As I was digging up memories of my time living in Strasbourg France for my book this evening,
As I was digging up memories of my time living in Strasbourg France for my book this evening, I remembered meeting the last known gay “triangle rose” or Pink Triangle holocaust survivor, Rudolf Brazda. The impact on me is part of the general reasons I identify as gay subsidiarily with my identity as a celibate Christian. The plight and oppression of gay people is real and we must remember that very history that Jesus on the Cross identified with and overcame. As a 21 year old who had just come to Christ only recently before from a life of gay activism, little did I know that when I met Brazda, he would die only months later in 2011. The providence of it is striking. Attending his book launch in the Librarie Kléber in the heart of Strasbourg was precious and ineffably impacting as I listened to his deportation and concentration camp stories. All 30 people gathered in the upstairs of the book store were in tears. There was something of Christ’s love with this man. I look forward to recou...