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'''''The Pink Swastika''''' is a book by [[Scott Lively]] and [[Kevin Abrams (writer)|Kevin Abrams]]. The authors argue that alleged [[homosexuality]] found in the [[Nazi Party]] contributed to the extreme [[militarism]] of [[Nazi Germany]]. The title of the book, as well as the book itself, is a reference to a book by [[Richard Plant (writer)|Richard Plant]] called ''The Pink Triangle: The Nazi War Against Homosexuals'', a book detailing [[homophobia]] in the Nazi Party and the gay victims of the [[Holocaust]]. Lively and Abrams also take up the subject of Nazism in America and discuss the [[Boy Scouts of America|Boy Scouts]]. The links between certain [[Muslim]]s and Nazi Germany are also investigated. The book claims that many leaders in the German Nazi regime, including [[Adolf Hitler]] himself, were homosexual and claims eight of the top ten [[serial killer]]s in the US were homosexuals.<ref>{{Cite news||publisher=[http://www.mbherald.com/ Mennonite Brethren Herald]|title=People & Events|url=http://old.mbherald.com/38-21/pe.html?view=p|date=1999-11-05|accessdate=2007-06-14|quote=In their controversial book, The Pink Swastika, Scott Lively and Kevin Abrams assert that many leading members of the Nazi party in Germany were homosexuals. They also claim that eight of the top ten serial killers in the US were homosexuals, including [[Donald Garvey]], [[John Wayne Gacy]], [[Patrick Wayne Kearney]], [[Bruce Davis]] and [[Jeffrey Dahmer]]. The Apr. 22 ''[[Globe and Mail]]'' reported that the [[Columbine massacre|Columbine high school]] killers 'professed to be [[bisexual]]s'. – RTV Bulletin, Western Report}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=4225|title=Religious Right Groups Involved in Antigay Incidents|publisher=[[People For the American Way]]|accessdate=2007-06-14|quote=the controversial book, The Pink Swastika,}}</ref>
The Pink Swastika is a book by Scott Lively and Kevin Abrams. The authors argue that alleged homosexuality found in the Nazi Party contributed to the extreme militarism of Nazi Germany. The title of the book, as well as the book itself, is a reference to a book by Richard Plant called The Pink Triangle: The Nazi War Against Homosexuals, a book detailing homophobia in the Nazi Party and the gay victims of the Holocaust. Lively and Abrams also take up the subject of Nazism in America and discuss the Boy Scouts. The links between certain Muslims and Nazi Germany are also investigated. The book claims that many leaders in the German Nazi regime, including Adolf Hitler himself, were homosexual and claims eight of the top ten serial killers in the US were homosexuals.[1][2]


Author's revision: The Pink Swastika is a book by Scott Lively and Kevin Abrams. The authors argue that the founding and development of the Nazi Party was heavily influenced by hyper-masculine male homosexuals who sought to recreate the modern fascist state on the model of the Spartan militaristic society. The book was first published in 1995 to counter efforts by the American homosexual movement to equate the pesecution of some homosexuals under the Nazis to the Holocaust of the Jews. That effort was supported in a book by Richard Plant called The Pink Triangle: The Nazi War Against Homosexuals, a book detailing so-called homophobia in the Nazi Party and the gay victims of the Holocaust. Lively and Abrams argue that that a relatively few homosexuals were interned in concentration camps, primarily effiminate-oriented male homosexuals who were political enemies of the Nazi party aligned with the Communist Party.
Erik N. Jensen regards the authors' linkage of homosexuality and Nazism as the recurrence of a "pernicious myth", originating in 1930s attacks on Nazism by [[Socialist]]s and [[Communist]]s and "long since dispelled" by "serious scholarship".<ref name=jensen>{{cite journal |author=Erik N. Jensen |date=January/April 2002 |title=The Pink Triangle and Political Consciousness: Gays, Lesbians, and the Memory of Nazi Persecution |journal=Journal of the History of Sexuality |volime=11 |issue=1/2 |pages=319&ndash;349, pp. 322&ndash;323 and n. 19 }}</ref> Jensen sees the book as coming about in "the aftermath of an [[Oregon]] [[Measure 9|measure]] to repeal [[gay rights]]".<ref name=jensen/> Dorthe Seifert cites it as a response to increasing awareness of Nazi persecution of homosexuals.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Dorthe Seifert |date=Fall 2003 |title=Between Silence and License: The Representation of the National Socialist Persecution of Homosexuality in Anglo-American Fiction and Film |journal=History and Memory |volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=94&ndash;129, p. 94 }}</ref> Christine L. Mueller argues that the historical record does not support Abrams' assertions.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Other Side of the Pink Triangle: Still a Pink Triangle |url=http://www.pink-triangle.org/ptps/revresp.html |date=October 24, 1994 |accessdate=2008-11-08}}</ref>


