Magnus Hirschfeld Prize

The Magnus Hirschfeld Prize , also known as the Magnus Hirschfeld Emancipation Prize , has been awarded since 1997 by the SPD Berlin and the Schwusos (today: SPDqueer, Germany's oldest LGBT group).

The prize, endowed with 500 euros, was donated by the SPD at the suggestion of the state working group for gay social democrats and was awarded for the first time on the 100th anniversary of the founding of the scientific-humanitarian committee on May 15, 1897 by the doctor and sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld . Since then it has been awarded at irregular intervals for special services to the political equality of lesbians and gays . The award takes place by handing over a plaque with the portrait of Magnus Hirschfeld.

Originally an award was planned in the three categories “woman”, “man” and “group”. In 1997, at the suggestion of the “ Homosexuals and Church ” group, Helmut Kentler was given an award in the “Man” category for the dismantling of prejudices against homosexuals within the churches. Due to an article by Ursula Enders about the controversial positions of Helmut Kentler, Rüdiger Lautmann and Reinhart Wolff on pedophilia and pederasty , the awarding of the award to Kentler was initially "suspended" until a careful examination and withdrawn completely at the end of June 1997.

Since then, the prize has been awarded twice: on the one hand, one person is honored for their life's work or an individual achievement, on the other hand, an institution or a project, whereby the main criterion is an outstanding achievement in the emancipation of lesbians, gays and transgender people .

Prize winners

• 1997: Käthe Weiß for her long-term commitment in setting up lesbian projects and the ÖTV trade union for her commitment in the interests of lesbians and gays.
• 2000: Joachim Müller (historian) for coming to terms with the persecution of homosexual men during the Nazi era ; and Vorspiel - sports club for gays and lesbians Berlin .
• 2004: Ernst-Detlef Mücke for his life's work as a gay teacher who fought for homosexual recognition since 1974; the LSVD Center for Migrants, Lesbians and Gays (MILES).
• 2012: Dagmar Schultz for her life's work as one of the first activists of the lesbian and women's movement since the 1970s; Tennis Borussia Berlin eV for its commitment to the "Football fans against homophobia" campaign.
• 2015: Conny Hendrik Kempe-Schälicke as a founding and board member of Seitenwechsel Sportverein für FrauenLesbenTrans * Inter * und Mädchen eV and Schwules Museum * Berlin.
• 2017: Annet Audem, human rights and LGBTI * activist, and the RuT Rad und Tat association , a non-profit advisory and cultural center that initiated a housing project for lesbian women with and without disabilities.

See also

• Magnus Hirschfeld Medal from the German Society for Social Sexual Research

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Previous winners . In: SPDqueer Berlin . accessed on December 2, 2017.
2. ↑ SPD donates Hirschfeld Prize . In: New Germany . March 11, 1997.
3. ↑ Magnus Hirschfeld Emancipation Prize . In: taz . March 11, 1997.
4. ↑ Andreas Seeck (ed.): Through science to justice? Text collection on the critical reception of the work of Magnus Hirschfeld , Lit Verlag , 2003, ISBN 978-3825868710 , p. 253, footnote 5 ( restricted preview ).
5. ↑ Nominations for the Magnus Hirschfeld Prize wanted . In: queer.de . February 25, 2015.
6. ↑ ^{a b} Magnus Hirschfeld Emancipation Prize awarded . In: taz . May 15, 1997.
7. ↑ Ursula Enders : The desk offenders . In: Emma . No. 2, p. 48, March / April 1997.
8. ↑ Helmut Kentler : A prize in the man category . In: taz . August 9, 1997.
9. ↑ Harry Nutt: "Easily seductible" . ( Interview with jury member Ida Schillen ) In: taz . September 3, 1997.
10. ↑ Schwusos advertise the Magnus Hirschfeld Prize ( memento from April 24, 2015 in the web archive archive.today ) In: SPD Berlin . March 2012.
11. ↑ Schwusos award the Magnus Hirschfeld Prize . In: queer.de . March 1, 2012.
12. ↑ Ulla Bock : pioneering work. The first female professors for women's and gender studies at German-speaking universities 1984-2014 . Campus-Verlag Frankfurt am Main 2015. p. 286. ISBN 978-3-593-50301-1 ( limited preview ).
13. ↑ Jürgen Schulz: First class in social engagement . In: taz . June 11, 2012.
14. ↑ Schwules Museum * honored. Hirschfeld Prize . In: taz . April 29, 2015.
15. ↑ Clara Woopen: Magnus Hirschfeld Prize for RuT! . In: Victory Column . May 16, 2017.
16. ↑ RuT Rad und Tat awarded the Magnus Hirschfeld Prize . In: Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband Berlin . 17th May 2017.