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A review by ratatouille1312
Gay Berlin: Birthplace of a Modern Identity by Robert Beachy
informative
medium-paced
4.0
When I read some other reviews that said that this book is very dense, I was a bit scared, but I didn't have many problems just reading it (besides at some parts).
I've always wanted to learn more queer history in Germany, specifically also about Magnus Hirschfeld and the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, because so far most accounts about queer history I've read were centered on the U.S. and this book was well suited for that (I'm also gonna read Desiring Emancipation next, as this book focused primarily on queer men).
I didn't like how the author wrote about certain things, for example the trans people who were misgendered and deadnamed.
I can understand it at a certain point, because the sources probably don't all mention a chosen name and our knowledge about these people is limited, but I think it could have been handled better and I don't like that in history about trans people, they are always misgendered and deadnamed.
I've always wanted to learn more queer history in Germany, specifically also about Magnus Hirschfeld and the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, because so far most accounts about queer history I've read were centered on the U.S. and this book was well suited for that (I'm also gonna read Desiring Emancipation next, as this book focused primarily on queer men).
I didn't like how the author wrote about certain things, for example the trans people who were misgendered and deadnamed.
I can understand it at a certain point, because the sources probably don't all mention a chosen name and our knowledge about these people is limited, but I think it could have been handled better and I don't like that in history about trans people, they are always misgendered and deadnamed.