Also, the head of the SA who authorized the raid was gay, and was assassinated less than a year later. So it’s an important lesson in how no one is an exception under authoritarianism - if you’re belong to a marginalized group proximity to power will not protect you, only delay your fate.

There’s an amazing documentary on Netflix you should check out called Eldorado: Everything the Nazis Hate. They discuss Magnus Hirschfeld and his clinic, as well as what a vibrant, queer city Berlin was in the inter-war period. We have always existed!

THIS! @julieslalonde.bsky.social wrote an incredible memoir about being stalked for >10 years, and how her ability to keep showing up for work, school and community was used to downplay the severity of situation. Her book is called Resilience is Futile and it is an *excellent* read.

A sauSaige roll! 🥹😭