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| − | + | In May 1906, Otto Spengler, one of the Scientific-Humanitaran Committees directors, "gave a warmly applauded lecture on sexual intermediates before the German Scientific Society in New York." | |
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| − | :The debate was very lively. Representatives of all the professions were in the audience-ministers, lawyers, doctors. This was probably the first such speech given in New York, and I managed to make some headway with my limited sources. You can deduce the inflexibility of the people from this incident: after the topic had been illuminated from all sides, a lawyer stood up and | + | :The debate was very lively. Representatives of all the professions were in the audience--ministers, lawyers, doctors. This was probably the first such speech given in New York, and I managed to make some headway with my limited sources. You can deduce the inflexibility of the people from this incident: after the topic had been illuminated from all sides, a lawyer stood up and maintained … that homosexuals belong in prison. This shows plainly what educational efforts are still required here, where such educated people are so stupid. I have entered into correspondence with Dr. William Lee Howard, who told me that he will soon be publishing an English-language work on the subject in question. Then, I hope, there will be more understanding here. Now, people just faint when the subject is broached.<ref>[Otto Spengler,] ''Monatsberichte des Wissenschjtlich-humanitaren Komitees,'' Volume 5 (1906), p. 151. Jonathan Ned Katz thanks James Steakley for informing him of this and the following two documents, and for translating them. Reprinted from {{GAH}}.</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 11:04, 15 May 2012
"People just faint when the subject is broached"
In May 1906, Otto Spengler, one of the Scientific-Humanitaran Committees directors, "gave a warmly applauded lecture on sexual intermediates before the German Scientific Society in New York."
In the monthly newsletter of the Scientific Humanitarian Committee, Spengler describes the discussion following his presentation:
- The debate was very lively. Representatives of all the professions were in the audience--ministers, lawyers, doctors. This was probably the first such speech given in New York, and I managed to make some headway with my limited sources. You can deduce the inflexibility of the people from this incident: after the topic had been illuminated from all sides, a lawyer stood up and maintained … that homosexuals belong in prison. This shows plainly what educational efforts are still required here, where such educated people are so stupid. I have entered into correspondence with Dr. William Lee Howard, who told me that he will soon be publishing an English-language work on the subject in question. Then, I hope, there will be more understanding here. Now, people just faint when the subject is broached.[1]
References
- ↑ [Otto Spengler,] Monatsberichte des Wissenschjtlich-humanitaren Komitees, Volume 5 (1906), p. 151. Jonathan Ned Katz thanks James Steakley for informing him of this and the following two documents, and for translating them. Reprinted from Jonathan Ned Katz, Gay American History: Lesbians and Gay Men in the U.S.A. (NY: Crowell, 1976).
