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First gay rights movement: Berlin's wild 1920s queer history

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Before the Nazis took power, Berlin was a center of LGBTQ+ rights and queer culture, with research institutes, a flourishing nightlife and one of the earliest gay rights' movements.

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The day the third civil rights movement began

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First gay rights movement: Berlin's wild 1920s queer history

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First gay rights movement: Berlin's wild 1920s queer history

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First gay rights movement: Berlin's wild 1920s queer history

Before the Nazis took power, Berlin was a center of LGBTQ+ rights and queer culture, with research institutes, a flourishing nightlife and one of the earliest gay rights' movements.

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The day the third civil rights movement began

Ein Aufruhr in New York wurde zur Geburtsstunde der Homosexuellen-Bewegung. Thomas Sparr erzählt die Geschichte des Christopher Street Days neu – und stellt gängige Gewissheiten infrage.