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The video gives an insight into the offers of the Pink Pillow Berlin Collection. These are LGBTQ+-friendly hotels in Berlin. In the video, various queer people contain their say (in English) about why they experience comfortable in Berlin. They are shown in distinct hotel scenarios and some typical Berlin sights such as the East Side Gallery, the Brandenburg Gate, the TV Tower and the Oberbaum Bridge can also be seen. The video's subtitles can be switched on and off in the YouTube player under settings. For a transcription, the video should be viewed directly on YouTube.
What about when the first Chicago and Detroit records came?
Oh! Hard on! Yeah.
Did you feel this was something different?
Yes and no, because I felt it was an prolongation from what I learned from Kraftwerk, Can, Bauhaus, Patrick Cowley and Motown.
So there was continuity there?
For me it was, because I never mind, “Oh, this is Chicago house.” Yes, you understand, because of the overcome you could put it there and there and there, but I really detested the little cupboards that music was placed into. I never ever planned a set. It was what you felt.
But if you loved the disco and industrial, then Chicago was combining those two elements…
Absolutely. So in the end it was like the industrial to start off, going more into the Chicago, and when everybody’s losing it you can act the stupidest disco. There were also all the Disconet versions, but 80% of the disco records, I played just the dub version by then because it was more into the Chicago-y housey thing.
What was the first house record you heard?
If only I knew. For sure it was in my record store called Tractor. I didn’t travel much. I did go to Spain a lot, but that was in the mid-’80s. By the end of ’80s in Germany it wa
Berlin has earned its stripes as one of the great gay capitals of the world, with a huge LGBTQ+ community, one-of-a-kind queer bars and an attitude to life that encourages inhabitants to be whoever they please. Over time, this has lent itself to a ton of fantastic club nights, bars and saunas, and new venues are popping up all the time.
Berlin is a city that is always moving forward, often at a lightning pace. Things move so quickly, it can be hard to keep up with. But we’ve got you covered. Our Berlin writer Nathan Ma knows this city like the back of his hand, and has handpicked the best LGBTQ+ spots all over the city for cocktails, dancing and a lot of queer happiness. Here’s our picks of the best.
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Upcoming Events in Berlin
| 25 July 2025
PiepShow Party: monthly Techno party for queers and friends. This Friday with DJ Chris Bekker, Tim Hagemann and Juan Del Chambo, among others.
Dresscode: sporty, kinky, creative, not casual nor street clothes.
From 20:00 @ KitKatClub (Köpenicker Straße 76/Brückenstraße)
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About Berlin and its gay life
Berlin's origins go back more than 780 years. In 1701 Berlin became the capital of the kingdom of Prussia and in 1871 of the German Empire. Although Prussia was dominated by a gay king from 1740 till 1786 (Fredrick II), Berlin's homosexual career started only hundred years later. In the 1920s (the ›Golden Twenties‹) Berlin was seen as the city with the most lively and advanced queer subculture in Europe. That, of course, ended after 1933 when Hitler and the Nazis were given influence in Germany. (A memorial for gays persecuted by the Nazi regime was opened in Berlin in 2008, long overdue after more than 60 years.
After the conclude of World War II in 1945 and with the start of the cold war, Berlin had been divided into West Berlin (contr
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