Magnus Hirschfeld Federal Foundation

The Bundesstiftung Magnus Hirschfeld (BMH) is a German federal foundation established on 27 October 2011 by the Federal Republic of Germany, represented by the Federal Ministry of Justice. Its work is financed through institutional federal funding, interest income from foundation assets, and further grants and donations. The foundation promotes research on gender and sexual diversity across social, health, political, historical, sexual, cultural and psychological sciences. It runs projects such as the online text series 'Perspektiven. Für die BMH der Zukunft', 'gefährdet leben. Queere Menschen 1933-1945', and 'Archiv der anderen Erinnerungen', and maintains departments including Culture, History and Memory and Society, Participation and Anti-Discrimination.

The Bundesstiftung Magnus Hirschfeld (BMH) was established on 27 October 2011 by the Federal Republic of Germany, represented by the Federal Ministry of Justice. Its work is financed through institutional federal funding, interest income from the foundation's assets, and further grants and donations. The foundation promotes research into gender and sexual diversity, spanning perspectives from the social, health, political and historical sciences as well as sexual and cultural studies and psychology. It carries out projects including the online text series 'Perspektiven. Für die BMH der Zukunft', 'gefährdet leben. Queere Menschen 1933-1945', and 'Archiv der anderen Erinnerungen'. It maintains departments such as Culture, History and Memory, and Society, Participation and Anti-Discrimination, which jointly implement the Hirschfeld-Lectures. A research project on LSBTIQ* persecution history in Baden-Württemberg is a cooperation between the University of Stuttgart, the Bundesstiftung Magnus Hirschfeld and the Institut für Zeitgeschichte München.

A federal foundation promoting research and social acceptance regarding gender and sexual diversity in Germany.

1. 1BUNDESSTIFTUNG MAGNUS HIRSCHFELDmh-stiftung.de
2. 2Referat Kultur, Geschichte und Erinnerung – BUNDESSTIFTUNG MAGNUS HIRSCHFELDmh-stiftung.de
3. 3Forschungsprojekt zur LSBTIQ*-Verfolgungsgeschichte – BUNDESSTIFTUNG MAGNUS HIRSCHFELDmh-stiftung.de