DYK the idea that being #queer was degenerate took hold in the late 19thC? Max Nordau declared it in “Degeneration” (1895). Even #AlbertMoll finally agreed that some men could convert & the degeneracy theory stuck fast. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #QueerHistory

DYK #AlbertMoll (d.1939) was probably the first #queer to write about it in medical terms? In “Die conträre Sexualempfindung” (1891), he refuted the idea that men picked up #QueerDesire by habit. They were probably born with it. Gay men could NOT learn to desire women.

DYK the idea that being #queer was degenerate took hold in the late 19thC? Max Nordau declared it in “Degeneration” (1895). Even #AlbertMoll finally agreed that some men could convert & the degeneracy theory stuck fast. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #HappyPride #QueerHistory

DYK #AlbertMoll (d.1939) was probably the first #queer to write about it in medical terms? In “Die conträre Sexualempfindung” (1891), he refuted the idea that men picked up #QueerDesire by habit. They were probably born w/it. Gay men could NOT learn to desire women.