Talk:Havelock Ellis
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The article says that Ellis "was interested in sexual liberation and wrote the seven volume Studies in the Psychology of Sex" and his "Sexual Inversion described the sexual relations of homosexual men, something that Ellis did not consider to be a disease or a crime."
Perhaps there was a reason he did not consider it a disease or crime: Could somebody who has some expertise in this area of study (Ellis, his influences including Keynes, etc.), check out what is said on the following page and confirm or rebut the sources and the quotations. Disgusting, horrifying if true to any degree: http://www.aposse.org/commons/Keynes/keynes.htm
- It would be too time-consuming to criticise the web page you suggest--http://www.aposse.org/commons/Keynes/keynes.htm
- Almost every line of this bizarre text carries an error of fact. But considering we are talking about Havelock Ellis, it should be noted that he was NOT a Fabian, but was a founder member of a proto-Fabian organisation, the Fellowship of the New Life. He was very liberal in his attitudes, because he relied on serious and independent thought rather than received dogma for his knowledge. As such, he did support the development of individual sexual lives. He also supported homosexual rights, feminism, and intellectual expression.
I don't want to scare anyone away but please sign your posts with your username (or some other tag) on the discussion page, this allows readers to follow the discussion in an orderly manner.--CJ 20:09, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Racist?
Was Havelock Ellis a racist?!
[edit] Translations
Ellis translated Zola's Germinal and A Rebours by J-K Huysmans. Likely, he did more. This ought to be noted. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 204.169.48.123 (talk) 22:44, 5 January 2007 (UTC).
