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68-455: The issue centred on journalist Maximilian Harden 's accusations of homosexual conduct between the Kaiser's close friend Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg , and General Kuno von Moltke . Accusations and counter-accusations quickly multiplied, and the phrase "Liebenberg Round Table" came to be used for the homosexual circle around the Kaiser. The affair received wide publicity and is often considered

136-491: A Republican Senator from Oregon , was gay. They did this because he supported homophobic legislation such as the Helms Amendment . At a fundraiser in a small town outside of Portland , the group stood up and outed him in front of the crowd. Petrelis later tried to make news by standing on the U.S. Capitol steps and reading the names of "twelve men and women in politics and music who ... are secretly gay." Though

204-474: A pamphlet which described how Bülow had been blackmailed for his sexuality and had kissed and embraced his private secretary Max Scheefer at male gatherings hosted by Eulenburg, and thus was morally obliged to publicly oppose Paragraph 175 . Brand was found guilty of libel and sentenced to 18 months in prison. December 18–25, 1907. Elbe, through a diagnosis of classical hysteria , and Hirschfeld, by retracting his earlier testimony, were discredited and Harden

272-535: A North Carolina bill that could out children to parents under the school system, various mental health experts warned of the potential damage, which could be life-threatening. After several Moroccans were outed from using gay dating apps, the Human Rights Watch requested that the Moroccan government do more to protect their LGBT community, as many of them were facing abuse and discrimination. Outing

340-479: A court of law. For example, quite paradoxically, in 1957, American pianist Liberace successfully sued the Daily Mirror for merely insinuating that he was gay. The newspaper responded that columnist William Connor 's words (written under his byline 'Cassandra') did not imply that Liberace was gay. Their defence contended that there was no libel as no accusation had been made, rather than arguing that

408-512: A criminal offence at that time – from 1906 on led to numerous trials and did sustained damage to the reputation of the ruling House of Hohenzollern and the German jurisdiction (the Eulenburg affair ). In reaction Karl Kraus, disgusted by the public display of intimate details, wrote an obituary: Maximilian Harden. Eine Erledigung (A Settlement). By 1914, Harden had again moved sufficiently to

476-457: A muddle and his foreign policies with a confrontational, expansionist Weltpolitik . The anti-imperialist Eulenburg became the most prominent member of Wilhelm II's entourage, having been promoted from a member of the diplomatic corps to an ambassador. Like many others, Bismarck noticed that the nature of the relationship between Wilhelm II and Eulenburg could "not be confided to paper" and felt, alongside those others, that even these activities in

544-439: A negative effect on the target's personal life or career. Some LGBT activists argue that gay individuals who oppose LGBT rights do not enjoy a right to privacy because of their perceived hypocrisy. In an attempt to pre-empt being outed, an LGBT public figure may decide to come out publicly first, although controlling the conditions under which one's LGBT identity is revealed is only one of the numerous motives for coming out. It

612-482: A public bathroom. Outrage featured interviews with several people who claim that Governor of Florida Charlie Crist has led a private gay life while publicly opposing gay marriage and gay adoption . Other politicians discussed in the film include former Virginia Representative Ed Schrock , California Representative David Dreier , former New York City mayor Ed Koch , and former Louisiana Representative Jim McCrery . The film argues that

680-567: A right to defend itself against public figures who abuse their power and influence to support policies which inflict suffering on homosexuals." In 1994 Tatchell's activist group OutRage! alleged that fourteen bishops of the Church of England were homosexual or bisexual and named them, accusing them of hypocrisy for upholding the Church's policy of regarding homosexual acts as sinful while not observing this prohibition in their personal lives. "Outing

748-562: A self-accusation of violating the applicable Paragraph 175 to his district attorney who, as hoped and expected, cleared Eulenburg of all charges in July. Meanwhile, manager of the Königliche Oper Georg von Hülsen  [ de ] , the crown prince's equerry von Stückradt , and Imperial Chancellor Bernhard Prince von Bülow were accused of having homosexual tendencies or engaging in homosexual activities. This trial

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816-712: A sexual orientation basis is forbidden. It is also forbidden for someone to pressure LGBT people to come out . In the United States lesbian, gay, and bisexual people are allowed to serve openly in the United States military. As of 2021, transgender individuals are allowed to serve openly, and to transition during their service. Military policy and legislation had previously entirely prohibited gay individuals from serving, and subsequently from serving openly, but these prohibitions were ended in September 2011 after

