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The Forgotten History of the World's First Trans Clinic [The Institute for Sexual Research, founded by Doctor Magnus Hirschfeld in Berlin, Germany (1919-1933)] (web.archive.org)

submitted 5 months ago by kellyaster@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world

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"Love is as varied as people are."

~Magnus Hirschfeld (date unknown)

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[–] bleistift2@feddit.de 44 points 5 months ago (1 children)

In Germany you can always tell if a historic thing was good or bad by whether it started or ended in 1933.

[–] Azuth@lemmy.today 8 points 5 months ago

The social progressiveness and economic struggles of Weimar Germany make me very nervous about where we are now in the US. History may not always repeat itself but it does rhyme.

[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 20 points 5 months ago

In school (US) they taught us about the book burnings but conveniently left out that a lot of the most famous pictures are from this institute being ransacked. The suppression of knowledge continues :/

[–] newtraditionalists@kbin.social 10 points 5 months ago

Thank you for sharing this. I'm always moved when learning about our queer kin and what our ancestors went through so that I can live happily with my partner. Here's to hope and taking these examples as a reason to persevere through our own struggles.

[–] jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 5 months ago

Really interesting stuff. Thanks for sharing.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Moral of the story: fascists hate other people living their lives.