This multi-component, multi-week activity invites students to consider queer public spaces in Weimar-era Berlin.
Tag: liberation
Ripploh, Taxi zum Klo, 1980
A discussion on gay identity, relationships, and liberation in postwar West Berlin.
Carow, Coming Out, 1989
Discuss gay liberation and queer identity in East Germany
Schernikau, “So schön,” 2012
This lesson explores friendships and gay relationships in 1980s West Berlin while looking at the formal experimentation of the novel.
Music & Queer Identity
Analyze three songs challenging traditional gender roles and societal perceptions and celebrate lesbian and gay love and lifestyles.