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''Der Eigene'' was one of the first Homosexuality, gay journals in the world, published from 1896 to 1932 by Adolf Brand in Berlin. Brand contributed many poems and articles; other contributors included writers Benedict Friedlaender, Hanns Heinz Ewers, Erich Mühsam, Kurt Hiller, Ernst Burchard, John Henry Mackay, Theodor Lessing, Klaus Mann, and Thomas Mann, as well as artists Wilhelm von Gloeden, Fidus, and Sascha Schneider. The journal may have had an average of around 1500 subscribers per issue during its run, but the exact numbers are uncertain.
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Image:Der Eigene - 1896.jpg, ''Der Eigene'', vol. 1 (1896), no. 1 - ten issues in this format - an anarchist journal with no gay content in this volume
File:Der Eigene 1898 vol 2.jpg, ''Der Eigene'', vol. 2 (1898), no. 1 - two issues in this format - here, the opening page of a gay short story, the journal's first gay text
File:Der Eigene 1899.jpg, ''Der Eigene'', "New Series" vol. 1 (= vol. 3, the first entirely gay volume) (1898), no. 1 - ten issues in this format
File:Der Eigene New Series vol 2 (1903).jpg, ''Der Eigene'', vol. 4 (or "New Series" vol. 2) (1903), no. 1 - six issues in this format
File:Der Eigene New Series vol 3 (1905).jpg, ''Der Eigene'', vol. 5 (or "New Series" vol. 3) (1905), no. 1 - six issues in this format
File:Der Eigene, Jahresband 1906.jpg, ''Der Eigene'', vol. 6 (1906) - the only hardback issue, an annual
File:Der Eigene 1919 vol 7.jpg, ''Der Eigene'', vol. 7 (1919–20), no. 3 - eleven issues in this format
File:Der Eigene 1920.jpg, ''Der Eigene'', vol. 8 (1920), no. 9 - fourteen issues in this format
File:Der Eigene 1921-22-23 vol 9.jpg, ''Der Eigene'', vol. 9 (1921-22-23), no. 3 - seven issues in this format
File:Der Eigene 1924-25 vol 10 no 4.jpg, ''Der Eigene'', vol. 10 (1924-25), no. 4 - twelve issues in this format
File:Der Eigene 1926-27 vol 11.jpg, ''Der Eigene'', vol. 11 (1926), no. 1 - ten issues in this format
File:Der Eigene 1929 vol 12.jpg, ''Der Eigene'', vol. 12 (1929), no. 5 - five issues in this format
File:Der Eigene 1930-32 vol 13.jpg, ''Der Eigene'', vol. 13 (1930–32), no. 1 - nine issues in this format
File:Der_Eigene_6_(1906)_p._158.jpg, Original uncensored page 158 from DER EIGENE 6 (1906)
File:DER EIGENE 13 (1930) p.45 PAINTING BY LEONARD SARLUIS CENSORED BY HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY BERLIN.png, Example of a censored page containing a painting by Léonard Sarluis, from "DER EIGENE" magazine scan hosted on Humboldt University of Berlin website
Homodok.nl Full text scan (pdf) 1896-1900 and 1903
at IHLIA LGBT Heritage.
Schillers "Die Freundschaft"
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Complete set digitized on Humboldt University website (some pages with photographs and artworks partially censored)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eigene 1890s in LGBT history 1896 establishments in Germany 1932 disestablishments in Germany Anarchism and free love Anarchist periodicals published in Germany Defunct political magazines published in Germany Egoist anarchism Gay history Gay men's magazines LGBT-related magazines published in Germany German-language magazines Individualist anarchism LGBT anarchism First homosexual movement Magazines established in 1896 Magazines disestablished in 1932 Magazines published in Berlin
''Der Eigene'' was one of the first Homosexuality, gay journals in the world, published from 1896 to 1932 by Adolf Brand in Berlin. Brand contributed many poems and articles; other contributors included writers Benedict Friedlaender, Hanns Heinz Ewers, Erich Mühsam, Kurt Hiller, Ernst Burchard, John Henry Mackay, Theodor Lessing, Klaus Mann, and Thomas Mann, as well as artists Wilhelm von Gloeden, Fidus, and Sascha Schneider. The journal may have had an average of around 1500 subscribers per issue during its run, but the exact numbers are uncertain.
__NOTOC__History of the journal
The title of the journal, ''Der Eigene'' ''(The Unique)'', refers to the classic anarchist work ''The Ego and Its Own, Der Einzige und sein Eigentum'' (1844) by Max Stirner. Early issues reflected the philosophy of Stirner, as well as other views on the politics of anarchism. In the 1920s the journal shifted to support the liberal democracy of the Weimar Republic and more specifically the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Social Democratic Party. ''Der Eigene'' interwove cultural, artistic, and political material, including lyric poetry, prose, political manifesto and nude photography. The publisher of ''Der Eigene'' had to fight against government censorship. For example, in 1903 a published poem "Die Freundschaft" (Friendship) provoked a lawsuit against the magazine. The magazine won because the poem was written by Friedrich Schiller. In 1933, when Adolf Hitler rose to power, Adolf Brand's house was searched and all the materials needed to produce the magazine were seized and given to Ernst Röhm. In a major effort in 2020, Humboldt University of Berlin made available the complete set of the magazine on its website, with censorship in form of pixellation applied to several pages containing artistic photographs and paintings.Gallery
See also
*Magnus HirschfeldReferences
Further reading
* Reprint: ''Der Eigene. Ein Blatt für männliche Kultur. Ein Querschnitt durch die erste Homosexuellenzeitschrift der Welt''. With an article by Friedrich Kröhnke. Published and afterwords by Joachim S. Hohmann, Foerster Verlag, Frankfurt/Main and Berlin 1981. *External links
Homodok.nl Full text scan (pdf) 1896-1900 and 1903
at IHLIA LGBT Heritage.
Schillers "Die Freundschaft"
. ?
Complete set digitized on Humboldt University website (some pages with photographs and artworks partially censored)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eigene 1890s in LGBT history 1896 establishments in Germany 1932 disestablishments in Germany Anarchism and free love Anarchist periodicals published in Germany Defunct political magazines published in Germany Egoist anarchism Gay history Gay men's magazines LGBT-related magazines published in Germany German-language magazines Individualist anarchism LGBT anarchism First homosexual movement Magazines established in 1896 Magazines disestablished in 1932 Magazines published in Berlin