I lived in Berlin for years and met plenty of Germans who experienced the Nazi years. I live in the U.S. now, where anti-LGBTQ sentiment among legislators in certain regions is intense and growing. Given the Nazi focus on queer people in the 1930s, I would be foolish not to worry about certain parallels. I wrote this article on the subject some time ago:

Cabaret and the Death of Queer Equality

I’m not throwing words around like confetti. I’m frightened and using words carefully, knowing full well what they mean.