- LGBTQ+
- Reading and writing
Join the Radical Readers reading group to discuss Berlin's Third Sex by Magnus Hirschfeld.
Rough trade, drag kings, tea dances, sporty dykes, coded classified ads, campy nicknames, passing, outing, hustlers, beats and cruising at the YMCA - all accompanied by a wave of gay and lesbian activism. This was Germany's imperial capital at the dawn of the 20th century. Magnus Hirschfeld’s Berlin's Third Sex reveals an astonishingly diverse gay subculture years ahead of the Weimar era, with cross-dressing cabaret, all-night parties and erotic license at every level of society.
Hirschfeld’s writing is a foundational text of modern gay identity: queer history captured by an insider, as it happened. For a copy of the book and to join the discussion.
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