German socialists had tradition of fighting against homophobia that stretched back to August Bebel's 1898 address to Reichstag, On Homosexuality and Penal Code, in. ..…

For they have consulted together with one consent they are confederate against thee The tabernacles of Edom, and Ishmaelites of Moab, and Hagarenes Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre Assur also is joined with them they have holpen the children of Lot. ..…