Nollendorfplatz in front of Alnatura Super Natur Markt, Else-Lasker-Schüler-Straße 18, Berlin, Germany
This is a one-of-a-kind guided city tour that you will not find anywhere else!
The origins of the world’s modern LGBTQIA+ identity movement lie in Berlin. Traceback our history to better understand where we are coming from.
Beaten to Death. Silenced to Death. Queer and trans history are often ignored and deliberately forgotten for a reason: People who don’t know their history are easier to discriminate against. Break the cycle of ignorance and learn about our movement’s history!
Explore the life of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, how he developed the world’s first queer and trans identities, and how he fought against the criminalization of homosexuality. Understand how this laid the cornerstone for our global movement.
Learn who coined the terms “transvestite” and “transexualism”. Discover so-called “transvestite certificates” and the story of Lili Elbe, Dora Richter, and Karl M. Baer, the world’s first trans people to undergo gender affirmation surgeries.
Get to know sexual scientist Magnus Hirschfeld’s theory of “sexual intermediaries” and why the world today would think completely differently about gender and non-binary identities if the Nazis had not destroyed this young movement.
Discover the vibrant lesbian life in the Roaring Twenties and how Marlene Dietrich popularized their fashion style internationally. Get to know Germany’s most famous lesbian singer Claire Waldoff and the story of bisexual Black dancer Josephine Baker.
Understand Hitler’s contradictory relationship to homosexuality, why there were openly gay Nazis, and what happened to LGBTQIA+ people in the Nazi concentration camps.
Better understand why an entire generation of gay and bisexual men was traumatized by the AIDS crisis, how the West-Berlin nightclub SchwuZ became the center of activism, and why the Berlin Wall was referred to as the condom of the GDR.
From the trans community’s “Chez Romy Haag” and its nightlife revolution to the Metropol’s gay community; from SO36’s Gayhane to the emergence of Berghain as the world’s most famous club: Gain an appreciation for the influence of the queer and trans communities to Berlin’s internationally acclaimed nightlife – and learn about where to best go out in Berlin today.
My name is Jeff, I studied sociology and gender studies and focused a lot on sexuality and queer theory. I am also a certified sex educator and freelance journalist about queer life in Berlin, as well as a longtime LGBTQIA+ activist. During my tour, I’ll share with you my knowledge accumulated from more than a decade’s worth of research.
This guided tour is enhanced with selected Augmented Reality elements. Over your tour guide’s iPad’s camera, you’ll see the world in front of you with Augmented Reality elements over it. For instance, you can demonstrate alongside queer activists of times gone by. Or you can see the building in front of you how it looked like 100 years ago. You can also take pictures of yourself with the Augmented Reality elements as a souvenir from the tour. (Powered by ZAUBAR)
Berlin’s Queer & Trans* History in Augmented Reality starts in front of Bellevue Palace (Schloss Bellevue, Spreeweg 1, 10557 Berlin). We meet under the trees on the right side when facing the palace, right by the street. For times, please check the schedule calendar when booking your tickets.
The guided Berlin tour lasts about 3.5 hours and ends at Wittenbergplatz. From there you get excellent public transport connections to anywhere in the city.
The guided Berlin tour is in English. However, German tours can be offered as private tours on request for 250€ (up to 9 participants), 300€ (10-14 participants), 350€ (15-19 participants), or 400€ (20+ participants). For German tours, please send me an email to c2VydmljZSB8IGJlcmxpbmd1aWRlICEgZGU=.
Meeting at Nollendorfplatz
Karl-Heinrich-Ulrichs-Straße
Karl Heinrich Ulrichs as “the world’s first gay man” and the world’s first queer identities
Pink Triangle Memorial
Schwerinstraße
Nollendorfstraße
Magnus-Apotheke
Speisekammer im Eldorado
Eisenherz Bookstore
Connection Club
1. The trans community in West Berlin
2. Chez Romy Haag & the nightclub revolution
International Stele Always Remember
Metropol
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Tickets for Berlin's Queer & Trans History – Augmented Reality Guided Tour can be booked here.
Ticket Information | Ticket Price |
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1 Person | EUR 49 |
Student (50% Discount) | EUR 25 |
LGBTQIA+ Activist (50% Discount) | EUR 25 |
3 People (20% Discount) | EUR 118 |
4 People (20% Discount) | EUR 157 |
5 People (30% Discount) | EUR 172 |