884-514: A transcript along with attendees' names as part of an editorial denouncing the group as "cheerleaders for latent campus sodomites." In the 1980s, the AIDS pandemic led to the outing of several major entertainers, including Rock Hudson . One of the first outings by an activist in the United States occurred in February 1989. Michael Petrelis , along with a few others, alleged that Mark Hatfield ,

952-487: Is queer self-defence," Tatchell said in a 1995 speech to the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement conference. "Lesbians and gay men have a right, and a duty, to expose hypocrites and homophobes. By not outing gay Bishops who support policies which harm homosexuals, we would be protecting those Bishops and thereby allowing them to continue to inflict suffering on members of our community. Collusion with hypocrisy and homophobia

1020-520: Is a primarily journalistic movement to treat homosexuality as equal to heterosexuality in the media". Signorile described OutWeek's aim as an awareness raiser of the presence of gay people and political issues. The goal would be that being gay and lesbian is not "so utterly grotesque that it should never be discussed." (Signorile, p. 78) Signorile posits that outing is not the airing of private details. Richard Mohr noted, "Some people have compared outing to McCarthyism ..such outing feeds gays to

1088-510: Is dangerous in various Islamic countries where the LGBT community faces discrimination or death from outings, resulting in many LGBT refugees to Western countries. Roger Rosenblatt argued in his January 1993 New York Times Magazine essay "Who Killed Privacy?" that, "The practice of 'outing' homosexuals implies contradictorily that homosexuals have a right to private choice but not to private lives." In March 2002, singer Will Young revealed he

1156-534: Is hard to pinpoint the first use of outing in the modern sense. In a 1982 issue of Harper's , Taylor Branch predicted that "outage" would become a political tactic in which the closeted would find themselves trapped in a crossfire. The article "Forcing Gays Out of the Closet" by William A. Henry III in Time (January 29, 1990) introduced the term "outing" to the general public. The Eulenburg affair of 1907–1909

1224-420: Is not ethically defensible for Christians, or for anyone else." Signorile argues that the outing of journalist Pete Williams "and its aftermath did indeed make a big dent in the military's policy against gays. The publicity generated put the policy on the front burner in 1992, thrusting the issue into the presidential campaign," with every Democratic candidate and independent Ross Perot publicly promising to end

1292-564: Is the act of disclosing an LGBT person's sexual orientation or gender identity without that person's consent. It is often done for political reasons, either to instrumentalize homophobia in order to discredit political opponents or to combat homophobia and heterosexism by revealing that a prominent or respected individual is homosexual. Historical examples of outing include the Krupp affair , Eulenburg affair , and Röhm scandal . The ethics of outing are highly contested as it can often have

1360-620: The Berliner Tageblatt edited by Rudolf Mosse . From 1892 Harden published the journal Die Zukunft ( The Future ) in Berlin. His baroque style was mocked by former friend Karl Kraus , who wrote a satire about "translations from Harden". Initially a monarchist, Harden became a fierce critic of Kaiser Wilhelm II and his entourage including Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg , and General Kuno von Moltke . His public accusations of homosexual behaviour – according to Paragraph 175

1428-666: The Algeciras Conference of 1906 recognized Morocco as being within the French sphere of influence, in what was for Germany a major foreign policy fiasco, and Eulenburg responded by moving to Switzerland . In May 1906, Holstein sent Eulenburg an extremely insulting and rude letter alongside a challenge to fight a duel to the death. After Eulenburg declined to fight the duel, Holstein decided to destroy Eulenburg by exposing his homosexuality. Between 1906 and 1907, six military officers committed suicide after blackmail, while in

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1496-614: The Auswärtiges Amt , and the Bülow–Eulenburg clique, headed by Bernhard von Bülow and his close friend Eulenburg, which was rapidly eclipsing the Holstein faction. Holstein had known Eulenburg since June 1886 and had once been his ally when the two had plotted against Bismarck in 1889–1890, but starting around 1894, Eulenburg and Holstein had begun to come into conflict with each other. The close friendship between Eulenburg and

1564-806: The Marriage Protection Act and signing on as a co-sponsor of the Federal Marriage Amendment . New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey announced that he was a "gay American" in August 2004. McGreevey had become aware that he was about to be named in a sexual harassment suit by Golan Cipel , his former security advisor, with whom it was alleged McGreevey had a sexual relationship. McGreevey resigned, but unlike Schrock, McGreevey decided not to step out of public life. John McCain 's Presidential Campaign removed images of Alabama Attorney General Troy King from its website after he

