Die Tageszeitung: Karl Heinrich Ulrichs kämpfte für die Homo-Liebe
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Karl Heinrich Ulrichs
Karl Heinrich Ulrichs was a German lawyer, jurist, journalist, writer, and proponent of Living Latin. He is today regarded as a pioneer of sexology and the modern gay rights movement. Ulrichs has been described as the "first gay man in world history", and separately as "probably the most famous proponent of Living Latin."
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culture · German gay rights activist and promoter of Living Latin (1825–1895) · jurist · writer · journalist · Gerichtsassessor · also Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, Numa Numantius, Ulrichs
Born 28 August 1825 · Died 14 July 1895 · Q60318
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Until my dying day I will look back with pride that I found the courage to come face to face in battle against the spectre which for time immemorial has been injecting poison into me and into men of my nature. Many have been driven to suicide because all their happiness in life was tainted. Indeed, I am proud that I found the courage to deal the initial blow to the hydra of public contempt.
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Career landmark: coming out.
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2025· 4 entries
haz: Niedersachse Karl Heinrich Ulrichs: Der vergessene Pionier der Schwulenbewegung
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NWZonline: Karl Heinrich Ulrichs – ein Pionier der Schwulenbewegung aus Aurich
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haz: Gedenkveranstaltung in Burgdorf: Karl Heinrich Ulrichs und sein Kampf für Homosexuellenrechte
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1914· 1 entry
Magnus Hirschfeld claimed that Ulrichs received on his deathbed in 1895 a diploma from the University of Naples, delivered by his friend and benefactor Marquis Niccolò Persichetti (Italian article), in recognition of Ulr
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1896· 1 entry
Wrote that the document received by Ulrichs on his deathbed was a diploma from the Accademia Pontaniana, a learned royal society for scholars and humanists, attesting that Ulrichs had been formally enrolled into that soc
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1895· 2 entries
Died 1895-07-14.
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“Until my dying day I will look back with pride that I found the courage to come face to face in battle against the spectre which for time immemorial has been injecting poison into me and into men of my nature. Many have been driven to suicide because all their happiness in life was tainted. Indeed, I am proud that I found the courage to deal the initial blow to the hydra of public contempt.”
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1879· 1 entry
Ulrichs published the twelfth and final pamphlet in his series on man-manly love, Critische Pfeile
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1868· 1 entry
The Austrian writer Karl-Maria Kertbeny coined the word "homosexual" in a letter to Ulrichs, and from the 1870s the subject of sexual orientation (in modern words) began to be widely discussed
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1867· 1 entry
Career landmark: coming out.
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1866· 2 entries
Was briefly imprisoned for opposing Prussian rule and all his papers were confiscated
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– I have turned my full attention to this phenomenon, which was just as puzzling as it was interesting to me; and it was only the knowledge of your books which motivated me to study this highly important area
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1864· 1 entry
His books were confiscated and banned by police in Saxony
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1862· 1 entry
Ulrichs took the momentous step of telling his family and friends that he was, in his own words, an Urning, and began writing under the pseudonym of "Numa Numantius"
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1853· 1 entry
And joined the bench as an assistant judge in the district court of Hildesheim
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1839· 1 entry
At the age of fourteen, he experienced his first sexual encounter with his riding instructor
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1825· 1 entry
Born 1825-08-28.
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