(1925) - What We Want - Adolf Brand
Adolf Brand first published Der Eigene (translated as "The Own") in 1896, which began as an rebellious journal, eventually shifting towards becoming the first published gay journal. Over fear of censorship, he founded the German Society "Gemeinschaft der Eigenen" (G.D.E) (1903), translated as the "Community of the Self-Owners". The article, What We Want goes through various positions which the G.D.E. held in terms of areas such as promoting nudism, strong male friendships, and Brant's belief that men are inherently bisexual.
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The G.D.E. teaches that the right of self-determination over body and soul is the most important basis of all freedom – and that sexuality and love are the deeply interlaced roots and the golden crown of our being, from which human work and creation draw their inexhaustible and external strengths.