TY  - JOUR
A1  - Sutton, Katie
T1  - "We too deserve a place in the sun" the politics of transvestiteidentity in Weimar Germany
T2  - German studies review
N2  - Cross-dressing took on new political meanings in Germany's Weimar Republic, with the emergence of organizations and periodicals aimed at promoting the interests of self-identified "transvestites." This new sexological category, developed by Magnus Hirschfeld in 1910, formed the basis for a shared sense of identity and belonging among individuals who identified as members of the "opposite" sex. Drawing on the experiences of the homosexual emancipation movement and discourses of bourgeois respectability, middle-class transvestites came together to demand legal and social recognition, including acknowledgement of "transsexual" desires. Their efforts represent a critical but forgotten moment in the history of transgender political activism.
Y1  - 2012
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/35925
SN  - 0149-7952
VL  - 35
IS  - 2
SP  - 335
EP  - 354
PB  - Johns Hopkins Univ. Press
CY  - Tempe
ER  -