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WWII veteran Christine Jorgensen became the first American transgender woman to attain fame for having sex reassignment surgery. Her story has influenced many others and helped redefine gender identity. The Nazi dictatorship policed, prosecuted, and ultimately murdered thousands of gay men during its 12 years of rule. Anti-sodomy laws and regulations had been around since the Revolutionary War, leading in some cases to dishonorable discharge, courts-martial, or imprisonment for military men found having sex with other men. However, until , no specific proviso barred homosexuals from serving in the military. With the growing acceptance of the validity of psychoanalysis in the medical profession in the s and s, attitudes towards sodomy and homosexual individuals had changed.

Stephen Bourne reveals some of the varied experiences of homosexual men who served in the armed forces during the Second World War. In , the heroic Battle of Britain pilot Flight Lieutenant Ian Gleed published a memoir called Arise to Conquer. Lesbian, gay and trans life in Germany began to thrive at the beginning of the 20th century. Albrecht Becker — imprisoned by the Nazis for being gay. By the s, Paragraph of the German Penal Code, which criminalised homosexual acts, was being applied less frequently.

While fighting to gain equal rights, LGB people and their allies have also worked to unearth their histories, and have shed new light on the watershed moment that World War II created. Yorick Smaal receives funding from the Australian Research Council for his current project on boys, sex and crime. In our sexual histories series, authors explore changing sexual mores from antiquity to today. Armies make men.

As Pride celebrations continue throughout the month of June, this article will revisit the influence the Second World War had on defining queer communities in the United States. The war provided a unique opportunity for queer men and women to meet one another for the first time. During WWII and beyond, blue ticket discharges carried powerful stigma—and serious negative consequences. Last Updated: May 27, In May , Lemuel S.

WWII veteran Christine Jorgensen became the first American transgender woman to attain fame for having sex reassignment surgery. Her story has influenced many others and helped redefine gender identity. The Nazi dictatorship policed, prosecuted, and ultimately murdered thousands of gay men during its 12 years of rule. .

Stephen Bourne reveals some of the varied experiences of homosexual men who served in the armed forces during the Second World War. In , the heroic Battle of Britain pilot Flight Lieutenant Ian Gleed published a memoir called Arise to Conquer. .

While fighting to gain equal rights, LGB people and their allies have also worked to unearth their histories, and have shed new light on the watershed moment that World War II created. .

As Pride celebrations continue throughout the month of June, this article will revisit the influence the Second World War had on defining queer communities in the United States. The war provided a unique opportunity for queer men and women to meet one another for the first time. .