Synopsis
Discover some of the earliest research done on homosexuality--all in one volume
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 provides readers with an inexpensive way to get 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 Rüling.
In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Germany was the center of much of the research and discussion about homosexuality. Sodomites and Urnings: Homosexual Representations in Classic German Journals explores the persecution and prosecution of homosexuals for the past two 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."
Translations in Sodomites and Urnings: Homosexual Representations in Classic German Journals include:
Karl Heinrich Ulrichs' coming out letters (1862)
Anna Rüling's 1905 discourse uniting the women's and the homosexual movements
Magnus Hirschfeld's poem inspired by his visit to Ulrichs' grave in Italy
Karoly Maria Kertbeny's letters (1869) in which the word "homosexual" first appeared publicly
1906 article on the mass execution of sodomites in the 1730s
Kurt Hiller's 1946 article on the terminology of what gays ought to call themselves
and much more!
Sodomites and Urnings: Homosexual Representations in Classic German Journals is crucial in laying the foundation for the future of the gay movement and is essential for libraries of all types, educators and their students, and historians.
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Review
"These classic articles are a reminder that the homosexual liberation movement existed
long before Stonewall. Especially interesting to me was Karoly Maria Kertbeny's 1868
letter to Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, which raises theoretical and tactical questions that
are still pertinent. -- John Lauritsen, Independent Scholar, Author of A Freethinker's Primer of Male Love, and co-author of The Early Homosexual Rights Movement (1864-1935), (1974/ Revised Second Edition 1995)
"This FASCINATING AND SURPRISING selection of articles from the century following the
very first 'gay coming out' letter in 1862 is SURE TO INTRIGUE AND DELIGHT the
historically interested. -- Hubert Kennedy, PhD, Author of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs: Pioneer of the Modern Gay Movement (2nd ed., 2005) and The Ideal Gay Man: The Story of Der Kreis (1999)
These classic articles are a reminder that the homosexual liberation movement existed long before Stonewall. Especially interesting to me was Karoly Maria Kertbeny's 1868 letter to Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, which raises theoretical and tactical questions that are still pertinent. A 1909 poem by Magnus Hirschfeld, 'Three German Graves in a Distant Land', is informative and moving. -- John Lauritsen, Independent Scholar, Author of A Freethinker's Primer of Male Love, and co-author of The Early Homosexual Rights Movement (1864-1935), (1974/ Revised Second Edition 1995)
This FASCINATING AND SURPRISING selection of articles from the century following the very first 'gay coming out' letter in 1862 is SURE TO INTRIGUE AND DELIGHT the historically interested. Dr. Lombardi-Nash presents us with rare and pertinent articles that give insight into the thinking and practices of another era that, in many ways, are still very important for our understanding of the current view of homosexuality. -- Hubert Kennedy, PhD, Author of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs: Pioneer of the Modern Gay Movement (2nd ed., 2005) and The Ideal Gay Man: The Story of Der Kreis (1999)
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