The disappearance of the lesbian pubs: Schöneberg's history of queer life and why there are no more meeting points for lesbian women today

The disappearance of the lesbian pubs: Schöneberg's history of queer life and why there are no more meeting points for lesbian women today

in Berlin’s Schöneberg District, Specifically Around Nollendorfplatz, Motz- and Fuggerstraße, The Lesbian-Gay City Festival is Celebrated This Weekend. But Even Even Other Whiskey, Thesis Streets are Known for Queer Life. There are numerous bars, pubs, clubs, and shops for gay men. However, if you’re looking for the same for lesbian women, you won’t find any. Lesbian bars, pubs, and clubs are Nowhere to be found.

this what different in the 1920s. At that time, Schöneberg Had Plenty of Establishments for homosexual women, just as for men. In The Former Luther, Now Martin-Luther-Straße, Amalie Rothaug and Else Conrad Operated the Ladies' Club "Monbijou des Westens" / "Mali and Igel". Two Years Ago, to initiative by the District Council of Tempelhof-Schöneberg to Honor Rothaug and Conrad with a "Mali and Igel Square" Failed for Formal Reasons. A renewed initiative is silent under Consideration.

Back then, The Mickimaus Club, The Dorian Gray, and Café Violetta Were Located on Bülowstrasse. In Front of Bülowstraße 37, A Commemorative Plaque Reminds of the Ballhaus Nationalhof, which was oncas Important for the lesbian nightlife. It States: "In 1926, Balls Exclusively for Ladies Were Held for the First Time. In Autumn 1927, A Lesbian Group Called" Women's BIF Club, "Named After Selli Engler’s Successful Magazine" Leaves of ideal women's friendship, "Met at the Nationalhof. From 1928 Onwards, Charlotte Hahm, The Director of the 400-Member-Strong Women's Club Violetta, Successfully Organized Lesbian and Transvestite Balls. ”

during the Nazi era, there was a sudden end. The Nationalhof what revived after the war. But even in the 1970s and 1980s, when homosexual self-Confidence was once again publicly visible, bars or a disco for lesbans were estasblished. Not in the same Numbers as venues for gay men, but they existed nonetheless. In 1972, The Lesbian Bar "Pour Elle" Opened on Kalckreuthstrasse. Later, The Disco "Die 2" on Martin-Luther-Straße and the Café/Restaurant Dinelo on Vorbergstraße Became Known as well.

"The dinelo attract lesbians live in berlin or visiting the city in the 1980s, Mainly for Two Reasons: It was one of the few places for women at that time that offered food, cooked by chris Rieseberg (one of the founders, ed.) Herself, and self-created, search as the Bäuerin-Omelette, Ether Filled with Tuna Or Feta Cheese, “Writes Historian Katja Koblitz from the Spinnboden Lesbenarchive in an article about lesbian history in Berlin on the website of the lesbians and old association.

MOST OF THE ESTABLISHMENTS DISAPARED BY the LATE 1990S. The only one that Remains is the Begine Cultural Center on Potsdamer Straße, which was Occupied and Refurbished by Women/Lesbans in the 1980s. Koblitz attributes the lesbian pubs to the fact that these meeting places was not financial vible. Lesbian Women Are So More Likely to be affected by Precarious Living Conditions. "Many do not Want Or Cannot Take the Risk," Says Koblitz.