On the Ground of Nature: Sexuality and Respectability in 's Stories.

[] was a popular gay magazine during Germany's Weimar Republic. Unlike other gay magazines which preceded it, 's mission was to support a mass movement for homosexual emancipation aimed at respectability and rights. This study examines how the stories about nature - particularly the stories - which were published in , supported the magazine's efforts at presenting homosexuality in a way that would be acceptable to the Weimar public.