{"product_id":"berlins-third-sex","title":"Berlin's Third Sex","description":"In 1904, Berlin did not exactly look like a haven of tolerance. Sex between consenting males and gender non-conformity were illegal, and other forms of sexual expression faced oppressive societal taboos. But despite fear, secrecy, and blackmail, Germany's imperial capital nurtured a vibrant and diverse queer subculture.\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBerlin's Third Sex\u003c\/em\u003e, German sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld offers a sympathetic glimpse into this queer life, depicting spaces such as gyms, bars, cafés, aristocratic drawing rooms, and tenement apartments that drew the \"third sex\" - exiles from contemporary gender and sexual norms. Intimate, striking, and surprisingly sentimental, Hirschfeld's account takes us from drag king cavaliers at all-night lesbian balls to \"uranian\" men darning socks for their soldier sweethearts, and from cigar-smoking trans men to sex workers in moonlit parks. Hirschfeld reveals vast networks of clandestine connections: coded vernacular, camp aliases inspired by pop culture, encrypted classified ads, and even a pre-Grindr telegraphic service for summoning temporary companions. \u003cbr\u003eFeaturing extensive notes, an informative afterword, and an earlier pamphlet on same-sex attraction by Hirschfeld, this volume is of crucial importance for students, scholars, and readers interested in queer history.","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48515898736889,"sku":"9781487558451","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/1811\/7625\/files\/imageloader_c5baa996-47cd-4d10-a8f9-78720d1901ac.jpg?v=1781209516","url":"https:\/\/hookeandplotte.com\/products\/berlins-third-sex","provider":"Hooke and Plotte Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}