Difference between revisions of "Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld"
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| + | Physician and sexologist. Gay rights pioneer, argued for the rights of homosexuals after Oscar Wilde's trial. Continuously attempted to overturn anti-homosexual laws in Germany which classified homosexuality as abnormal and a disease. Fame as a scientific investigator of sexuality through his writings and lectures. | ||
| + | ==Further Reading/Research== | ||
| − | + | * http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/hirschfeld_m.html | |
| + | * http://www.stonewallsociety.com/famouspeople/magnus.htm | ||
| + | * http://www.hirschfeld.in-berlin.de/index.html | ||
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Revision as of 23:26, 19 July 2014
Country
Germany
Birth - Death
1868 - 1935
Occupation
Activist
Description
Physician and sexologist. Gay rights pioneer, argued for the rights of homosexuals after Oscar Wilde's trial. Continuously attempted to overturn anti-homosexual laws in Germany which classified homosexuality as abnormal and a disease. Fame as a scientific investigator of sexuality through his writings and lectures.
