Douglas Pretsell
@history-doug.bsky.social
Historian, Queer, Scot, Australian, Quaker - a minority of one. Living in Melbourne at present but imminently moving to take up a post at Keele University. He/him 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🍉🇺🇦
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Urning - University of Toronto Press
Queer Identity in the German Nineteenth Century
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North American friends: if you haven’t already bought it, my book is available this month with 75%off the sales price if you use this code: WINTERSALE75
The book is about the first modern queer identity, which flourished in late 19th C Germany:
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The book is about the first modern queer identity, which flourished in late 19th C Germany:
utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....
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Because there are so few of us, it's always a thrill to discover others interested in the Early #GermanGayRightsMovement, in Karl Heinrich Ulrichs and Magnus Hirschfeld (#MagnusHirschfeld) #lgbtqHistory #QueerStudies #Intersexuality & #TransgenderStudies
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F79P8YVJ
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F79P8YVJ
Annual of Sexual Intermediaries Volume I (1899)
Amazon.com: Annual of Sexual Intermediaries Volume I (1899) eBook : Hirschfeld, Magnus, Lombardi-Nash, Michael: Kindle Store
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September 6, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Because there are so few of us, it's always a thrill to discover others interested in the Early #GermanGayRightsMovement, in Karl Heinrich Ulrichs and Magnus Hirschfeld (#MagnusHirschfeld) #lgbtqHistory #QueerStudies #Intersexuality & #TransgenderStudies
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F79P8YVJ
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F79P8YVJ
My interview with Notches blog about my Urning book - check it out!
In case you haven’t seen it, today we posted our fascinating interview with Douglas Pretsell on Urning: Queer Identity in the German Nineteenth Century.
Read the full interview here: wp.me/p6JJ6S-4Px
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#historyofsexuality #Germanhistory
Read the full interview here: wp.me/p6JJ6S-4Px
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#historyofsexuality #Germanhistory
August 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
My interview with Notches blog about my Urning book - check it out!
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In case you haven’t seen it, today we posted our fascinating interview with Douglas Pretsell on Urning: Queer Identity in the German Nineteenth Century.
Read the full interview here: wp.me/p6JJ6S-4Px
1/3
#historyofsexuality #Germanhistory
Read the full interview here: wp.me/p6JJ6S-4Px
1/3
#historyofsexuality #Germanhistory
August 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
In case you haven’t seen it, today we posted our fascinating interview with Douglas Pretsell on Urning: Queer Identity in the German Nineteenth Century.
Read the full interview here: wp.me/p6JJ6S-4Px
1/3
#historyofsexuality #Germanhistory
Read the full interview here: wp.me/p6JJ6S-4Px
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#historyofsexuality #Germanhistory
Academic friends! My Urning book- e-book available in uni libraries -deals with a critical nexus betw. queer identity & psychiatry in C19th Germany & is an ideal syllabus book for student teaching in:
* History of Sexuality
* C19th Germany
* History of Psychiatry
www.jstor.org/stable/10.31...
* History of Sexuality
* C19th Germany
* History of Psychiatry
www.jstor.org/stable/10.31...
Urning: Queer Identity in the German Nineteenth Century on JSTOR
PIn 1864, the German jurist Karl Heinrich Ulrichs coined the term "urning" as a word for same-sex attracted men. Over the next few years, first anonym...
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July 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Academic friends! My Urning book- e-book available in uni libraries -deals with a critical nexus betw. queer identity & psychiatry in C19th Germany & is an ideal syllabus book for student teaching in:
* History of Sexuality
* C19th Germany
* History of Psychiatry
www.jstor.org/stable/10.31...
* History of Sexuality
* C19th Germany
* History of Psychiatry
www.jstor.org/stable/10.31...
Delighted to have received my copy of “The First Homosexuals”. - catalogue of an exhibition of the same name at Wrightwood 659, Chicago. This beautiful book, published by Phaidon, includes an essay by me on same sex identity formation in late 19th century Germany. www.phaidon.com/monacelli/ar...
www.phaidon.com
June 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Delighted to have received my copy of “The First Homosexuals”. - catalogue of an exhibition of the same name at Wrightwood 659, Chicago. This beautiful book, published by Phaidon, includes an essay by me on same sex identity formation in late 19th century Germany. www.phaidon.com/monacelli/ar...
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I ran an experiment, simultaneously posting articles on Bluesky and X, and then testing to see how many people actually clicked and read them. The numbers on Bluesky are higher, both because the X algorithm downranks journalism, and because Bluesky attracts readers, not just shitposters.
June 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I ran an experiment, simultaneously posting articles on Bluesky and X, and then testing to see how many people actually clicked and read them. The numbers on Bluesky are higher, both because the X algorithm downranks journalism, and because Bluesky attracts readers, not just shitposters.
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NOTCHES is a collaborative and international history of sexuality blog that aims to get people inside and outside the academy thinking about sexuality in the past and in the present. We’ve left Twitter so do follow NOTCHES on Bluesky at @notchesblog.bsky.social
Please share widely!
Please share widely!
May 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NOTCHES is a collaborative and international history of sexuality blog that aims to get people inside and outside the academy thinking about sexuality in the past and in the present. We’ve left Twitter so do follow NOTCHES on Bluesky at @notchesblog.bsky.social
Please share widely!
Please share widely!
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Pals in the EU! Europe does not need "conversion therapy" and it's time this horrific abuse of human rights was stamped out once and for all. If you can, please put your name to the Citizens' Initiative petition.
