Historical Homos Gay Fascists: A Very Short History (feat. Alexis Sakellaris)
"An important precedent was set: fascist groups will always use you until you're no longer useful to them."
Welcome to one of history’s darkest (and dumbest) closets: fascists who are also, annoyingly, gay.
From Hitler’s Brownshirt boy toy, Ernst Röhm, to closeted McCarthyists like Roy Cohn, to lesbian “nationalist” hypocrites like Alice Weidel — it seems that the 20th and 21st centuries gave rise not only to modern fascism, but to a couple of queer rightwing nutjobs as well.
Join Bash and his gorgeous guest this week, Alexis Sakellaris, as they wade into the icy swamp water of gay fascism to ask: why do some of our siblings keep ending up on the wrong side of history?
Along the way we discover:
- Ernst Röhm's gay Nazi clique that met in Berlin drag bars
- The Lavender Scare, a lesser known gay witch hunt that issued from the communist-targeting "Red Scare"
- The queer fascination with skinhead aesthetics that no one asked for
- And Alice Weidel, the blonde, blue-eyed German lesbian who hates… well....everyone who isn't that
It’s an episode full of hypocrisy, homophobia, and hidocious messes — proof that queerness doesn’t automatically make you good. Just really, really organized.
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Episode Credits: Written and hosted by Bash. Edited by Alex Toskas. Produced by Dani Henion.