Institut für Sexualwissenschaft

The *Institut für Sexualwissenschaft* was an early private sexology research institute in Germany from 1919 to 1933. The Institute was a non-profit foundation situated in Tiergarten, Berlin. It was the first sexology research center in the world. The Institute was headed by Magnus Hirschfeld, who since 1897 had run the *Wissenschaftlich-humanitäres Komitee* ('Scientific-Humanitarian Committee'), which campaigned on progressive and rational grounds for LGBT rights and tolerance. The Committee published the long-running journal *Jahrbuch für sexuelle Zwischenstufen*. Hirschfeld built a unique …