Magnus Hirschfeld Medal
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The Magnus Hirschfeld Medal is awarded by the German Society for Social-Scientific Sexuality Research
(DGSS) for outstanding service to sexual science
, granted in the categories "Sexual Research" and "Sexual Reform". It is named in honour of German sexology
pioneer Magnus Hirschfeld
(without the DGSS sharing his dated 'biologistic' sexual theory).
Winners for contributions to sexual research
Winners for contributions to sexual reform
German Society for Social-Scientific Sexuality Research
The German Society for Social-Scientific Sexuality Research [in German: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sozialwissenschaftliche Sexualforschung ] is a sexuality research and counselling organization . It is primarily devoted to sociological, behavioral, and cultural sexuality research...
(DGSS) for outstanding service to sexual science
Sexology
Sexology is the scientific study of human sexuality, including human sexual interests, behavior, and function. The term does not generally refer to the non-scientific study of sex, such as political analysis or social criticism....
, granted in the categories "Sexual Research" and "Sexual Reform". It is named in honour of German sexology
Sexology
Sexology is the scientific study of human sexuality, including human sexual interests, behavior, and function. The term does not generally refer to the non-scientific study of sex, such as political analysis or social criticism....
pioneer Magnus Hirschfeld
Magnus Hirschfeld
Magnus Hirschfeld was a German physician and sexologist. An outspoken advocate for sexual minorities, Hirschfeld founded the Scientific Humanitarian Committee, which Dustin Goltz called "the first advocacy for homosexual and transgender rights."-Early life:Hirschfeld was born in Kolberg in a...
(without the DGSS sharing his dated 'biologistic' sexual theory).
Winners for contributions to sexual research
- 1990 Ernest BornemanErnest BornemanErnst Wilhelm Julius Bornemann was a German crime writer, filmmaker, anthropologist, ethnomusicologist, jazz musician, jazz critic, psychoanalyst, sexologist, and committed socialist. All these diverse interests, he claimed, had a common root in his lifelong insatiable curiosity...
(Austria) - 1992 John P. De Cecco (USA)
- 1994 Liu DalinLiu DalinLiu Dalin, also sometimes Dalin Liu or Ta-lin Liu, is a retired professor of sociology at Shanghai University who pioneered the field of sexology in China....
(China) - 1997 Jonathan Ned KatzJonathan Ned KatzJonathan Ned Katz is an American historian of human sexuality who has focused on same-sex attraction and changes in the social organization of sexuality over time...
(USA) - 2000 Milton DiamondMilton DiamondMilton Diamond is a retired professor of anatomy and reproductive biology at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. He has had a very long and productive career in the study of human sexuality...
(USA) - 2002 John MoneyJohn MoneyJohn William Money was a psychologist, sexologist and author, specializing in research into sexual identity and biology of gender...
(USA) - 2004 Martin S. Weinberg (USA)
- 2006 Richard GreenRichard Green (sexologist)Richard Green is an American sexologist, psychiatrist, lawyer, and author specializing in homosexuality and transsexualism, specifically gender identity disorder in children. Green is the founding editor of the Archives of Sexual Behavior , and served as Editor until 2001...
(USA/UK) - 2008 Hu Peicheng (China)
Winners for contributions to sexual reform
- 1990 Herman MusaphHerman MusaphHerman Musaph was a Dutch holocaust survivor, psychiatrist, dermatologist and sexologist.Musaph was born in Amsterdam. He studied medicine at the University of Amsterdam. In 1977 Musaph became Professor of Medicine at the University of Utrecht...
(Netherlands) - 1992 Imre Aszódi (Hungary)
- 1994 Ruth K. Westheimer (USA)
- 1997 Maj-Briht Bergström-Walan (Sweden)
- 2000 Oswalt KolleOswalt KolleOswalt Kolle was a German sex educator, who became famous during the late 1960s and early 1970s for his numerous pioneering books and films on human sexuality. His work was translated into all major languages, while his films found an audience of 140 million worldwide. In his 1997 book Open to...
(Netherlands) - 2002 Manfred BrunsManfred BrunsManfred Bruns is former attorney general at the Federal Court of Justice of Germany, and is a famous German gay civil rights activist. He is a member of the Board of Director of the Lesbian and Gay Association .-References:...
(Germany) and William GranzigWilliam GranzigWilliam Granzig, Ph.D., MPH, FAACS is an American sexologist.He is the President and Professor and Dean of Clinical Sexology at Maimonides University in North Miami Beach, Florida. He is the Director and primary professor of the university's sexology program. Dr...
(USA) - 2004 Rolf GindorfRolf GindorfRolf Gindorf is a German sexologist. He is also a member of Mensa.-Life and work:Originally a graduate from a language school , Dr. Gindorf first worked as a translator...
(Germany) - 2006 Rita Süssmuth (Germany)
- 2008 Robert T. FrancoeurRobert T. FrancoeurRobert T. Francoeur , Ph.D., A.C.S., is an American biologist and sexologist.Dr. Francoeur was born on October 18, 1931 in Detroit, Michigan. He earned a B.A. in philosophy and English at Sacred Heart College in 1953, a M.A. in Catholic theology at Saint Vincent College in 1957, a M.S. in biology...
(USA)