Magnus Hirschfeld

Magnus Hirschfeld

male, deceased (1935)
Magnus Hirschfeld was a German physician, sexologist, and gay rights advocate. He was born in Kolberg (modern Kołobrzeg) in a Jewish family, the s...
Adolf Brand

Adolf Brand

male, deceased (1945)
Adolf Brand (1874-1945) was a German writer, anarchist and pioneer activist for the acceptance of male homosexuality. Born in Berlin on November...
Karl Heinrich Ulrichs

Karl Heinrich Ulrichs

male, deceased (1895)
Karl-Heinrich Ulrichs (28 August 1825 - 14 July 1895), is seen today as a pioneer of modern lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender movements.
John Addington Symonds

John Addington Symonds

male, deceased (1893)
John Addington Symonds (October 5 1840 - April 19, 1893) was an English poet and literary critic. He was an early advocate of the validity of male...
Karl-Maria Kertbeny

Karl-Maria Kertbeny

male, deceased (1882)
Karl-Maria Kertbeny or Károly Mária Kertbeny (born Karl-Maria Benkert was born in Vienna, the son of a writer and a painter. He was an Au...
Arnold Aletrino

Arnold Aletrino

male, deceased (1916)
Arnold Aletrino (Born 1858 - Died 1916) was a Dutch criminal anthropologist and writer, who published works on homosexuality in Dutch and French....

Helene Stöcker

female, deceased (1943)
Helene Stöcker was a German feminist, pacifist and publicist. In 1903, she founded the "Bund für Mutterschutz und Sexualreform" for protection of un...

Thomas Cannon

male
Thomas Cannon (? - ?) was a possible literary collaborator with John Cleland, author of "Fanny Hill", as well as the writer of what may be the...
George Cecil Ives

George Cecil Ives

male, deceased (1950)
George (Cecil) Ives (born in Germany on October 1, 1867 - died June 4, 1950) was a German-British poet, writer, penal reformer and early gay rights...