CENTENARY OF GAY LIBERATION

[Shana A]

 CENTENARY OF GAY LIBERATION 

http://www.ssonet.com.au/display.asp?ArticleID=8433   

The City of Berlin has named a street after him. Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown declared a day dedicated to his name in recognition of his contributions to the sexual emancipation movement.

The man who has so dramatically been brought back into the international spotlight is the German doctor, Magnus Hirschfeld. The pioneering sexologist began his career in medicine and was soon drawn to the study of human sexuality based on his personal life – in addition to being homosexual he was an avid foot fetishist and he coined the term "transvestism". Hirschfeld believed that sexual orientation was a naturally occurring trait worthy of scientific inquiry and political emancipation rather than social hostility.