans people during this period.
The court took expert statements from historians before issuing an opinion that
essentially acknowledges that trans people were victimized by the Nazi regime.
This is an important case. It was the first time a court acknowledged the
possibility that trans people were persecuted in Nazi Germany. It was followed
a few months later by the Bundestag, Germany’s parliament, formally releasing a
statement recognizing trans and cisgender queer people as victims of fascism.
Up until the past few years, there had been little research on trans people
under the Nazi regime. Historians like myself are now uncovering more cases,
like that of Toni Simon."
Via Janet Logan.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