EU-Bürgerinitiative auf der offiziellen EU-Seite „Verbot von Konversionsmaßnahmen in der Europäischen Union“ & es werden noch ganz viele Stimmen gebraucht, bitte teilen & unterschreiben
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
#transrightsarehumanrights
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
#transrightsarehumanrights
European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
eci.ec.europa.eu
May 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Pals in the EU! Europe does not need "conversion therapy" and it's time this horrific abuse of human rights was stamped out once and for all. If you can, please put your name to the Citizens' Initiative petition.
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My article entitled “In the Beginning Was the Word” has just been published in the May-June 2025 issue of Gay & Lesbian Review
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glreview.org/article/in-t...
In the Beginning Was the Word - The Gay & Lesbian Review
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May 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
My article entitled “In the Beginning Was the Word” has just been published in the May-June 2025 issue of Gay & Lesbian Review
glreview.org/article/in-t...
glreview.org/article/in-t...
I hadn’t realised until today that the Hannah Barnes who presents the new statesman podcast is actually the hugely transphobic journalist responsible for destroying the Tavistock. I have unfollowed forthwith
April 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I hadn’t realised until today that the Hannah Barnes who presents the new statesman podcast is actually the hugely transphobic journalist responsible for destroying the Tavistock. I have unfollowed forthwith
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The penny finally drops for Boris Johnson – Trump is no friend of Ukraine
www.theneweuropean.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...
www.theneweuropean.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...
The penny finally drops for Boris Johnson - Trump is no friend of Ukraine
After months of defending his hero, the former prime minister has finally realised the president has no interest in aiding the war-ravaged country
www.theneweuropean.co.uk
April 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The penny finally drops for Boris Johnson – Trump is no friend of Ukraine
www.theneweuropean.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...
www.theneweuropean.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...
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Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House.
Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House 27th March and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.
www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House 27th March and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.
www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House
Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.
www.quaker.org.uk
March 29, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House.
Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House 27th March and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.
www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House 27th March and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.
www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
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Trump bragged about how he uses transgender people as political pawns to rile up his base before elections, saying Republicans should “bring it up a week before the election” to win votes. In other words, he openly admitted he sees cruelty and manufactured culture war nonsense as a campaign strategy
Trump Has Meltdown in Oval Office with NATO Leader
From fantasizing about conquering Greenland to ranting about trans people and invading Los Angeles, this Oval Office spectacle was straight-up deranged.
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March 29, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Trump bragged about how he uses transgender people as political pawns to rile up his base before elections, saying Republicans should “bring it up a week before the election” to win votes. In other words, he openly admitted he sees cruelty and manufactured culture war nonsense as a campaign strategy
Social media seems to be filling up with content calling on USA to treat Europe as the arch enemy. Is this really what US voters want?
March 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Social media seems to be filling up with content calling on USA to treat Europe as the arch enemy. Is this really what US voters want?
I’ve been avoiding the news. Has anything happened?
March 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I’ve been avoiding the news. Has anything happened?
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In advance digital access, here is my review for @history-doug.bsky.social’s excellent book “Urning”, about early queer activism and Karl Heinrich Ulrichs. It’s a lovely, rich book, combining rigorous analysis with real empathy. academic.oup.com/jsh/advance-...
Urning: Queer Identity in the German Nineteenth Century. By Douglas Pretsell
In their effort to bring queer history into mainstream consciousness, public history initiatives have often sought to find touchstones, exemplary figures w
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March 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
In advance digital access, here is my review for @history-doug.bsky.social’s excellent book “Urning”, about early queer activism and Karl Heinrich Ulrichs. It’s a lovely, rich book, combining rigorous analysis with real empathy. academic.oup.com/jsh/advance-...
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Make no mistake: the United States government is openly signalling for the Russian Federation to escalate.
February 28, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Make no mistake: the United States government is openly signalling for the Russian Federation to escalate.
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Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
February 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
AC labels this the Frans Ferdinand moment. USA under Trump is morphing into a direct threat to European interests. How long before we are in direct military conflict www.youtube.com/live/P07-8ZL...
Zelensky vs Trump | Reaction From The Rest Is Politics
YouTube video by The Rest Is Politics
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March 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
AC labels this the Frans Ferdinand moment. USA under Trump is morphing into a direct threat to European interests. How long before we are in direct military conflict www.youtube.com/live/P07-8ZL...
Just received my copies of the newly published “Invictus - Unbesiegt” - my character typology essay is in this book
February 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Just received my copies of the newly published “Invictus - Unbesiegt” - my character typology essay is in this book
Seems AfD have underperformed. Thank fuck for that. So it will be a CDU led coalition
February 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Seems AfD have underperformed. Thank fuck for that. So it will be a CDU led coalition
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Alaudae (The Larks or Songbirds) by Karl Heinrich Ulrichs. An entertainment journal for classicists, Latin learners & Ulrichs' fans. Edited by Llewelyn Morgan & Lombardi-Nash, forthcoming June 12, 2025. Pre-order in various formats. #LGBTQhistory
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/alaudae-v...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/alaudae-v...
Alaudae Volume 1
For the first time, more than just a handful of readers will be able to study, enjoy and become acquainted with one of the seminal works by Karl Heinrich Ulrich…
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February 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Alaudae (The Larks or Songbirds) by Karl Heinrich Ulrichs. An entertainment journal for classicists, Latin learners & Ulrichs' fans. Edited by Llewelyn Morgan & Lombardi-Nash, forthcoming June 12, 2025. Pre-order in various formats. #LGBTQhistory
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/alaudae-v...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/alaudae-v...