# Why Was the Leadership of the (Nazi) SA Predominently Gay?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 16, 2014, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-leadership-of-the-nazi-sa-predominently-gay/693273 "2014-07-16T14:26:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-leadership-of-the-nazi-sa-predominently-gay/693273/21 "2014-07-17T13:55:35Z")

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There were lots but they mostly didn’t survive after the SA was purged and Hitler and the SS began much more stringent enforcement of Paragraph 175.

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**Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-leadership-of-the-nazi-sa-predominently-gay/693273/22 "2014-07-18T02:34:44Z")

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> [@Bozuit](#):
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> My history teacher never bothered mentioning that Röhm was gay when talking about the Night of the Long Knives. It seems pretty relevant.

Don’t see how…

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**Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-leadership-of-the-nazi-sa-predominently-gay/693273/23 "2014-07-18T02:54:10Z")

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> [@Namkcalb](#):
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> Not all gays are Nazis, but some Nazis are gays.
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> Evidence: [This tattoo](http://cdn2.holytaco.com/wp-content/uploads/images/unicorn_tattoos_10.jpg)

Rainbow Dash, how could you?

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