[Heyworth]

The problem with your theory that Dadaism and other "transgressive" art somehow led to the rise of Naziism is the fact that the Nazis, in fact, hated that stuff. They suppressed it, burned it, and instead encouraged art akin to the "Social Realism" crap that the Soviets also pushed. Lots of idealized blond Aryan youths gazing off to the horizon. Hitler in full armor on a horse. Buxom blonde mothers with their children. Hitler's own paintings were pretty much conventional watercolors of cityscapes (with no people in them).

The other thing to remember is that these gay Nazis weren't mincing fag types. They were swaggering macho types who despised women as weak. They were the equivalent of the leather crowd in today's gays, only they were the product of a much more misogynistic culture, that separated men from women and raised them on manly virtues. Compare to the homosexuality of the Spartans or the Afghans.

Somewhere I came across of a book once about the early Nazi literature and art, and it was all Conan the Barbarian-type stuff.

[Dead Dog]

I wouldn't say that the art somehow led to the rise of Naziism. I would argue both dadaism and homosexuality, especially the leather crowed, reflect a hedonistic society that emphisises the material/flesh side of humanity over the spiritual side. read modern "liberals"

It's and indicator of a society, or social group, that has rejected morality and devine authority and are willing to replace it with human authority. It proceeds very bad times.

[VOA]

The other thing to remember is that these gay Nazis weren't mincing fag types.
They were swaggering macho types...

I think I've heard the term "hyper-masculine" applied to the type of homosexual males
in the Nazi ranks.