1632-579: The Order of the Black Eagle ; he did not change his mind when Prince Friedrich Heinrich of Prussia declined to be admitted to the Order of Saint John because of his own homosexual proclivities. Harden outed Eulenburg on April 27, 1907, confirming the identity he previously had parodied as "the Harpist" (Eulenburg), after outing "Sweetie" General Kuno Graf von Moltke in 1906. Wilhelm II, informed of

1700-489: The assassination of Talat Pasha and subsequent trial of the assassin, harshly criticizing Germany's failure to take action against the Armenian genocide . In the following years Harden's readership diminished. On 3 July 1922, a few days after the assassination of Walther Rathenau , he was severely injured in an assault conducted by Freikorps members. In the following trial the court ruled that his writings had provoked

1768-573: The first homosexual movement denounced outing as "the way over corpses". In 1928, Kurt Hiller argued that it would be permissible to out a member of a cabinet preparing an anti-homosexual law, arguing: "Our solidarity with the homosexuals of all classes and political viewpoints extends very far; but it does not include traitors to their own cause." Left-wing journalists outed Adolf Hitler 's closest ally Ernst Röhm in 1931 and 1932. In response, Brand wrote, "when someone — as teacher, priest, representative, or statesman — would like to set in

1836-562: The gay rights movements of the 1970s and 1980s, the Department of Defense issued a 1982 policy (DOD Directive 1332.14) stating that homosexuality was clearly incompatible with military service. Controversy over this policy created political pressure to amend the policy, with socially liberal efforts seeking a repeal of the ban and socially conservative groups wishing to reinforce it by statute. Outing can be damaging or life-threatening to those with unsupportive families. In response to

1904-445: The mass media is reluctant to discuss issues involving gay politicians despite the many comparable news stories about heterosexual politicians and scandals. Outrage describes this behavior as a form of institutionalized homophobia that has resulted in a tacit policy of self-censorship when reporting on these issues. Gabriel Rotello , once editor of OutWeek , explained outing as "equalizing", stating: "what we have called 'outing'

1972-600: The Kaiser meant that Holstein tended to lose his disputes with Eulenburg. As a trump card to destroy his rival Eulenburg, Holstein had contacted Maximilian Harden to inform him that Eulenburg was a homosexual. Harden, imperialist head of the periodical Die Zukunft , felt similarly about the direction of German foreign policy, and in 1902 personally threatened to expose Eulenburg unless he retired from his ambassadorship in Vienna ; Eulenburg did so, withdrawing from public life until 1906. Harden reaffirmed his threat after Germany at

2040-504: The LGBT community is not protected by law, or families that do not accept the individual. Shadi Amin described the military exemption card as a danger to Monfared in her petition to the Iranian government to remove the sexuality information. There is no widely agreed definition of "fair outing" . Warren Johansson and William Percy describe least four intermediate positions have been described to justify outing: Assessing to which degree

2108-508: The United States Congress voted to repeal the policy. The first time homosexuals were differentiated from non-homosexuals in the military literature was in revised army mobilization regulations in 1942. Additional policy revisions in 1944 and 1947 further codified the ban. Throughout the next few decades, homosexuals were routinely discharged, regardless of whether they had engaged in sexual conduct while serving. In response to

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2176-411: The accusation was true. Following Liberace's death from an AIDS-related illness in 1987, the paper asked for the award to be refunded. In a 2011 interview, actress and close friend Betty White stated that Liberace was gay, and that she often served as a beard to counter rumors of the musician's homosexuality. I outed Rosie and Ellen , and it's hard to even imagine now that they ever were in

2244-412: The ban. The military forces of the world have differing approaches to the enlistment of homosexual and bisexual individuals. Some have open policies, others prohibit, and some are ambiguous. The armed forces of most developed countries have now removed policies excluding non-heterosexual individuals (with strict policies on sexual harassment ). Nations that permit gay people to serve openly in

2312-703: The biggest domestic scandal of Imperial Germany . It led to one of the first major public discussions of homosexuality in Germany, comparable to the trial of Oscar Wilde in England. Historians have linked the aftermath of the affair to the changes in German foreign policy that heightened its military aggressiveness and ultimately contributed to World War I . The scandal was used by opponents of Germany's foreign policies. Wilhelm II dismissed "Iron" Chancellor Otto von Bismarck and his Realpolitik system of treaties and agreements in 1890, replacing Bismarck's clear rule with

