Magnus Hirschfeld
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- | '''Magnus Hirschfeld''' ([[Kolberg]], [[May 14]], [[1868]] - [[Nice]], [[May 14]], [[1935]]) was a prominent [[Germany|German]]-[[Jewish]] physician, [[sexologist]], and [[gay rights]] advocate.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [May 2007] | + | '''Magnus Hirschfeld''' ([[Kolberg]], [[May 14]], [[1868]] - [[Nice]], [[May 14]], [[1935]]) was a prominent [[Germany|German]]-[[Jewish]] physician, [[sexologist]], and [[gay rights]] advocate. |
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== Scientific Humanitarian Committee == | == Scientific Humanitarian Committee == | ||
In [[1897]], Hirschfeld founded the [[Scientific Humanitarian Committee]] to undertake research to defend the rights of homosexuals and to repeal ''[[Paragraph 175]]'', the section of the German penal code that since [[1871]] had criminalized homosexuality. | In [[1897]], Hirschfeld founded the [[Scientific Humanitarian Committee]] to undertake research to defend the rights of homosexuals and to repeal ''[[Paragraph 175]]'', the section of the German penal code that since [[1871]] had criminalized homosexuality. | ||
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Magnus Hirschfeld (Kolberg, May 14, 1868 - Nice, May 14, 1935) was a prominent German-Jewish physician, sexologist, and gay rights advocate.
Scientific Humanitarian Committee
In 1897, Hirschfeld founded the Scientific Humanitarian Committee to undertake research to defend the rights of homosexuals and to repeal Paragraph 175, the section of the German penal code that since 1871 had criminalized homosexuality.
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