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Contents:
- NEW EXHIBN REVEALS ROLE OF GAY MUNY BERL WALL'S FALL
- THE 10 BEST BERL GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS BERL
- GAY LIBERATN BEHD THE IRON CURTA
NEW EXHIBN REVEALS ROLE OF GAY MUNY BERL WALL'S FALL
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"The regime saw the gay scene as a threat. The munist state crimalised gay sex 1968 -- a year before Wt Germany -- but remaed a ser social taboo.
Berl's chief culture official, Kls Lerer, who is also gay and om the east, hailed new efforts to rrect the "erasure" of Eastern artists and their battl for eedom.
THE 10 BEST BERL GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS BERL
Abstract. The HIB (Homosexuelle Intersengemeschaft Berl, or Homosexual Intert Group Berl), a gay and lbian rights group, was active East Berl i * gay berlin wall *
Although most gave way to gentrifitn and onle datg, a few of the gay bars and f of East Berl are still around, such as the Sonntags Club (Sunday Club) which is now a stop on popular tours of the Prenzler Berg district's LGBTQ history.
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