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SYMHC Classics: Magnus Hirschfeld

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The Transvestites and Eugenics

In 1913, Hirschfeld helped establish the medical society for sexual science and eugenics. He was in favor of using eugenics to stop hereditary disease and improve humanity. The Transvestites work is also kind of muddled by today's standards. His descriptions assumed that all the people in his case studies were cisgender men or women.

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