Mapping out the queer cultural roots of Berlin through the voices of those who contribute to Europe’s queer-capital, then and now.
Category: Pride Month
How LGBTQ+ Community’s Largest Demographic Falls Between the Cracks.
Everyone from Brenda Howard, the mother of Pride, to Angelina Jolie, Marlon Brando and even Alexander The Great, are or were bisexual -- the largest demographic in the LGBTQ+ community that has been silently pushed to the sidelines. As Pride Month comes to a close, guest writer Kitty Doherty examines an often-overlooked issue: bi-erasure.
Christopher Street Day and the Berlin Wall – An Interview with Micheal Hughes
IMAGO’s Michael Hughes photographed Berlin’s iconic Christopher Street Day, the original Pride march, the summer after the fall of the Berlin Wall. IMAGO spoke to him about his career and the city’s ever-shifting cultural landscape.
Homophobia in a Queer-Capital. Interview with Sina Tanha.
"I will show everyone that they don’t need to be silent anymore, that we can fight back with the law. That we have the right to live.” Berlin-based photographer Sina Tanha tells of recent experiences with homophobia in a queer-capital, and the role of activism both in and outside of photography.
How does men’s football in the UK learn from 30 years of silence?
Last month, Jake Daniels became the first active professional footballer to come out as gay in UK football for three decades. The Game columnist Andy Murray asks why nobody before a 17-year-old forward for second-tier Blackpool with one senior appearance to his name felt able to be themselves…
Queer in Europe – A Review of Recent LGBTQIA+ Policy.
While being queer is largely accepted in many cities, there are still plenty of governmental nuances that highly impact the realities for those who identify as LGBTQIA+ living in Europe.
90’s Tuntenball – Berlin’s Legendary Drag-Ball. Photos by Dieter Matthes.
Dieter Matthes photographed some of the final moments of an iconic queer tradition in Berlin. For Pride Month, IMAGO spoke to him about his portraits that lend an outsider’s perspective into the lively and historic Tuntenball drag ball in the early 1990’s.
Before the terror, there was glitter. The queer haven that was 1920’s Berlin.
For Pride Month, we take a look back at our city’s longstanding roots in the LGBTQI+ movement, with archives of the queer haven that was 1920’s Berlin.
Conversations and Communities. Introducing, PRIDE Month.
All this month, our magazine will be focusing on telling the stories from the Berlin LGBTQIA+ communities, past and present.