Sodomites and Urnings Homosexual Representations in Classic German Journals

The future of the gay movement is best understood by searching its past. Sodomites and Urnings: Homosexual Representations in Classic German Journals provides a valuable glimpse into the past by presenting some of the most important seminal articles on homosexuality, translated with precision from the German language. This single resource presents previously unknown research and discussion of homosexuality's roots in Germany by gay movement pioneers like Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, Karl Westphal, and lesbian activist Anna Ruling. This unique book explores the persecution and prosecution of homosexuals in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as well as the path to decriminalization. Libraries, educators, and historians will discover the first known coming-out letters in world history, a speech by the first known lesbian activist, the first medical article to stigmatize homosexuality as a disease, and the first article to use the word "homosexual." Book jacket.Lombardi-Nash, Michael A. is the author of 'Sodomites and Urnings Homosexual Representations in Classic German Journals', published 2007 under ISBN 9781560236993 and ISBN 156023699X.