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This is what he's referring to, by the way:
[The Forgotten History of the World's First Trans Clinic](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-forgotten-history-of-the-worlds-first-trans-clinic/)
> Magnus Hirschfeld was himself both homosexual and Jewish.
Hirschfeld sought to specialize in sexual health, an area of growing interest. Many of his predecessors and colleagues believed that homosexuality was pathological, using new theories from psychology to suggest it was a sign of mental ill health. Hirschfeld, in contrast, argued that a person may be born with characteristics that did not fit into heterosexual or binary categories and supported the idea that a “third sex” (or Geschlecht) existed naturally. Hirschfeld proposed the term “sexual intermediaries” for nonconforming individuals. Included under this umbrella were what he considered “situational” and “constitutional” homosexuals—a recognition that there is often a spectrum of bisexual practice—as well as what he termed “transvestites.”
I say again, if people knew *what kind of books* the Nazi's were burning, they wouldn't object or bother to ask why.
[The Forgotten History of the World's First Trans Clinic](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-forgotten-history-of-the-worlds-first-trans-clinic/)
> Magnus Hirschfeld was himself both homosexual and Jewish.
Hirschfeld sought to specialize in sexual health, an area of growing interest. Many of his predecessors and colleagues believed that homosexuality was pathological, using new theories from psychology to suggest it was a sign of mental ill health. Hirschfeld, in contrast, argued that a person may be born with characteristics that did not fit into heterosexual or binary categories and supported the idea that a “third sex” (or Geschlecht) existed naturally. Hirschfeld proposed the term “sexual intermediaries” for nonconforming individuals. Included under this umbrella were what he considered “situational” and “constitutional” homosexuals—a recognition that there is often a spectrum of bisexual practice—as well as what he termed “transvestites.”
I say again, if people knew *what kind of books* the Nazi's were burning, they wouldn't object or bother to ask why.