A sketch of kertbeny s life is given, along with a discussion of. Karlmaria kertbeny originally published anonymously, paragraph 143 of the. Michel foucaults histories of sexuality didier eribon translated by michael lucey translators foreword d idier eribon is one of the preeminent intellectual historians in france. Karlmaria kertbeny or karoly maria kertbeny born karlmaria benkert vienna, february 28, 1824 budapest, january 23, 1882 was an austrianborn.
Contemporary perspectives on sexual orientation christ the king. This young man killed himself after being blackmailed. A great divide on homosexuality in the contemporary world. They were coined just 150 years ago in a german letter written by karl maria kertbeny to karl heinrich ulrich. It was i i this tragic episode which led karl maria. Even instances of homosexuality are available in hindu mythology. Homosexuality in india the invisible conflict anuradha.
Karl maria kertbeny 18241882 find a grave memorial. Ulrichs saw urnings as a sort of intermediate sex, which he summed up in the catch phrase a womans soul in a mans body with the opposite true of homosexual women. The word homosexuality, in its german form homosexualitat, was first used in an anonymous pamphlet published in germany in 1869. Ebook or pdf edited book email encyclopedia article govt. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders dsm as a psychiatric. If we must be accurate about things, even in europe itself, homosexuality was not a reality until it was officially invented in 1869in germany, to be exact, by sexologist karl maria kertbeny. In a letter, in german, to karl heinrich ulrichs on may 6, 1868, an early sexlaw reformer, the writer karl maria kertbeny, is first known to have privately used four. He is best known for coining the words heterosexual and homosexual the benkert family moved to budapest when he was a childhe was equally at home in austria, germany and hungary. Karl maria kertbeny, writing anonymously, uses the term homosexual in a pamphlet calling for repeal of prussias sodomy laws. Karl maria kertbeny ou karoly maria kertbeny baptizado como karl maria benkert. Karl maria kertbeny sau karoly maria kertbeny nascut karl maria benkert n. Father of the lgbt movement karl heinrich ulrichs is the first person to speak out for gay rights. Soon they moved to budapest, where he changed his name to kertbeny in. Hungarian writer karl maria kertbeny and was never used by ulrichs, championing their equal legal and civil rights as a distinct minority.
The term homosexuality was coined in 1869 by karl maria kertbeny in an anonymous pamphlet advocating the repeal of prussias sodomy laws. Hungarian writer karl maria kertbeny nee benkert invents the word homosexual to describe people attracted to the same sex and is responsible for the terms first known use in. Peppel translator, graduate student, department of. Karl maria kertbeny and several other writers were working on a new penal code for the north german federation and needed a way to write laws forbidding samesex relationships mondimore, 1996.
Wikimedia commons as catholic ethicist margaret farley points out, stoics held strong views on the power of the human will to. Thesaurus linguae latinae open access pdf version of volumes a m and o p. Karlmaria kertbeny or karoly maria kertbeny born karl maria benkert vienna, february 28, 1824 budapest, january 23, 1882 was an austrianborn hungarian journalist, memoirist, and human rights campaigner. Though kertbenys letter did not define his foursome, his other writings indicate that monosexual referred to. These are the sources and citations used to research kertbeny karl maria. Documentary evidence is given here confirming that the writer karl maria kertbeny was its author. As a young man, kertbeny was apprenticed to a bookseller.
Karl maria kertbeny wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. Schriften zur homosexualitatsforschung by karl maria kertbeny. Penal code for north german confederation written by karl maria kertbeny. Kertbeny karoly maria was born as karl maria benkert in vienna on the 28th. Note that kertbeny formed the word homosexuality by combining. Prearo begins his overview around 1860 with discussions of the forensic doctor ambroise tardieu, the german lawyer and the worlds first openly declared homosexual karl heinrich ulrichs, and the hungarian author karl maria kertbeny, who coined the word homosexual. The first public use of kertbenys word heterosexual occurred in germany in. Eng lish, 1991, which has been translated into seventeen languages, he has also. They created a new discourse that was both medical and activist. As for the name, he was born karlmaria benkert in vienna, but the. Adlerian art therapy for treatment of gender dysphoric. According to the notebooks of karl maria kertbeny, ulrichss second time in.
Homosexual studies and politics in the 19th century karl. Kertbeny was born in vienna on february 28, 1824, under the germanic name karl maria benkert. The word homosexual first appeared in german in an 1869 political pamphlet by karl maria kertbeny the pseudonym of karl benkert intended to protest the inclusion of prussian sodomy statutes the legal antecedents of the infamous nazi paragraph 175 in the constitution of a unified german state. Stories told, truth silenced frontier centre for public. Invented the term homosexual for similar actionsof what first karl was speaking about. Kertbeny did not seek biological arguments to use for the liberation of homosexuals, i.
Kertbeny had anonymously published a pamphlet entitled paragraph 143 of the prussian penal code of 14 april 1851 and its reaffirmation as paragraph 152 in the proposed penal code for the norddeutscher bund, an open and professional. The gay capital of the nineteenth century the new yorker. Best known around the world for his landmark biography michel foucault 1989. Karl maria kertbeny 18241882 in his youth, around 184550. Karl maria kertbeny 1869 homosexuality appears for the. It began appearing in us medical journals in the 1890s and in general usage during the 1920s.
Soon they moved to budapest, where he changed his name to kertbeny in order to give himself an air of hungarian nobility. He is best known for coining the words heterosexual and homosexual. Karl maria kertbeny created the label heterosexual credit. Kertbeny karlmaria gender studies bibliographies cite. This pamphlet advocated the repeal of prussias sodomy laws. How the germans invented gay rightsmore than a century ago.
In a later publication, he also creates the word heterosexuality. The eclipse of the qajars and the emergence of the pahlavis library of modern middle east studies dec 01, by homa. Karl maria kertbeny ci karoly maria kertbeny, pred madarskym povstanim karl maria benkert 28. On may 6, 1868, in a letter to pioneering german sexologist karl heinrich ulrichs, kertbeny used the word. As a young man, while working as a booksellers apprentice, kertbeny had a close friend who was homosexual, who killed himself after being blackmailed by an extortionist. Prior to that year, homosexuality was only referenced in euphemisms and other definitive terms. Ia dikenal karena menciptakan kata heteroseksual dan homoseksual ia lahir di wina, austria. The role and responsibility of women in this manual of masculinity. Januar 1882 in budapest, war ein osterreichischungarischer schriftsteller. Kertbeny, an austrianborn social reformer, first introduced the term in a pamphlet written to oppose the adoption of prussian antisodomy laws in the new constitution for the unified german state then being formed. Pdf heterosexuality, orthosexuality, idiosexuality bulent somay. Karl maria kertbeny, vor 1847 karl maria benkert 28. The correspondence between kertbeny and ulrich proves that the purpose of declaring homosexuality as an orientation was to legitimize it, and thereby remove its.
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