German homosexual emancipation and the rise of the Nazis
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Marhoefer, Laurie
- Publish Year
- 2015
- Shelfmark
- DUI 3 2015 - B
- Thesaurus
- seksualiteit, heteroseksualiteit, prostitutie, LHBT, nationaal socialisme, 1910-1919, 1920-1929, 1930-1939, 20e eeuw
- Description
- The home of the world’s first gay rights movement, the Weimar republic embodied a progressive, secular vision of sexual liberation. But those sexual freedoms were only obtained at the expense of a minority who were deemed sexually disordered. In Weimar Germany, the citizen’s right to sexual freedom came with a duty to keep sexuality private, non-commercial, and respectable. This book examines the rise of sexual tolerance through the debates which surrounded “immoral” sexuality: obscenity, male homosexuality, lesbianism, transgender identity, heterosexual promiscuity, and prostitution. It follows the sexual politics of a swath of Weimar society ranging from sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld to Nazi stormtrooper Ernst Röhm.