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[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Explanation: Berlin was, during the period of Weimar Germany, one of the LGBT capitals of the world, and the residence of the earliest and most forward-thinking LGBT-studies institute of its time.

The Nazis did not allow that to continue once they seized power.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

IIRC, the very first NAZI book burning was a bunch of research about gender dysphoria etc.

[–] tquid 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ha ha so glad such abrupt regime changes are solidly in the past and that the current situation in no way resembles this