Douglas Pretsell Urning is a biography of the earliest recognisably modern sexual identity. The urning identity was, in fact, the dominant male same-sex sexual identity in the German speaking world between 1864 and 1897 but was subsequently eclipsed by terminologies such as homosexual, gay, or queer. NOTCHES: What drew you […]
Tag: Germany
What can we Learn from Germany’s Early Queer History?
Lessons that we can learn from Germany’s early queer movements from the 1890s to 1930s.
Pubic Politics in Homosexual Action Groups in 1970s West Germany
How should a leftist style their pubic hair?
The Correspondence of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, 1846-1894
The first critical edition of the complete correspondence of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, a founding figure in the history of sexuality.
Sexual Politics and Feminist Science: Women Sexologists in Germany, 1900-1933
German-speaking feminists created new knowledge in sexology that challenged sexist biases and expanded possibilities for gendered and sexual expression.
German, Jew, Muslim, Gay: The Life and Times of Hugo Marcus
German, Jew, Muslim, Gay illuminates the complexities of twentieth-century Europe’s religious, sexual, and cultural politics.
The Ambivalence of Gay Liberation: Male Homosexual Politics in 1970s West Germany
Gay liberation was never only about pride.
