Magnus Hirschfeld: The Einstein of Sex

Описание: In this week’s episode about the history of the pink triangle, Larkin nerds out about her new history crush, Magnus Hirschfeld, aka The Einstein of Sex.

Hirschfeld was a gay man who talked openly about LGBTQ issues, helped found the first LGBTQ rights organization, and was a firm feminist… So why had we never heard of him?!

The burning and ransacking of The Hirschfeld Institute in 1933 was a jumping-off point for the Nazis as they started targeting members of the gay community, particularly gay men.

In our current era, “justice through science” feels further away than ever, but we’re gonna scream it into the void anyway.

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