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What early advocacy group did Hirschfeld set up?

  • Scientific-Humanitarian Committee

  • Global Alliance for Sexual Minorities

  • World Health and Sexuality Organization

  • International Forum for Equality

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The Scientific-Humanitarian Committee was an early advocacy group set up by Magnus Hirschfeld in 1897. The group was dedicated to improving the lives of people who were attracted to people of the same sex, and worked to decriminalize homosexuality and to promote understanding of sexual orientation and gender identity.
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