issue of German lesbian periodical Die Freundin ( Friedrich Radszuweit) Magnus Hirschfeld later wrote 'she was the first and only woman, indeed the first and only American, to take up the defense of homosexual love before the general public.' 1910 – Emma Goldman first begins speaking publicly in favor of homosexual rights.1907–1909 – Harden–Eulenburg affair in Germany.The Prince sues Brand for libel and clears his name Brand is sentenced to 18 months in prison. 1907 – Adolf Brand, the activist leader of the Gemeinschaft der Eigenen, working to overturn Paragraph 175, publishes a piece 'outing' the imperial chancellor of Germany, Prince Bernhard von Bülow.1906 – Potentially the first openly gay American novel with a happy ending, Imre, is published.
34 men were arrested and 12 brought to trial on sodomy charges 7 men received sentences ranging from 4 to 20 years in prison.
1903 – In New York City on 21 February 1903, New York police conducted the first United States recorded raid on a gay bathhouse, the Ariston Hotel Baths.To achieve it Elisa had to adopt a male identity: Mario Sánchez, as listed on the marriage certificate. 1901 – On 8 June 1901 two women, Marcela Gracia Ibeas and Elisa Sanchez Loriga, attempted to get married in A Coruña ( Galicia, Spain).
