Der Eigene ([deːɐ̯ ˈʔaɪ̯ɡənə], lit. 'The Own') was the first gay journal in the world,[1][2][3][4] 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.
- ^ "Berlin Story: The Gay Capital of the Nineteenth Century". The New Yorker. 19 January 2015.
- ^ "A Journal for Manly Culture". University of Toronto. 21 May 2020.
- ^ "Homosexuality Is a German Invention". Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 14 December 2015.
- ^ "Schwules Leben vor 100 Jahren: Die Zeitschriften der Szene". queer.de (in German). 4 February 2024.