James G. Kiernan, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJames G. Kiernan
American psychologist
Date of Birth: 18-Jun-1852
Date of Death: 01-Jan-1923
Profession: psychologist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About James G. Kiernan
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- Kiernan was an American psychologist, prominent in American gay history for the first recorded use of the terms "heterosexual" and "homosexual" in 1892.
- Jonathan Ned Katz, historian of the American gay and lesbian experience, cites Kiernan's initial attribution of perversion to the term "heterosexual." Kiernan went on to write of a variety of topics, e.g.
- Mary MacLane's disciple Viola Larsen, who stole a horse and wrote romantic letters to other girls, as an example of child precocity and possible genius.
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