Rolf Gindorf - Magnus Hirschfeld Medal

Magnus Hirschfeld Medal

When he was honored with German sexology's most prestigious award, the Magnus Hirschfeld Medal, the award document read:

"The German Society for Social-Scientific Sexuality Research (DGSS) is proud to award its Magnus Hirschfeld Medal for Sexual Reform to Rolf Gindorf.

Over the past four decades, Rolf Gindorf has been showing exemplary and highly successful commitment to the cause of sexual reform in Germany. With the GFSS and DGSS, he has founded two sexological research societies, and with the DGSS Institute he has created a scientifically based sexual counseling body recognized all over Germany.

As President and Vice President of the German Society for Social-Scientific Sexuality Research (DGSS) he has organized numerous conferences on human sexualities of international scope. As a sexual scientist he has more than 60 publications to his credit, including the book series "Schriftenreihe Sozialwissenschaftliche Sexualforschung" which he co-edited. For three decades he has been heading the DGSS Sexual and Gay Counseling Institute in Düsseldorf. For many years he has also been sitting on various political committees to improve the social integration of gays and lesbians. Altogether Rolf Gindorf has been contributing essentially towards institutionalizing social-scientific sexuality research and professional gay counseling in Germany.

Today, on the occasion of the XVI. Conference on Social Scientific Sexuality Research at Lüneburg University, we honor Rolf Gindorf for 33 years of pioneering sexological work by awarding him the Magnus Hirschfeld Medal for Outstanding Service to Sexual Reform.

Lüneburg, June 27, 2004:
Prof. Dr. Gunter Runkel (President) --- Prof. Dr. Karla Etschenberg (Vice President)"