Cologne Gay Pri 2023: dat, para, route - misterb&b

Contents:

• THE 5 BEST COLOGNE GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS COLOGNE
• GAY COLOGNE
• COLOGNE GAY PRI (CSD)
• GAY PAL OF GERMANY?
• MOSW GAY BARS
• COLOGNE GAY MAP

THE 5 BEST COLOGNE GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS COLOGNE

Queer CologneOut and about out wh Cologne’s rabow munyGay clubs, lbian bars, queer culture – Cologne is one of those ci where the LGBTQ scene has bee naturally tertwed wh public life. It’s a ltle gay utopia that’s not at all sular outlook.

No surprise when you realise what “Mumu” means But the doors are open to all and you’ll fd gay guys, dolled-up drag queens and everythg between, enjoyg their ctomary round of Kölsch wh their female, Schaafenstraße. Sgg to a different tuneCologne’s gay and lbian choir (known simply by s German acronym, CLCK) b a love of the lol regn, Kölsch and sgg to create an experience that’s both munitive and cultural.

In fact, that’s what the SLCK is famo for – far beyond the cy and the gay muny. In the historic Melaten-Friedhof cemetery there’s a very special tribute to Dirk Bach, one of the most lourful characters to have graced Cologne’s gay scene, who died far too early 2012.

GAY COLOGNE

A leadg role the cy’s rabow muny, the late great (and we’re not jt referrg to his physique) edian would most certaly have loved the pk bench that has been stalled next to his grave, even if do look pretty gay. Sce 1991, ColognePri has advoted for the legal and social acceptance of lbian, gay, bisexual, tersexual and transgenr further rmatn check out the official ColognePri webse (English):. Once a dreary post-WWII dtrial town along the Rhe, the thedral cy today is a vibrant center of subculture - strong on art and sign, rich gay life and one of the more important pals of cultural productn has tablished a balance between mosty s outward appearance and an exuberance tucked to s folds.

Te believers claim Cologne as the gay pal of Germany and often tout the popular statistic that one 10 of s habants is so much attentn foced on the gargoyle-spangled behemoth at s center, the cy has grown slowly and strangely behd the scen wh ltle post-war exploatn om outsirs. Cologne is the gay pal of Germany As we know, Cologne lov a good para.

COLOGNE GAY PRI (CSD)

And the general liberal, tolerant, and life-affirmg attu bursts out of lols on the first weekend of July when the Christopher Street Day, or gay pri para rolls through the cy. The ‘Bermuda Triangle’ around Schaafenstrasse has the hight ncentratn of gay bars, fés, and nightclubs, but the Hmarkt area is also popular. The Cologne gay scene is spl two areas of cy.

GAY PAL OF GERMANY?

Hmarkt\Mathiasstrasse the Old Town (Altstadt), is the cy’s origal gayborhood wh a leather, bear and olr guys vibe. Rudolfpltaz\Schaafenstrasse is nsired the cy’s trendier, younger gay crowd's neighbourhood. Then durg pri month hosts the annual CSD (Gay Pri), also one of the biggt gay pris Europe.

The gay scene town has two centr: the young and trendi go to all the bars and clubs around Rudolfpltaz-Schaafenstrasse and the olr, leather-scene guys hang out the Hmarkt-Mathiasstrasse the Altstadt. Ex-Corner Bar, German This zy bar is the mother of all gay bars Cologne, the sense that is where all the pretty young thgs drk and flirt well to the wee small hours.

Ruhrpott Bar, Pub, Contemporary © Seo Sngwon / Pixabay This fe and cktail bar is pretty new on the Cologne gay scene, but has quickly tablished self as a place to go wh great food and fantastic cktails. It’s one of the crazier gay bars Cologne, but then aga, kids the days… Wh regular karaoke nights, drag parti and a md-bogglg number of other themed evengs and dance parti, there’s always somethg worth seeg at Mumu.

MOSW GAY BARS

Heilberg aniz an annual gay pri together wh the nearby ci of Mannheim and Ludwigshafen. Sce 2016, fans and lols have anized an annual LGBTQ+ day lled GayRedDay to enjoy Europa Park as one muny. But actually, the first public LGBTQ+ rights prott took place Germany, over a century earlier, 1867—one year before the term ‘homosexualy’ was ed, German!

In 1871, Germany passed the ultimate anti-gay law, Paragraph 175.

The Nazis ma more severe and imprisoned 10, 000 gay men (and some lbians, although they were not vered by Paragraph 175) ncentratn mps, where they were marked wh the pk triangle—and a majory died. But there is plenty to see today to remember the highs and lows of German LGBTQ+ history, om the Monument to Homosexuals Persecuted unr Natnal Socialism and the Schwul Mm (Gay Mm), both Berl, to the Dtsche Eiche bar and bathhoe Munich, where Freddie Mercury hung out the 1970s.

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And let’s not fet Bavaria’s gay (and/or queer) kg, Mad Ludwig, and his Wagnerian fantasy stle, Nschwanste—the spiratn for Disney’s Snow Whe’s Castle. Tradnally, Germany is known to be a gay-iendly but relatively nservative European untry.