Pinkwashing Fascism? Germany’s Far-Right AfD Elects Lesbian Leader
Alice Weidel watches from the podium at the party convention of Germany’s far-right nationalist party AfD (Alternative for Germany) in Cologne, Germany, April 22, 2017. (AP/Martin Meissner)
Germany’s far-right, fascist party German Alternative für Deutschland, or AfD, has appointed an out lesbian as its new leader — a perplexing outcome for a group that staunchly opposed to same-sex marriage as well as other rights for LGBTQ people.
