In state socialist Poland seems to be significantly different than in These changes, sexologists became important actors who voiced theĬoncerns of their queer patients. Points to significant changes, which occurred during the course of theġ970s, such as de-medicalization and liberalization. On the specificity of the Polish situation in the 1970s. Homosexuals and transsexuals during this time. I will also discuss how medical literatureĪs well as medical and therapeutic practices were perceived by
Research on Polish sexology showed its humanistic, holistic and Queer clients and to modify their scientific outlook (my earlier Humanistic approach, which prompted some experts to empathize with their Tension between the prevalent medicalization of sexual ‘others’ and a In my analysis, I will reconstruct the dialogue between Sexologists active in the 1970s as well as with LGBT persons growing up Major sexological academic publications from the 1970s), interviews with I have conducted archival research (4 popular journals and
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Transsexuality in professional and popular periodicals and books from I will focus on expert discourses on homosexuality and In this talk, I will trace the role of expert (mostly medical)ĭiscourses in the construction of sexual identities in Poland in theġ970s. Wednesday 19 April, 3.30-5.00, University of Glasgow, room 711, Adam Smith Building Medicine and Sexual Identities during the Long 1970s in State Socialist Agnieszka Kościańska, University of Warsaw: ‘‘Becoming a Homosexual.’