The current episode of the #HistoryIsGay #podcast is _really_ good, but it's not lightweight. It's about Magnus Hirschfeld and what the Nazis did not just to his Institute of Sexual Science, but to his patients—they used his patient lists to hunt down homosexuals, imprisoning them or sending them to concentration camps.

I've always known the Holocaust was terrible. It feels uniquely horrible, though, when it's personal.

https://www.historyisgaypodcast.com/listen/2018/3/18/episode-6-3-genders-in-ancient-egypt-its-more-likely-than-you-think-96ttn-nf6nb

I couldn't help but draw a parallel between the pink lists and data collection both implicit and explicit on who identifies as queer.

There was my own experience with the PRIDE Study wanting my real name and address, promising to protect it under law, but what happens when the laws change?

And there is, of course, the fact that ad networks know with pretty good accuracy if you're queer.

Where could this go? It doesn't take much imagination if you've watched US politics.

@zigg People were all "oh no" when we found out Trump wouldn't let the next census have queer-related questions, but I was all "yay!" because I knew history. No sense in making the purge too easy on them, even if the data could do some good before it.