“Queer Heroes” walking tour through the Nollendorf neighbourhood / in German

Description

Join Mann-O-Meter and Homolulu Berlin on a tour through Berlin’s queer past and immerse yourself in the wild life of 1920s Berlin. Along the way, you’ll get to know queer heroes, activists and role models. We’ll walk through the neighbourhood for around two hours, ending up at one of the local bars where we can enjoy a drink together.

The Nollendorf neighbourhood is the queer heart of Berlin and has an exciting, thrilling, celebratory yet also, in parts, tragic history, featuring many remarkable figures such as Magnus Hirschfeld, Anita Augspurg, Christopher Isherwood, Claire Waldoff, Audre Lorde and Jürgen Baldiga, as well as people less well-known to the general public, such as Dora Richter, Hilde Radusch and Albrecht von Krosigk.
We’ll hear about the world’s first public coming-out, the world’s first gay activist group, the world’s first Institute for Sexual Science, and the first gender reassignment surgeries; we’ll visit the second-oldest queer bar in the world still in operation and immerse ourselves in the wild nightlife of the gay and lesbian bars of the Golden Twenties. As there is so much to tell that cannot be covered in two hours, the tour varies slightly each time. So there is always something new to learn.

What: Tour in German language!
When: Fri 24 July, 7–9 pm, (and every third Friday of the month (usually)
Where: The meeting and starting point is at Mann-O-Meter, Bülowstr. 106
How: No booking is required. Participation is free of charge; there is an opportunity to tip at the end. Afterwards, there will be a relaxed get-together in one of the gay bars.