Magnus Hirschfeld Medal Explained

The Magnus Hirschfeld Medal is awarded by the German Society for Social-Scientific Sexuality Research (DGSS)^[1] for outstanding service to sexual science, granted in the categories "Sexual Research" and "Sexual Reform". It is named in honour of German sexology pioneer Magnus Hirschfeld^[2] (though DGSS diverges from some of Hirschfeld's theories).

Previous winners

For contributions to sexual research

• 1990 Ernest Borneman (Austria)
• 1992 John Paul De Cecco (USA)
• 1994 Liu Dalin (China)
• 1997 Jonathan Ned Katz (USA)
• 2000 Milton Diamond (USA)
• 2002 John Money (USA)
• 2004 Martin S. Weinberg (USA)
• 2006 Richard Green (USA/UK)
• 2008 Hu Peicheng (China)
• 2016 João Décio Ferreira (Portugal)^{[3] [4]}

For contributions to sexual reform

• 1990 Herman Musaph (Netherlands)
• 1992 (Hungary)
• 1994 Ruth Westheimer ("Dr. Ruth"; USA)
• 1997 Maj-Briht Bergström-Walan (Sweden)
• 2000 Oswalt Kolle (Netherlands)
• 2002 Manfred Bruns (Germany) and William Granzig (USA)
• 2004 Rolf Gindorf (Germany)
• 2006 Rita Süssmuth (Germany)
• 2008 Robert T. Francoeur (USA)

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=EZJzCQAAQBAJ&dq=Magnus+Hirschfeld+Medal&pg=RA1-PA264 Sexuality Education: Past, Present, and Future
2. Book: What Does God Think?: Transgender People and the Bible . 9780995180765 . 10 September 2017 . Cheryl B. Evans .
3. Web site: Sexologia: Médico português recebe ouro na Alemanha . 22 June 2016 .
4. Web site: German Society for Social Scientific Sexuality Research (DGSS) .