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A club hosting concerts, release parties and DJs, while also being the site of Berlin's Christopher Street Day opening party.

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The Scheune is a well-known gay cruising bar in the Schöneberg district that offers a lively and welcoming atmosphere. It's a popular spot where gay men gather for a flirty chat over cocktails at the bar or occasionally for an intimate encounter down…

The Schwules Museum, otherwise known as the Gay Museum, is a museum that was founded in 1984. It focuses on gay emancipation throughout history, does research on preserving and presenting queer culture, and lifts up the voices of queer artists all…

Silhouette was a Weimar era bar (1926-1933), located at Geisbergstrasse 24, and well known as fashionable, and smoke filled. Marlene Dietrich and the composer Friedrich Hollaender were two of Silhouette's regular customers. Both gay men and lesbians…

SO36 is a famous club in Berlin named after the address where it is located. This club was considered the heart of the punk scene for a time
and it still hosts a variety of events and concerts. While not a strictly gay institution has SO36 has…

Sonntags Club started in 1987 by the HIB (Homosexuelle Interessengemeinschaft Berlin), and is now a cafe for the LGBTQIA+
community. "Here, people can party and talk in an informal atmosphere. The Sonntags club also offers a comprehensive range of…

Spinnboden is an archive and library dedicated to recording lesbian history. Started in 1973 by members of the Homosexuelle Aktion Westberlin (HAW), Spinnboden is dedicated to ensuring the histories, relationships, and achievements of lesbian/queer…

Suzie Fu is one of the few bars I have found labeled to be "Lesbian bars". As the translated description says: "The youngest lesbian pub
in Berlin... so down to earth,". They serve meals and are in a large public area.

A small, crude dive bar with ratty decor, a too-loud jazz band, the pervasive smell of beer, and "an aura of frustration and menacing sadism". Frequented by older butches/Bubis who often postured and argued while drunk and sometimes physically fought…

Described by Happy In Berlin?, a repository for English writer's experiences of 1920s Berlin, as a "shabby gay bar in the working class district of Kreuzberg", the Cosy Corner was a frequent meeting place for downtrodden revolutionaries. However, it…