2380-613: The choir of those among us who want to banish a man from society because he is homosexual." In the 1950s during the Lavender Scare , tabloid publications like Confidential emerged, specializing in the revelation of scandalous information about entertainment and political celebrities. Among the political figures targeted by the magazine were former Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles and Arthur H. Vandenberg Jr. , who had briefly served as President Eisenhower's Appointments Secretary . Outing may be found to be libel by

2448-478: The closet. You have to educate the new people and say, 'Guess what, they were in the closet at one point.' It's hard to believe that Rosie was doing this delicate dance on her talk show where she was the 'Queen of Nice' and the single mother who had a crush on Tom Cruise and I was pointing out the absurdity of it. After the Stonewall riots of 1969, gay-liberationists came out in the 1970s, crying out: "Out of

2516-427: The closets, Into the streets!" Oliver Sipple , who helped save the life of United States President Gerald Ford during an assassination attempt , was outed by gay activists, most prominently Harvey Milk . The negative impact the outing had on Sipple's life later provoked opposition. Some political conservatives opposed to increased public acceptance of homosexuality engaged in outing in this period as well, with

2584-530: The door and do it themselves." In 2009, Kirby Dick 's documentary Outrage argued that several American political figures have led closeted gay lives while supporting and endorsing legislation that is harmful to the gay community . The film was based on the work of Michael Rogers and BlogActive.com. The film focused particular attention on Idaho Senator Larry Craig , an outspoken opponent of gay rights who in 2007 pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct for soliciting sex from an undercover police officer in

2652-480: The form of a cover up. Harden, like some in the upper echelons of the military and Foreign Office, resented Eulenburg's approval of the Anglo-French Entente, and also his encouragement of Wilhelm to rule personally. The scandal led to Wilhelm suffering a nervous breakdown, and the removal of Eulenburg and others of his circle from the court. Despite Eulenburg's own approval of Weltpolitik , his clique

2720-404: The goal of embarrassing or discrediting their ideological foes. Conservative commentator Dinesh D'Souza , for example, published the letters of gay fellow students at Dartmouth College in the campus newspaper he edited ( The Dartmouth Review ) in 1981; a few years later, succeeding Review editor Laura Ingraham had a meeting of a campus gay organization secretly tape-recorded, then published

2788-623: The greater contemporary gay heroes," to "revolting, infantile, cheap name-calling." Other people who have been outed include Fannie Flagg , Pete Williams , Chaz Bono , and Richard Chamberlain . In 2004, gay rights activist Michael Rogers outed Edward Schrock , a Republican Congressman from Virginia . Rogers posted a story on his website alleging that Schrock used an interactive phone sex service to meet other men for sex. Schrock did not deny this, and announced on August 30, 2004, that he would not seek re-election. Rogers said that he outed Schrock to punish him for his hypocrisy in voting for

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2856-441: The growing story, responded by requiring the resignation of three of fifteen prominent aristocrats, Hohenau, Moltke, and Count Johannes von Lynar, listed as homosexual by the Berlin vice squad; however, the actual list, not shown to Wilhelm II, contained several hundred names. Moltke's lawyer attempted to file criminal libel against Harden, but was dismissed and civil libel was suggested. Eulenburg denied any culpability and presented

2924-651: The military include 3 of the 5 permanent members of the UN Security Council (United States, United Kingdom and France), the Republic of China (Taiwan), Australia , Israel , Argentina , and all NATO members except Turkey . In the United Kingdom the Ministry of Defence policy since the year 2000 is to allow gay men , lesbians and transgender personnel to serve openly, and discrimination on

2992-484: The most damaging way the intimate love contacts of others under degrading control — in that moment his own love-life also ceases to be a private matter and forfeits every claim to remain protected hence-forward from public scrutiny and suspicious oversight." Left-wing journalist Kurt Tucholsky disagreed, writing in Die Weltbühne , "We fight the scandalous §175 , everywhere we can, therefore we must not join

3060-546: The outer goes allows insight into the goal striven towards. Most outers target those who support decisions and further policy, both religious and secular , which discriminate against gay people while they themselves live a clandestine gay existence. A "truism to people active in the gay movement [is] that the greatest impediments to homosexuals' progress often [are] not heterosexuals, but closeted homosexuals," said San Francisco journalist Randy Shilts . British activist Peter Tatchell says "The lesbian and gay community has

