October 5, 2026
Stage Star Florentina Holzinger Debuts New Show in Berlin
Stage star Florentina Holzinger will open the 2027/28 season for the Komische Oper Berlin next year with a new work
October 4, 2026
The “Vorwärts” and Homosexuality: The Nazi Era
The Homosexuals and the “Vorwärts” in the Nazi Era With the National Socialist rise to power in 1933, the homosexual
October 3, 2026
Forward and Homosexuality: Magnus Hirschfeld
Magnus Hirschfeld, along with other activists, founded in 1897 the Wissenschaftlich-humanitäre Komitee (WhK), the world’s first organized gay rights advocacy
October 1, 2026
Vorwärts and Homosexuality in the Weimar Republic
The Gay Movement in the Weimar RepublicThe homosexual movement in the Weimar Republic was defined by a sense of rupture,
October 1, 2026
Vorwärts and Homosexuality in the Wilhelmine Era
From the SPD newspaper “Vorwärts” all issues from 1876 to 1940 are digitized. On the occasion of the paper’s anniversary,
September 27, 2026
A Politicized View of Private Life
The C/O Berlin exhibition house presents a retrospective of photographer Carrie Mae Weems. The show comprises more than a hundred
September 26, 2026
Unicorns, Mermaids, and Other Hybrids: The Queer Fascination with Mythical Beings
An almost eight-meter-tall human figure rises above the Arsenale’s harbor basin in Venice. Where a face would normally appear, a
September 20, 2026
Lear at Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport: A Queer Break in the Patriarchy
“Why Bastard?” How Edmund’s cry reverberates through the vast hangar of the former Tempelhof airport. In a jaw‑dropping outburst, Brenton
September 20, 2026
Lichtenberg Museum Fills Gap in East German Queer History
We have never known so much about our queer history as we do today. This is thanks to all those
September 19, 2026
Rachel Seidu Brings Nigeria’s Queer Life Into the Spotlight
Men who tenderly nestle into one another, and women in traditional West African clothing who lean in with desire: the