When the Allies cleared the concentration camps in WWII, they did not liberate the homosexuals (a broad category of gay men, trans women, and effeminate men - afab ppl were criminalized separately) bc they were still considered criminals and sent them to jails instead.

A decade later, the Francoist regime in Spain amended the vagrancy laws to attack homosexuals (again, including trans women), whom they sent to concentration camps. Over 5000 were sent to camps. After Franco's 1975 death, political prisoners were liberated, but not homosexuals.

The explicit homophobia and transphobia of fascism has until recently been largely written out of history, in part because these regimes made use of existing laws to criminalize the lives and bodies of queer and trans people.

The law under which the Nazis sent homosexuals to concentration camps - Paragraph 175 - remained on the books until 1994. The homosexual victims of Franco were not recognized as victims of fascism until 2009.

It's worth thinking about the many ways the criminal justice system continues to ensnare the lives of queer and trans people - particularly those who are POC &/or sex workers. Donate here to help bring one Black trans man home: https://twitter.com/DevinNorelle/status/1284513360478953477