Das 3. Geschlecht ("The Third Sex"), subtitled Die Transvestiten ("Transvestites"), was a transvestite magazine of Weimar Germany, published from 1930 until 1932 in Berlin. Published by the Radszuweit publishing house, it is believed to be the first transvestite magazine in history.[1][2] A predecessor to the magazine was Die Freundin, a more lesbian-focused magazine that nonetheless published some columns appealing to transvestites.[3]

Das 3. Geschlecht first appeared on May 28, 1930. The magazine was planned as a monthly, but was published at greater intervals, issue 2 in September 1930, issue 3 in February 1931, and issue 4 in July 1931. Issue 5 of May 1932 was the last issue; shortly before, the publisher Friedrich Radszuweit had died, and his heir Martin Radszuweit did not continue the magazine. The issues each comprised 40 pages, they contained activist texts, medical articles, clothing guides, belletristic texts as well as reports on the experiences of transvestites, supplemented by numerous photographs of transvestites and transvestite women. Their appearance is considered one of the few pieces of evidence of the first "constitution of transvestites as a gender minority". Frequently seen in illustrations was Lotte Hahm, both Selli Engler and Elsbeth Killmer published texts there.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Birkhold, Matthew H. (15 January 2019). "A Lost Piece of Trans History". The Paris Review.
  2. ↑ Journal, Retrospect (21 February 2021). "Gender Nonconforming Lives in Interwar Germany". Retrospect Journal.
  3. ↑ "Almost Forgotten Voices: The Transvestite Magazine of Weimar Berlin". Making Queer History. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  4. ↑ Rainer Herrn: Die Zeitschrift Das 3. Geschlecht in: Rainer Herrn (Hrsg.): Das 3. Geschlecht - Reprint der 1930 - 1932 erschienen Zeitschrift für Transvestiten, 2016, ISBN 9783863002176, p. 231 ff.

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