[Ads-l] Antedating of "Heterosexual" (Noun)

[Baker, John]

It should perhaps be clarified, if it is not obvious from context, that "Urning" was a neologism, invented by Karl Ulrichs, for homosexual men and women.


John Baker


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Subject: Antedating of "Heterosexual" (Noun)

heterosexual, n. (OED 1920)


1892 J. A. Symonds _Letter to Havelock Ellis_ 3 Nov. in Sean Brady _John Addington Symonds and Homosexuality_ (2012) 229 The Urning, if he is permitted to indulge his instinct, obtains the same relief & feeling of refreshment as the heterosexual does.


Fred Shapiro



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