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Annual of Sexual Intermediaries Volume 22 (1922)

Annual of Sexual Intermediaries Volume 22 (1922)

Lombardi-Nash, Michael
Hirschfeld, Magnus

Paperback

GLBTQIA Studies

ISBN13: 9798245568478
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 25 2026
Pages: 278
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.58 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A Landmark Window into the Early History of Sexual Science
This volume brings together some of the most compelling and influential writings from the formative years of the international sexual-reform movement. Spanning continents, disciplines, and political struggles, these issues illuminate a world in which scientists, activists, and cultural critics worked-often at great personal risk-to challenge prejudice and expand human understanding.

From reports on the International Conference for Sexual Reform in Berlin (1921) to pioneering studies of same-sex life in Japan, France, Italy, and the Netherlands, the contributors document a global conversation taking shape in real time. Rare insight into the scientific, social, and political conditions that shaped early twentieth-century debates on sexuality are offered.

Numbers 3 and 4 present a remarkable centerpiece: the Festschrift celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Scientific Humanitarian Committee, the world's first organization dedicated to homosexual rights. This commemorative collection captures a movement reflecting on its past, assessing its present, and imagining its future.

Essays range from biological and psychological inquiries to literary criticism, legal history, and cultural analysis-including a striking study of a lyrical sex change in Walt Whitman and an exploration of sexuality in the works of Herodotus. Together, they reveal a vibrant intellectual landscape committed to scientific rigor, human dignity, and social reform.

This edition also includes a complete table of contents for all 23 volumes (1899-1923), offering readers and researchers an indispensable guide to one of the foundational archives of modern sexual science.

A vital resource for historians, scholars of gender and sexuality, and anyone interested in the origins of LGBTQ+ thought, this book preserves a moment when knowledge itself became an act of courage.

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