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The conference will take place on November 26th 2016 from 10 am to 7.30 pm at the Deutschen Hygiene Museum Dresden. This conference addresses opportunities and challenges that arise at the intersection of queer and migrant studies. It brings together researchers, academics and activists working in the fields of LGBTIQ* and refugee/migration/asylum-policies. We will discuss ethical questions on participatory research, on speaking with…

BERLIN DECLARATION TOP-LEVEL FUNCTIONARIES OF SPORT MAKE A MUTUAL STAND AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA +++ Federal Foundation Magnus Hirschfeld presents the initiative “Football for Diversity” +++ SPORT BILD will be a media partner +++ ZDF sports…

The conference „Crimes of Passion“ takes place between 24th and 26th of June in Münster. It focuses on intersections of sexuality, criminology and other cultural contexts, including literature, psychology, architecture, consumerism, and colonialism, just to name a few. Our group of international panelist comes from a range of disciplinary backgrounds. Within this interdisciplinary framework the conference will pursues specific questions about the early 20th-century discourse on perversions, passions, and crimes: The discourse on sexual pathology claimed a central…

Foundation: German Bishops’ Conference must dissociate from archbishop Müller The Federal Foundation Magnus Hirschfeld criticizes archbishop Gerhard L. Müller for stating in the German newspaper DIE WELT that criticism of the Catholic Church can be compared to the Holocaust and is like a “pogrom climate” against the Catholic Church. Jörg Litwinschuh, Chair of the Federal Foundation Magnus Hirschfeld, says: “We ask the German Bishops’ Conference to clearly dissociate from Mr. Müller’s statement. Comparing justified criticism of…

Bust of Magnus Hirschfeld Initial project funding for the network „Vielfalt macht Schule“ and the exhibition „Trans*_Homo“ + + + Nationwide call to action to mark the „Day Against Homo-and Transphobia“ (May 17) + + + „Hirschfeld Days“ from May to June together with LSVD in Berlin Berlin (2012/03/28). The Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation has granted its first two requests for funding: First, it is supporting the creation and development of a nationwide network of 39 school education projects called…

The Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation and the magazine blu have called for campaigns to be launched in schools, workplaces and in public places in Germany in conjunction with the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia on the 17th of May. The five best actions will be supported with grants of up to 800 Euro. The focus should be on education about sexual diversity…

Photocredit: Andreas Pretzel, Magnus-Hirschfeld-Gesellschaft To celebrate the opening of the exhibition “Hirschfeld-Fundstücke” on 6 December 2011, the Director General of the Central and State Library of Berlin Prof. Dr. Claudia Lux gave a copy of the book „Mein System“ by Gustav Jäger to the Magnus Hirschfeld Society on permanent loan. The book originates from the library of the Institute for Sexual Research, which was plundered by the Nazis. After 1945 it found its way into the Berlin City…

The five factions of the German Parliament have agreed on a joint list of candidates for the Board of Trustees of the Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation: CDU / CSU: Dr. Stefan Kaufmann, Dr. Jan-Marco Luczak, Jens Spahn and Dagmar G. Wöhrl SPD: Dr. Barbara Hendricks and Johannes Kahrs FDP: Michael Kauch The Left: Dr. Barbara Höll The Greens: Volker Beck…

Photocredit: Ralf Dose, Magnus-Hirschfeld-Gesellschaft From 7 December 2011 to 31 March 2012, the Schwules Museum (Gay Museum) will show found objects, books and documents from the estate of Magnus Hirschfeld under the title „Hirschfeld Research“. „Recent Findings“ is an exhibition by the Magnus-Hirschfeld-Gesellschaft eV.