Berlin

  • Leo Adef captures the spirit  of queer Berlin’s Ballroom Scene

    Leo Adef captures the spirit of queer Berlin’s Ballroom Scene

      When Leo Adef a queer filmmaker and photographer from Argentina , who is based in  Barcelona, visited Berlin it inspired him to make this compelling short film on their Ballroom scene. I’s called Safe because this is what the scene represents to the local BPOC queer community.  Adef told Ireland’s Gen Magazine I met…

  • Elska Magazine checks out the Boys of Berlin

    Elska Magazine checks out the Boys of Berlin

      Even though BERLIN is now considered the queer sex capital of the world , having usurped New York  some years ago, It doesn’t mean that all the city’s gay men are obsessed with getting laid 24/7 .  Elksa the queer bookzine  revisited  the City and as usual rounded up a whole cross section of…

  • Beauty & Decay : revisiting a life in East Berlin

    Beauty & Decay : revisiting a life in East Berlin

      It’s been exactly 30 years since the Berlin Wall came down so  East Berliner ex-punk photographer Sven Marquardt revisits his old haunts with his former muse Dome (Dominique Hollenstein) to do another photo shoot just like the old days. Since he settled in the West,  Marquardt has carved  out a fierce reputation for manning…

  • Berlin’s STRETCH FESTIVAL to help you explore your inner man

    Berlin’s STRETCH FESTIVAL to help you explore your inner man

      STRETCH is a three-day festival (April 19th- 21st) for gay, bi, trans and queer men in the heart of Berlin that is all about inspiring and experiencing a deeper, wider, more soulful and playful connection to one another and to life itself. Conceived by Kai Ehrhardt five years ago, the event now features over…