This course will explore the relationships between fascism (primarily, but not exclusively in its German form) and sexuality. We will begin with the Nazi era, noting what constituted acceptable and forbidden expressions of gender and sexuality, both in theory and in everyday life. We will proceed through the postwar era to the present, examining how fascism is continually portrayed in sexual terms in literature, film, history, and theory, paying particular attention to the recurring figure of “the gay Nazi.” We will also address such phenomena as gays and lesbians in the Holocaust (and debates over their memorialization), the intrinsic homophobia of much antifascist critique, the 1970s “Naziploitation film,” and contemporary queer skinheads, with an eye toward which of these are historically specific and which still determine the terms and framing of discourse on fascism today. Requirements include two shorter papers and one longer final paper. Readings/viewings include texts/films from a range of countries (Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Canada, the U.S.) by Mann, Hitler, Genet, Sontag, Mosse, Theweleit, Fassbinder, Visconti, Cavani, Pasolini, LaBruce, Verhoeven, and others. No knowledge of German required.