The Institute for Sexual Science was headed by German physician Magnus Hirschfeld, who was gay. Hirschfeld moved to Berlin in 1896, where he opened a medical practice and became involved in the study of sexual science. He recognized the naturally occurring variations in sex, gender, and sexuality—variations that he referred to as sexual intermediaries (today known generally as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer/questioning, asexual, and other terms, or LGBTQ+)
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