In his book, "The Pink Swastika," Lively<!--does lively have a first name?--> claims that although the Nazis did persecute homosexuals, the homosexuals the Nazis persecuted were almost exclusively the effeminate members of the gay community in Germany, and that much of the mistreatment was administered by masculine homosexuals who despised effeminacy in all its forms.<ref>http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/fischer/080515 The truth about homosexuality and the Nazi Party</ref> | In his book, "The Pink Swastika," Lively<!--does lively have a first name?--> claims that although the Nazis did persecute homosexuals, the homosexuals the Nazis persecuted were almost exclusively the effeminate members of the gay community in Germany, and that much of the mistreatment was administered by masculine homosexuals who despised effeminacy in all its forms.<ref>http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/fischer/080515 The truth about homosexuality and the Nazi Party</ref> |