Were there more gay people in World War 1?

Answer 1

AnswerThe Nazis sent homosexuals to concentration camps, where most of them were killed. In very inhuman ways. AnswerWell, you must take into consideration this is 1939-1945 ... a time when blacks were disliked and not accepted, let alone homosexuals. The only homosexual I know of in the war was one of Hitler's high generals (whose name escapes me right now). He was heavily disliked by Hitler, but from what I remember was never fired. Aside from that, most people who were homosexual in the war probably wouldn't admit it. Think about it this way, you're in the middle of a group of men... if you start talking about your homosexuality and even let off a hint of some attraction to one of them, you won't stay long without being beaten up. AnswerI'm not sure what you're wanting to get at. Homosexuality is nothing new. It's always been around since the begining of time. It's documented all through out history. The word homosexual itself is a relatively new term however. It came to be I believe in the 18th century, during the Victorian age. Look at Roman, Greek or any other early civilization homosexuality was embraced and accepted. It wasn't until we humans became "modern and civilized" that it has been looked down upon. Study up on the subject and you'd be surprised how homosexuality has played a role in human history. AnswerIn Britain men who matched the stereotype of the effeminate homosexual and/or openly proclaimed their homosexuality were 'exempted from military service on grounds of sexual perversion'. This was considered utterly dishonorable, and so forth.

Answer 2

It has been suggested that Nazi Germany arrested up to 100,000 homosexuals during the period of 1933 to 1945, of which at least 50,000 were sent to concentration camps. (reference needed)

Editor's Note: There is no definitive number on the genocide total of the homosexuals. The information I have attached comes from the Center for Holocaust and Genocide of the University of Minnesota's web site. They had an authoritative person provide this information for them. I have added the related link for you below.

"Overall, we can estimate the number of males convicted of homosexuality from 19331944 at between 50,000 to 63,000. The number of homosexuals incarcerated in the Nazi concentration camps is not known, much less the number who died there. Rudiger Lautmann in his Gesellschaft und Homosexualitat: Seminar [Frankfurt: Suhrkamp, 19771, whose figures are used by Plant and other writers, estimates that somewhere between 5,000 to 15,000 homosexuals perished behind the barbedwire fences. These were victims who were labeled and processed as homosexuals. A figure of about 10,000 homosexuals is the one accepted by most scholars (although figures are thrown about wildly and estimates run as high as Jean Boisson's one million dead."

Porter, Jack Nusan (1998). Sexual Politics in Nazi Germany: The Persecution of the Homosexuals during the Holocaust.Newton, MA: The Spencer Press.

Displayed with permission of the author. Hard copies of Professor Porter's text and other work may be purchased from him directly at: jacknusan at earthlink.net.

Answer 3

There are no records of any soldiers being murdered for being gay in World War II. In fact, there were virtually no soldiers that were openly gay, so know one knew who was gay. Anyone found to be gay would have been discharged immediately.

Answer 4

The number of gay people has probably always been the same: about 3% to 8% of the population. It was no different in World War I, except that at that time, more than 99% of gay people were closeted.

Answer 5

There isn't a exact amount. However, it is to be said between 10,000 and 15,000 homosexuals were killed during the Holocaust.

Answer 6

about 50,000