Racism and the Making of Gay Rights: A Sexologist, His Student, and the Empire of Queer Love by Laurie Marhoefer

Racism and the Making of Gay Rights: A Sexologist, His Student, and the Empire of Queer Love

Laurie Marhoefer

320 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
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In 1931, a sexologist arrived in colonial Shanghai to give a public lecture about homosexuality. In the audience was a medical student, and after the lecture concluded, he introduced himself. The sexologist, Magnus Hirschfeld, fell in love with th...

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reflective 58%
challenging 41%
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emotional 16%
hopeful 8%

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slow 41%

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