Talk:Karl Heinrich Ulrichs
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Ulrichs invented a new word, Uranianism.
It seems that Ulrichs wrote (in German) about Uranismus, which could in English be rendered as Uranism. This latter form appears to be the more common (Google!).
Sebastjan
OK thanks for that Adam 13:38, 30 Sep 2003 (UTC)
In 1862, Ulrichs took the momentous step of telling his family and friends that he was, in his own word, a Uranian. [.....] He also invented words for lesbians (Urninds), bisexuals (Uranodionings), and transsexuals (Zwitter).
Dear Dr. Adam Carr, - Based on my own feeble knowledge of the matter, and supported by Google search, I would prefer the following:
Urning (not Urnind) (noun) was Ulrichs's term for a homosexual man.
Dioning (noun) for a heterosexual man.
Uranian (adjective) for homosexual/gay.
The other terms I admit are unknown to me.
Sincerely yours, Sebastjan (Rep. of Malta)
- Sebastjan, I took those details off an online biographical site, so if you know them to be in error, please make the appropriate changes. (I suggest you also become a User). Adam 11:43, 2 Oct 2003 (UTC)
I am quite willing to make changes - but there are problems: How do English-speaking people pronounce German words? Shall I write a Urning or an Urning?
Sebastjan
- An Englishman writes... it should be "an Urning" (rhymes with "burning"). DuncanHill 01:29, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Confusing terminology
I removed this sentence: Ulrichs also coined words for the female counterparts, bisexuals and intersexuals. because bisexuality and intersexuality are not the counterparts of male homosexuality and male heterosexuality. Either this was a big mistake, the words had different meanings then, or there's a strange translation. If anyone knows what's going on, please help. --Ephilei 08:51, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