3128-479: The preceding three years, around twenty officers were convicted by courts-martial, all for homosexual acts. A Gardes du Corps officer was charged with homosexuality, an embarrassment because the elite Corps was commanded by Lieutenant General Wilhelm Graf von Hohenau , a blood relative to the Kaiser. Worse than these sexual scandals, in Harden's eyes, was Eulenburg's decision to return to Germany and be admitted to

3196-463: The press showed up, no major news organization published the story. Potential libel suits deterred publishers. Michelangelo Signorile , and editor of OutWeek , outed the recently deceased Malcolm Forbes in March 1990. His column "Gossip Watch" became a hot spot for outing the rich and famous. Both praised and lambasted for his behavior, he garnered responses to his actions as wide-ranging as "one of

3264-602: The private sphere were not to be exposed to the public. Beyond that, the Auswärtiges Amt suffered what the British historian John C. G. Röhl called a "culture of intrigue" with German diplomats forever forming factions to plot against one another. The two dominant factions in the early 20th century were the faction headed by Friedrich von Holstein , the powerful director of the Political Department at

3332-566: The right that he welcomed the German invasion of Belgium . During the war, Harden was an annexationist who wrote numerous articles demanding that Germany win the war to annex most of Europe, Africa and Asia to make the Reich the world's greatest power. However, after the war he became a pacifist and supported the Weimar Republic . In 1921, he devoted two issues of Die Zukunft to covering

3400-454: The trial and testified that Moltke most certainly had a feminine side and was homosexual even if he had never committed sodomy. On October 29, the court found Moltke homosexual and Harden innocent of libel. However, the trial was voided on procedural grounds, and the state prosecutor decided to allow a criminal libel trial. November 6, 1907. Adolf Brand , founder of the first homosexual periodical, Der Eigene ( The Unique ), had printed

3468-416: The trial was delayed because of Eulenburg's ill health. It was moved to his hospital bed on July 17, but was delayed again. The trial was postponed indefinitely in 1919; until that point Eulenburg had twice-yearly undergone a medical examination to determine if he was well enough to stand trial. April, 1909. The trial date was originally set for November 24, 1908, but was postponed. With little press, Harden

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3536-402: The trial, however, Georg Riedel and Jacob Ernst testified to having had sexual relations with Eulenburg. Eulenburg was charged with perjury and brought to trial on May 7, 1908. Two weeks later Harden's conviction was overturned and a second trial begun. June 29, 1908. After the first of 41 witnesses, including Ernst and ten witnesses who described watching Eulenburg through a keyhole in 1887,

3604-511: The two assailants, Bert Weichardt and Albert Wilhelm Grenz. Both were charged and sentenced to two years and five months, and four years, respectively. Harden abandoned the publishing of Die Zukunft and in 1923 retired to Montana, Switzerland , where he died four years later. His grave is located in Berlin at the Friedhof Heerstraße (Feld 8-C-10 (Reg. 335) ( Ehrengrab ) ). The British historian A. J. P. Taylor wrote: Harden

3672-509: The wolves, who thereby are made stronger....But the sort of outing I have advocated does not invoke, mobilize, or ritualistically confirm anti-gay values; rather it cuts against them." Thus Mohr argues that outing is "both permissible and an expected consequence of living morally ." In the context of Ali Fazeli Monfared's murder , Tara Far, a human rights investigator in Iran and Kuwait , has described outing as "dangerous" within societies where

3740-819: The world's greatest power. However, after the defeat of Germany he became a pacifist. Eulenburg himself was irrelevant by then. The Eulenburg affair has been held up as one example of anti-homosexuality sentiment being used as a means to attain certain political goals. As Eulenburg's wife later commented, "They are striking at my husband, but their target is the kaiser." The affair also led people in other countries to perceive homosexuality as especially prevalent in Germany. New euphemisms for homosexuality came into use, such as le vice allemand ("the German vice") or Eulenburgue (in French), or Berlinese (Italian) . Maximilian Harden Maximilian Harden (born Felix Ernst Witkowski , 20 October 1861 – 30 October 1927)

3808-403: Was a stabilizing factor. By removing Eulenburg, Harden enabled his own highly aggressive foreign policy to take root in the Auswärtiges Amt . By 1914, Harden had moved sufficiently to the right that he welcomed the German invasion of Belgium. During the war, Harden was an annexationist who wrote numerous articles demanding that Germany win the war, annex most of Europe, Africa, and Asia, and become

