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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…

Dubbed as "Berlins gröste Gay-Sauna" in its ads, Apollo City Sauna was a sprawling sauna club located near the U-Wittenbergplatz station with several private cabins, saunas, pools, and areas dedicated for cruising. It closed permanently in 2017 due…

Geisha was a prominent queer bar very popular to lesbians until the Nazi takeover in 1933. The space opened in 1922, first catering to elite straight men, then from 1922-1933 the space transformed into a flourishing lesbian oasis, making lesbians the…

Mikado was a famous club where costume balls were held for trans (and cross dressing) women. Outside the club was also a known location for sex workers to wait and meet up with people. One of the first crossdressers at Mikado was someone called Sir…

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…