i like funny things.

When the Nazi concentration camps were liberated by the Allies, it was a time of great jubilation for the tens of thousands of people incarcerated in them. But an often forgotten fact of this time is that prisoners who happened to be wearing the pink triangle (the Nazis’ way of marking and identifying homosexuals) were forced to serve out the rest of their sentence. This was due to a part of German law simply known as “Paragraph 175” which criminalized homosexuality. The law wasn’t repealed until 1969.

Make it stop? 

By the time I finished it, I didn’t wonder anymore.

Bent by Martin Sherman (fiction; however, it’s often credited with bringing attention to gay Holocaust victims for the first time since the war ended)

This is one of the memorial sculptures in Dachau.  It was erected in the early 60s and is missing the pink triangles.  Because in the early 60s, homosexuality was still a crime in most of the world. Our tour guide explained why the pink triangles have not been added later - if they were, then folks would assume that they had always been there.  This way people ask “why aren’t there pink triangles?” and somebody can explain why - because in some ways, the rest of the world was as bass-ackwards as Nazi Germany.

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Harry Potter best book moments - Chamber of Secrets, p. 9

Homosexuality explained in a German Children’s Book

The Furry Guardian (via fran wylie)

meet axel, the rottie 🐾 he’s mostly rottweiler but has a tiny bit of border collie, which explains the white patch on his chest. he also has a cute color pigmentation on his nose. he’s super playful and he enjoys car rides, chewing on his toys, playing with the big dogs, eating, and cuddles. he’s growing so fast 😍

. by Akimasa Harada

My favorite thing from the internet today.

Stepping outside in the mornings