Volkmar Sigusch (11 June 1940 – 7 February 2023) was a German sexologist, physician and sociologist. From 1973 to 2006, he was the director of the ''Institut für Sexualwissenschaft'' (Institute for Sexual Science) at the clinic of

Goethe University Frankfurt Goethe University Frankfurt () is a public research university located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was founded in 1914 as a citizens' university, which means it was founded and funded by the wealthy and active liberal citizenry of Frankfurt ...

. Sigusch was born in

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. He studied medicine, psychology and philosophy (under

Max Horkheimer Max Horkheimer ( ; ; 14 February 1895 – 7 July 1973) was a German philosopher and sociologist best known for his role in developing critical theory as director of the Institute for Social Research, commonly associated with the Frankfurt Schoo ...

and

Theodor W. Adorno Theodor W. Adorno ( ; ; born Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund; 11 September 1903 – 6 August 1969) was a German philosopher, musicologist, and social theorist. He was a leading member of the Frankfurt School of critical theory, whose work has com ...

) in Frankfurt am Main,

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and

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. In 1966 and 1972, Sigusch obtained his German M. D. and PhD at the university in Hamburg. He then worked from 1973 as a professor at Goethe University. In 1972, Sigusch founded the Institute for Sexology at the University Hospital in Frankfurt and was its director until his retirement and the closure of the institute in 2006. Sigusch wrote several books on sociology, psychology and sexual medicine. He was the founder and, from 1988, co-editor of the scientific, peer-reviewed journal ''Zeitschrift für Sexualforschung'' (Thieme Verlag Stuttgart and New York) and wrote articles for various magazines. From 1979 to 1986, he edited the cultural magazine ''Sexualität konkret''. In a 1991 publication, ''Die Transsexuellen und unser nosomorpher Blick'' ("Transsexuals and our nosomorphic view"), Sigusch coined the term cissexual (''zissexuell'' in German). As an antonym to

transsexual A transsexual person is someone who experiences a gender identity that is inconsistent with their assigned sex, and desires to permanently transition to the sex or gender with which they identify, usually seeking medical assistance (incl ...

, cissexual refers to a person whose gender identity matches their sex.

Works

Sigusch wrote over 850 scientific articles and 51 books, including: * ''Das Vorurteil gegenüber sexuell devianten Gruppen'', 1967 (with

Gunter Schmidt Gunter Schmidt (born 22 November 1938) is a Germans, German sexologist, psychotherapist and social psychologist. He was born in Berlin. Schmidt was the director of the centre for sexual research in the clinic of the University Medical Center Ham ...

). * ''Exzitation und Orgasmus bei der Frau'', 1970. * ''Tendenzen der Sexualforschung'', 1970 (with Gunter Schmidt and Eberhard Schorsch). * ''Arbeiter-Sexualität'', 1971 (with Gunter Schmidt). * ''Ergebnisse zur Sexualmedizin'', 1972, 1973. * ''Jugendsexualität'', 1973 (with Gunter Schmidt). * ''Die Zukunft der Monogamie'', 1974 (with Gion Condrau, Jean-G. Lemaire). * ''Therapie sexueller Störungen'', 1975, 1980. * ''Medizinische Experimente am Menschen'', 1977, 1978. * ''Sexualität und Medizin'', 1979. * ''Die sexuelle Frage'', 1982. * ''Vom Trieb und von der Liebe'', 1984. * ''Die Mystifikation des Sexuellen'', 1984. * ''Sexualtheorie und Sexualpolitik'', 1984 (with Martin Dannecker). * ''Sexualität konkret''. Sammelband 2, 1984 (with Ingrid Klein and Hermann L. Gremliza). * ''Operation AIDS'', 1986. * ''AIDS als Risiko'', 1987. * ''AIDS. Ergebnisse eines Kongresses'', 1988 (with Steffen Fliegel). * ''Kritik der disziplinierten Sexualität'', 1989. * ''Anti-Moralia'', 1990. * ''Geschlechtswechsel'', 1992, 1993, 1995. * ''

Karl Heinrich Ulrichs Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (28 August 1825 – 14 July 1895) was a German lawyer, jurist, journalist, and writer. He is today regarded as a pioneer of sexology and the modern LGBT rights movement, gay rights movement. Ulrichs has been described as ...

. Der erste Schwule der Weltgeschichte'', 2000. * ''Freud und das Sexuelle. Neue psychoanalytische und sexualwissenschaftliche Perspektiven'', 2005 (with Ilka Quindeau). * ''Praktische Sexualmedizin: eine Einführung'', 2005. * ''Sexuelle Welten: Zwischenrufe eines Sexualforschers'', 2005. * ''Neosexualitäten: über den kulturellen Wandel von Liebe und Perversion'', 2005. * ''Sexuelle Störungen und ihre Behandlung'', 1996, 1997, 2001, 2007. * ''Geschichte der Sexualwissenschaft'', 2008. * ''Personenlexikon der Sexualforschung'', 2009 (with Günter Grau). *''Auf der Suche nach der sexuellen Freiheit''. Über Sexualforschung u. Politik. Frankfurt a. M., New York 2011. *mit Günter Amendt und Gunter Schmidt: ''Sex tells''. Sexualforschung als Gesellschaftskritik. Hamburg, 2011. *''Sexualitäten. Eine kritische Theorie in 99 Fragmenten''. Frankfurt a. M., New York 2013 –

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