The Intermediaries – A Weimar Story - Brandy Schillace

Set in interwar Germany, The Intermediaries tells the forgotten story of the Institute for Sexual Science, the world’s first centre for homosexual and transgender rights. Headed by a gay Jewish man, Dr. Magnus Hirshfeld, the institute aided in the first gender-affirming surgeries and hormone replacements, acting as a rebellious base of operations in the face of rising prejudice, nationalism and Nazi propaganda. Brandy Schillace introduces readers to Dora Richter, an institute patient whom we follow... Zobrazit více