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Zwei Mädchen, 1920, Otto Mueller

Here are some images of the queer scene in 1920's Berlin.

After World War I, which ended in 1918, an age of great liberation flourished in all Europe. In Germany, particularly in Berlin, the decade of 1920 saw the birth of an open, visible and proud queer culture.

The queer community was present in clubs, balls, parties, public spaces and events in the city, and although the moral of the time did not approve of them, their explosion in neighborhoods with great cultural movement visibilized their lifestyle. Magazines in German with articles about sex and gender were printed and distributed in all Berlin.

You had hardly described our meeting in Berlin when I was already dreaming of it…we weren’t walking arm in arm, admittedly, but we were closer to each other than when people are arm in arm. Oh God, it’s difficult to describe on paper my invention for not walking arm in arm, not being conspicuous, but still walking very close to you…

But wait, I’ll draw it. Walking arm in arm is like this. But we were walking like this.