misconception about gay men gay male-related conspiracy theory gay nazi myth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_fascism https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q92953145 "gay nazi" claim A discredited conspiracy theory and misconception that gay people were numerous and prominent as a group in the Nazi Party[a] or the identification of Nazism with homosexuality more generally. It has been promoted by various individuals and groups both before and after World War II, especially by left-wing Germans during the Nazi era and the Christian right in the United States more recently. Historians regard the claim as having no merit. gay fascism myth of homo-fascism pink swastika myth transgender nazi myth