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The Bülow-Casino was a "women's club" and transgender-friendly Bar made by Helene Diller and Kathe Bloche in 1910. They allowed the renting of rooms inside their bar as the owners may have been strapped for cash. The Bar later dissolved in 1914…

Das Institut für Sexualwissenschaft was the world's first queer gender and sexuality research institute. It was founded by sexologist, physician, and queer advocate Magnus Hirschfeld in 1919, and operated until it was ransacked by the Nazi affiliated…

The Kaisergalerie was a passageway and building complex was full of many economic attractions, such as stores, performance venues and hotels, etc. It was also a hot spot for people hoping to solicit prostitution, as there were a wealth of sex workers…

Verona Lounge had a pleasant, classy environment that would turn to more erotic later in the evening. That was a place for "serious" lesbians as well as voyeuristic male artists and interested straight women. "Gougnettes," aka, women who dressed…