Douglas Pretsell

Why? I used to live in Germany and ID cards, digital or physical, were extremely useful to have and made government far more responsive and comprehensive

Annual of Sexual Intermediaries Volume I (1899) Amazon.com: Annual of Sexual Intermediaries Volume I (1899) eBook : Hirschfeld, Magnus, Lombardi-Nash, Michael: Kindle Store

Because there are so few of us, it's always a thrill to discover others interested in the Early #GermanGayRightsMovement, in Karl Heinrich Ulrichs and Magnus Hirschfeld (#MagnusHirschfeld) #lgbtqHistory #QueerStudies #Intersexuality & #TransgenderStudies
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My interview with Notches blog about my Urning book - check it out!

In case you haven’t seen it, today we posted our fascinating interview with Douglas Pretsell on Urning: Queer Identity in the German Nineteenth Century.

Read the full interview here: wp.me/p6JJ6S-4Px

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#historyofsexuality #Germanhistory

Academic friends! My Urning book- e-book available in uni libraries -deals with a critical nexus betw. queer identity & psychiatry in C19th Germany & is an ideal syllabus book for student teaching in:
* History of Sexuality
* C19th Germany
* History of Psychiatry

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Delighted to have received my copy of “The First Homosexuals”. - catalogue of an exhibition of the same name at Wrightwood 659, Chicago. This beautiful book, published by Phaidon, includes an essay by me on same sex identity formation in late 19th century Germany. www.phaidon.com/monacelli/ar...

I ran an experiment, simultaneously posting articles on Bluesky and X, and then testing to see how many people actually clicked and read them. The numbers on Bluesky are higher, both because the X algorithm downranks journalism, and because Bluesky attracts readers, not just shitposters.

NOTCHES is a collaborative and international history of sexuality blog that aims to get people inside and outside the academy thinking about sexuality in the past and in the present. We’ve left Twitter so do follow NOTCHES on Bluesky at @notchesblog.bsky.social

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This is bleak reading

Pals in the EU! Europe does not need "conversion therapy" and it's time this horrific abuse of human rights was stamped out once and for all. If you can, please put your name to the Citizens' Initiative petition.

Cloven Hooved Horned Satan sitting in a library reading books to kids since we can't do drag storytime anymore....i thought we'd try something else

I think you are the bees knees

My article entitled “In the Beginning Was the Word” has just been published in the May-June 2025 issue of Gay & Lesbian Review

glreview.org/article/in-t...

I hadn’t realised until today that the Hannah Barnes who presents the new statesman podcast is actually the hugely transphobic journalist responsible for destroying the Tavistock. I have unfollowed forthwith

The penny finally drops for Boris Johnson - Trump is no friend of Ukraine After months of defending his hero, the former prime minister has finally realised the president has no interest in aiding the war-ravaged country

The penny finally drops for Boris Johnson – Trump is no friend of Ukraine

www.theneweuropean.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...

Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.

Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House.
Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House 27th March and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.

www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

Trump Has Meltdown in Oval Office with NATO Leader From fantasizing about conquering Greenland to ranting about trans people and invading Los Angeles, this Oval Office spectacle was straight-up deranged.

Trump bragged about how he uses transgender people as political pawns to rile up his base before elections, saying Republicans should “bring it up a week before the election” to win votes. In other words, he openly admitted he sees cruelty and manufactured culture war nonsense as a campaign strategy

Social media seems to be filling up with content calling on USA to treat Europe as the arch enemy. Is this really what US voters want?

I’ve been avoiding the news. Has anything happened?

Urning: Queer Identity in the German Nineteenth Century. By Douglas Pretsell In their effort to bring queer history into mainstream consciousness, public history initiatives have often sought to find touchstones, exemplary figures w

In advance digital access, here is my review for @history-doug.bsky.social’s excellent book “Urning”, about early queer activism and Karl Heinrich Ulrichs. It’s a lovely, rich book, combining rigorous analysis with real empathy. academic.oup.com/jsh/advance-...

Thank you @manwithoutatan.bsky.social very deeply appreciated

Make no mistake: the United States government is openly signalling for the Russian Federation to escalate.

Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people.

Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.

We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.

Zelensky vs Trump | Reaction From The Rest Is Politics YouTube video by The Rest Is Politics

AC labels this the Frans Ferdinand moment. USA under Trump is morphing into a direct threat to European interests. How long before we are in direct military conflict www.youtube.com/live/P07-8ZL...

Just received my copies of the newly published “Invictus - Unbesiegt” - my character typology essay is in this book

There was an interview with Frans Timmermans on the Rest is Politics today making exactly that point. Metz aping the AfD was a disaster but the Belgian socialist party won the election there by ignoring all the far right talking points completely

Seems AfD have underperformed. Thank fuck for that. So it will be a CDU led coalition

Alaudae Volume 1 For the first time, more than just a handful of readers will be able to study, enjoy and become acquainted with one of the seminal works by Karl Heinrich Ulrich…

Alaudae (The Larks or Songbirds) by Karl Heinrich Ulrichs. An entertainment journal for classicists, Latin learners & Ulrichs' fans. Edited by Llewelyn Morgan & Lombardi-Nash, forthcoming June 12, 2025. Pre-order in various formats. #LGBTQhistory
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/alaudae-v...

[brian mcnaught] Confront the Trans-hatred coming from Trump, Musk, Vance and other Republicans. Use Sam’s face, name, and the circumstances of his death.
Let’s not forget Sam Nordquist.