Erik N. Jensen, whose objectivity may be compromised due to his sexual orientation, regards the authors' linkage of homosexuality and Nazism as the recurrence of a "pernicious myth", originating in 1930s attacks on Nazism by Socialists and Communists and "long since dispelled" by "serious scholarship".[3] Jensen sees the book as coming about in "the aftermath of an Oregon measure to repeal gay rights".[3] Dorthe Seifert cites it as a response to increasing awareness of Nazi persecution of homosexuals.[4] Christine L. Mueller argues that the historical record does not support Abrams' assertions.[5]
The book has also been criticized by the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] as untrue.<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Intelligence Report |publisher=[[Southern Poverty Law Center]] |issue=117 |year=2005 |month=Spring |title=Making Myths |author=Bob Moser |url=http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?sid=328 }}</ref>

The book has also been criticized by the Southern Poverty Law Center, another ideological adversary, as untrue.[6]
However, The Pink Swastika overlays a web of data drawn from the works of numerous writers and historians within the genre of "gay history" over a foundation of documentation from mainstream sources to reveal an aspect of Nazi history not otherwise visible. As such, its claims fall outside the expertise of most present-day academics who are not themselves members of the gay community.
The authors are in the process of publishing a 5th edition of The Pink Swastika in the form of a website at www.thepinkswastika.com in order to place the book's documentation within easier reach.


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Revision as of 16:01, 28 February 2010

The Pink Swastika is a book by Scott Lively and Kevin Abrams. The authors argue that alleged homosexuality found in the Nazi Party contributed to the extreme militarism of Nazi Germany. The title of the book, as well as the book itself, is a reference to a book by Richard Plant called The Pink Triangle: The Nazi War Against Homosexuals, a book detailing homophobia in the Nazi Party and the gay victims of the Holocaust. Lively and Abrams also take up the subject of Nazism in America and discuss the Boy Scouts. The links between certain Muslims and Nazi Germany are also investigated. The book claims that many leaders in the German Nazi regime, including Adolf Hitler himself, were homosexual and claims eight of the top ten serial killers in the US were homosexuals.[1][2]

Author's revision: The Pink Swastika is a book by Scott Lively and Kevin Abrams. The authors argue that the founding and development of the Nazi Party was heavily influenced by hyper-masculine male homosexuals who sought to recreate the modern fascist state on the model of the Spartan militaristic society. The book was first published in 1995 to counter efforts by the American homosexual movement to equate the pesecution of some homosexuals under the Nazis to the Holocaust of the Jews. That effort was supported in a book by Richard Plant called The Pink Triangle: The Nazi War Against Homosexuals, a book detailing so-called homophobia in the Nazi Party and the gay victims of the Holocaust. Lively and Abrams argue that that a relatively few homosexuals were interned in concentration camps, primarily effiminate-oriented male homosexuals who were political enemies of the Nazi party aligned with the Communist Party.

Erik N. Jensen, whose objectivity may be compromised due to his sexual orientation, regards the authors' linkage of homosexuality and Nazism as the recurrence of a "pernicious myth", originating in 1930s attacks on Nazism by Socialists and Communists and "long since dispelled" by "serious scholarship".[3] Jensen sees the book as coming about in "the aftermath of an Oregon measure to repeal gay rights".[3] Dorthe Seifert cites it as a response to increasing awareness of Nazi persecution of homosexuals.[4] Christine L. Mueller argues that the historical record does not support Abrams' assertions.[5]

The book has also been criticized by the Southern Poverty Law Center, another ideological adversary, as untrue.[6] However, The Pink Swastika overlays a web of data drawn from the works of numerous writers and historians within the genre of "gay history" over a foundation of documentation from mainstream sources to reveal an aspect of Nazi history not otherwise visible. As such, its claims fall outside the expertise of most present-day academics who are not themselves members of the gay community. The authors are in the process of publishing a 5th edition of The Pink Swastika in the form of a website at www.thepinkswastika.com in order to place the book's documentation within easier reach.

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