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Jewish Involvement in LGBT Activism

The text notes the significant Jewish presence in the early LGBT movement in Germany, particularly in the Scientific-Humanitarian Committee. It mentions several Jewish activists, including Magnus Hirschfeld, Benedict Friedlaender, and Kurt Hiller.

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Max Spohr (LGBT activist). was he related to the jewish community?

Available primary secondary accounts identify as a bookseller and pioneering publisher who helped found the in 1897, but none of the supplied sources identify him as Jewish; the reporting consistently...