Gay german
Germany is a very progressive country in terms of Homosexual rights with the first gay rights protest to decriminalise homosexuality taking place here in 1867 and the word homosexual first introduced by German scribe Karl Maria Kertbeny in 1869. Today, the country is also home to Europe’s largest Queer population.
As you may expect then, Germany offers a very safe and welcoming environment for queer travellers. This is particularly true in the larger towns and cities, many of which are home to a lively LGBTQ+ society, plenty of gay-friendly amenities and a number of widespread annual Pride events which welcome locals and visitors alike.
Below, we consider the best gay-friendly places to visit when you are travelling to Germany.
Schöneberg, Berlin
Schöneberg holds the distinguished title of being the world’s first gay village, a proud testament to Berlin’s long-standing support and celebration of LGBTQ+ customs. This vibrant neighbourhood became a haven for the male lover community in the 1920s and again after the Second World War. Today, it is occupied of gay-friendly shops, bars, clubs, restaurants and cafes alongside peaceful green, outdoor space and quieter resident
German Word for "gay"
Schwul equals queer in English. Derogatory roots but in common use in colloquial language. Still used as an insult especially among adolescant male youth, more in the sense Americans would use "fag".
Also works as an adjective for haircuts, clothes.. and then almost always intended as an insult (though sexual connotation is not always intented).
Few gay bars describe themselves as "Schwulenbars" in German, though. Most will use "Gay Bar" in German, well English..
Homosexuell equals homosexual, but has a quite "technical" undertone, like in "20pc of the male population of Cologne are homosexuals".
"Gay" has become a fully-accepted phrase also in German, especially among gay people.
All other, more colorful expressions should be used with caution.
"Vom anderen Ufer" is hopelessly outdated.
"Anders gepolt" or "andersrum" (being the other way around) also hold too much slang, feasible derogatory undertones for ordinary use.
Gay Dictionary German
Warm
The word Passionate can be translated into English as warm, affectionate, heated, friendly, etc. and at least since the 18th century is a slang that has given rise to a big number of expressions to refer to homosexuality and homosexual people, especially men. Although the written references date from that century it is not commanded out that their beginning is much earlier.
Since the end of the 18th to the present there have been several efforts to explain the source of this slang that we discard. The most curious of these are the conclusions of one of the forerunners of LGBT rights, the sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld, who said that the uranists (that’s what those pioneers called us) had a body temperature higher than the rest of people. Another explanation found is in the fact that queer men get horny with those of their alike sex, and finally, the one that relates the heat with the dangerousness that has always been attributed to homosexuals.
In our opinion there are two possible origins that are related. The first is explained by the sense of warm, which would be an intermediate temperature between cold and boiling, and the secular dichotomous visi
- The germans were the best lovers.
One day in August 1943, Gustav Schreiber (38) arrives in occupied Norway and Bergen. The German is emplyed in a company subject to the Organization Todt. In the town of western Norway, he meets Charles Petterson (27). The two of them become in short order close friends and lovers.
The end of the relationship will be brutal, and one of them will pay with his life in a German consentration camp due to "repeated fornication with men".
Somewere between 200,000 and 500,000 German soldiers were stationed in the nation during the occupation of Norway 1940 to 1945. The number changed during the different phases of the war.
From the spring of 1945, many thousands of women were arrested for their relations with Germans. Many were detained for several months without any legal basis. In August 1945, the authorities also amended the Citizenship Act to be capable to deport women married to German men.
In violation of the Constitution, this arrangement was given retroactive outcome. In addition, many women were exposed to the people's court. They had their hair cut for public ridicule and contempt.
For Norwegian men who had the same type of relationshi photo: ARD Degeto/Andrea Hansen. When I look around the TV landscape of recent years I feel quite happy that there are so many shows right now representing LGBTQIA+ people and issues, and that they are no longer just minor storylines of side characters but they’ve also get the center of attention. When I grew up the only show there was Queer As Folk and not much else in the decades after, so no matter if you liked it or not, it was a must-watch and spotlight for gay guys at the time. To see a fully gay show as the first thing on the main page of the ARD Mediathek (German’s major public TV channel) felt really good today, I have to speak. I was half expecting they would hide it somewhere in the archive and you would have to look for for it, but no, it’s cute in your encounter. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think All You Need really is the first German TV exhibit exclusively dealing with gay men as the main characters and getting such a prime see. And I deliberate the show really deserves to be put in the limelight – it’s a great-looking display, with likable characters and a strong
All You Need: The New Gay Berlin TV Show and 3 More Gay Shows to Watch