Germany in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries witnessed key developments in LGBT history, including the world's first homosexual organizations and gay and lesbian magazines, as well as an influential community of sexologists and psychoanalysts. Clayton J. Whisnant recounts events from vibrant gay social scenes to Nazi persecution.

Germany in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries witnessed key developments in LGBT history, including the growth of the world's first homosexual organizations and gay and lesbian magazines, as well as an influential community of German sexologists and psychoanalysts. Queer Identities and Politics in Germany describes these events in detail, from vibrant gay social scenes to the Nazi persecution that sent many LGBT people to concentration camps.