German Society for Social-Scientific Sexuality Research

It is the oldest non-medical sexological society existing in German-language Europe (that is: Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, and parts of Switzerland, Denmark, Belgium, France, and Italy).

From the very beginning, the DGSS has emphasized the importance of the social, behavioral, and cultural sciences for an adequate understanding of the human sexualities in their many forms, facets, and variations.

In addition to traditional sexological fields like biology, physiology, and medicine, the DGSS focus has centered on the social sciences, psychology, and ethnology, embracing also educational, legal, and historical aspects.

Under difficult circumstances, with habitually low financial resources and extremely modest outside support, the DGSS has nevertheless managed to hold increasingly successful national and international sexological congresses, establishing a close cooperation with most German and many foreign sexological societies.

From June 29 through July 2, 2000, the 14th DGSS Congress and 5th Conference of the European Federation of Sexology (EFS) was held at Berlin's House of World Cultures, hosting some 270 delegates from 34 countries, with the theme "For A Millennium of Sexual Health".