Who’s Who in Sexology – Mere Moonshine

April 6, 2023

Castration, Nazi Medicine, Nazis and sexology, Who's Who in Sexology

Lili Elbe, Danish painter and trans woman who was castrated by one nazi (1930) and dead a short time later after a womb transplant performed by another nazi (1931)

Lili Ilse Elvenes (1882 – 1931), better known as Lili Elbe, was a Danish painter, trans woman and among the early recipients of gender-affirming surgery (sex reassignment surgery). They say that about all of them…that they were the first or one of the first or s

April 5, 2023

Castration, Who's Who in Sexology

Dora “Dorchen” Richter underwent surgical castration in 1922, followed by removal of the penis and vaginoplasty in 1931

Dora “Dorchen” Richter (1891 – presumed 1933) was the first known person to undergo complete male-to-female gender reassignment surgery. She was one of a number of transgender people in the care of sex-research pioneer Magnus Hirschfeld at Berlin’s Institute for Sexual

April 5, 2023

Abortion, Prostitution, Who's Who in Sexology

Ludwig Levy-Lenz, German doctor, sexual reformer and pimp compiled the first medical book on abortion

Ludwig Levy-Lenz (born 1 December 1892 in Posen (now Poznań), German Reich; died 30 October 1966 in Munich) was a German doctor of medicine and a sexual reformer, known for performing some of the first sex reassignment surgeries for patients of the Hirschfeld inst

April 5, 2023

DOMESTICS, Experimental Treatments, GENOCIDE, Nazi Medicine, Nazis and sexology, Seeing Red, Temperature, Who's Who in Sexology

Erwin Gohrbandt, one of the first surgeons to perform sex reassignment surgery and vice president of the Berlin regional association of the German Red Cross

Erwin Gohrbandt (1890 – 1965) was a German surgeon and university teacher. He was one of the first surgeons to perform sex reassignment surgery. Gohrbandt served as vice president of the Berlin regional association of the German Red Cross. He was also a member of the German Olym

April 5, 2023

Public Education, Russia, Who's Who in Sexology

Institut für Sexualwissenschaft aimed to educate both the general public and specialists on its topics of focus

It became a point of scientific and research interest for many scientists of sexuality, as well as intellectuals and reformers from all over the world. Visitors included: René Crevel, French writer involved with the surrealist movement. Christopher Isherwood, Anglo-American novelist, playwright, s

April 5, 2023

Cohort Studies, Germany, History, Nazis and sexology, Who's Who in Sexology, World League for Sexual Reform

Institut für Sexualwissenschaft

The Institut für Sexualwissenschaft was an early private sexology research institute in Germany from 1919 to 1933. The name is variously translated as Institute of Sex Research, Institute of Sexology, Institute for Sexology or Institute for the