3876-557: Was again convicted and fined six hundred marks plus the forty thousand marks of court costs, while Moltke was rehabilitated in the public eye. The stress of the trials caused most participants to fall ill during 1908. In November 1908, the chief of the Military Secretariat Dietrich von Hülsen-Haeseler died of a heart attack while performing a pas seul dressed in a woman's ballet tutu for Wilhelm II and his hunting party, requiring further damage control in

3944-554: Was an influential German journalist and editor. Born the son of a Jewish merchant in Berlin , he attended the Französisches Gymnasium until he began to train as an actor and joined a traveling theatre troupe. In 1878 Harden converted to Protestantism and started his journalistic career as a theatre critic in 1884. He also published political essays under the pseudonym Apostata in several liberal newspapers like

4012-428: Was certainly the most brilliant political writer during the reign of Wilhelm II. His paper, Die Zukunft , had a unique influence despite its small circulation. But Harden's spirit was essential critical and destructive. He always took up men when they were down-Bismarck after his fall and Holstein after his resignation. Equally he denounced those were up-Wilhelm II when in power, and even Ebert. His outstanding achievement

4080-411: Was convicted of libel and sentenced to four months imprisonment. April 21, 1908. Now motivated by political goals, morals, and vengeance, Harden set out to prove Eulenburg's homosexuality by having Anton Städele publish an article claiming Harden took hush money from Eulenburg. Harden then sued his accomplice for libel, Städele was found guilty and charged a hundred mark fine, repaid by Harden. During

4148-642: Was gay, pre-empting a tabloid newspaper (reportedly News of the World ) that was preparing to out him. Christine Jorgensen , Beth Elliott , Renée Richards , Sandy Stone , Billy Tipton , Alan L. Hart , April Ashley , Caroline Cossey ("Tula"), Jahna Steele , were outed as transsexuals by European or American media or, in the case of Billy Tipton, by his coroner . In many cases, being outed had an adverse effect on their personal lives and their careers. In some cases well-known celebrities have been outed as transgender or intersex when no proof to substantiate

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4216-404: Was gay. Moltke's lawyers counterattacked using the subject of Elbe's sexuality, arguing that any woman who spoke openly of her sexuality was a deranged "hysterical nymphomaniac" who could not be trusted. Bollhardt described attending champagne-filled parties at Lynar's villa at which he saw both Hohenau and Moltke. Hirschfeld, a prominent German sexologist who was himself homosexual, had observed

4284-433: Was held from October 23 to 29, 1907. Testifying against Moltke were Lilly von Elbe, his former wife of nine years, a soldier named Bollhardt, and Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld . Elbe described the lack of conjugal relations, happening only on the first and second night of their marriage, Moltke's overly close friendship with Eulenburg with whom he was always spending too much time, and her ignorance of homosexuality. Elbe's testimony

4352-413: Was noteworthy for the first time where the subject of female sexuality was addressed in Germany. The revelation that his young wife had attacked General von Moltke without his defending himself was seen at the time as confirming that Moltke was not manly, as the expectation was that a Prussian officer and a "real man" would have beaten his wife if she struck him, which in turn confirmed the belief that Moltke

4420-455: Was outed in 2008. Some activists argue that outing is appropriate and legitimate in some cases — for example, if the individual is actively working against LGBT rights . United States Congressman Barney Frank argued during the 2006 Mark Foley scandal , "I think there's a right to privacy. But the right to privacy should not be a right to hypocrisy . And people who want to demonize other people shouldn't then be able to go home and close

4488-407: Was sensational for the time and attracted much media attention as she spoke openly of her sexual needs and how difficult it was for her to be married to a man like Moltke who had no sexual interest in her, causing her to attack him several times in desperation. At the time, Germany had a very conservative culture where the existence of female sexuality was never spoken of in public, and Elbe's testimony

4556-472: Was the first public outing scandal of the twentieth century. Left-wing journalists opposed to Kaiser Wilhelm II 's policies outed a number of prominent members of his cabinet and inner circle — and by implication the Kaiser — beginning with Maximilian Harden 's indictment of the aristocratic diplomat Prince Eulenburg . Harden's accusations incited other journalists to follow suit, including Adolf Brand , founder of Der Eigene . Many activists of

4624-515: Was to hound Eulenburg from public life-not much to be really proud of. In international affairs, he swung from one extreme to another: at one time a Big Navy man, later an advocate of a naval agreement. At the beginning of the First World War he was a violent annexationist, towards its end a Wilsonian democrat and internationalist. He remained constant only in his high opinion of himself and contempt for everybody else. Outing Outing

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