2021.10.04

The World's First Trans Clinic

In Germany, the Institute for Sexual Research would be a century old if it hadn’ t been destroyed by the Nazis

COSTUME PARTY at the Institute for Sexual Research in Berlin, date and photographer unknown. Magnus Hirschfeld ( in glasses ) holds hands with his partner, Karl Giese (center). Source: Magnus-Hirschfeld-Gesellschaft e.V., Berlin

COSTUME PARTY at the Institute for Sexual Research in Berlin, date and photographer unknown. Magnus Hirschfeld ( in glasses ) holds hands with his partner, Karl Giese (center). Source: Magnus-Hirschfeld-Gesellschaft e.V., Berlin

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