Including trans people. The Transgender Community has become increasingly visible in recent years. A blue trans people have always existed around the globe in every culture. Berlin has played a key role in trans history for more than a century. Now people come to the city from around the world so they can lead lives unconstrained by gender roles or conservative sexual norms. According to the city authorities, berlin is home to between 2 and 300000 queer people, an estimated 8 percent of the population. Its not clear how many of them identify as trans or intersects many places cater for the l. G b t q i. Community berlin, square magazine seekers. Soya has collated a map of relevant venues on its online portal because the euler d e advice centers, specialists, doctors, hundreds of Party Locations and cafes, as well as Cultural Resources such as museums and bookshops. Were taking you on a 4 chapter journey through berlins queer past and present one that explores one why trans asterisk people from around the globe come to berlin to day to how a scientific pioneer challenged prevailing sexual gnomes. More than a century ago. 3, how berlin achieved cult status for its quiz, seen in the 19 seventys and full what life is like for trans people in berlin today and what problems they encounter. But what does being trans mean . Well, 1st off, trans people are part of the Queer Community. Queer is a collective term for people whose gender identity and or Sexual Orientation does not correspond to the heterosexual norm. Trans asterisk is an umbrella term for people whose your identity differs from the sex that they were assigned at birth. Ah, well then there is a huge range. There are some people who identify themselves, trans man or trans woman and then recalled this. They fit into gen a binary and some people dont even defy with male or female gender. And they defend themselves. For example as number and eric chapter one. So why do trans asterisk people from all around the globe flock to berlin . We asked 2 young members of the Trans Community who have moved to the german capital. Felicia maletchko, a tour guide in berlins gay museum, which focuses on l. G. B t q. Id themes and culture. And holden, my dog, a. Me an opera singer from the u. S. Who has put down roots in berlin again. Tyler, mont compton. Tish bon is fish out of welcome to ya. Just a fancy my name is, hold him the dog, me and i moved to germany in 2013 because germany has about a 3rd of the worlds opera. And im treasure under. I felt comfortable sort of realizing myself as a trans person in berlin. Hi, my name is felicia my pronouns. Are she her . And im a transgender activist and tour guide in berlin. I came out in 20 sixteens of 6 years ago and coming out of us, very mixed experience had a very positive experiences here in berlin, in the communities in space, i was moving in the area i was studying and the friends i had the social circles, i have most of that was very positive. Felicia began transitioning in 2015 at the age of 20. She came to berlin because she wanted to live in a city where she could come out as trans. Holden came to berlin from the United States for work, but it wasnt just a career move. There were also some highly personal reasons for the relocation. I think what attracts it trans and queer people internationally to come to berlin is partially that there is a big, Big Community here already. And everybody sort of knows that berlin has like the trans queer city, like it has that International Reputation for it already. When i think also because i dont want to call it a utopia, but it, it, cuz its not necessarily huge. Tokyo, but its like berlin is a really great place to be trans and queer, feels really, really safe. And i think a lot of the world is not safe. And so i think a lot of trans people come here because they know basically theyre going to be safe. And if they come from really oppressive countries or oppressive places, bob, its going to be so much better here. I think thats a major part of it. There are huge opportunities for trans people here. There is a chance for Community Just in places like this is we are at now are in other Community Spaces all across the city. Things trans people in the rest of germany often dont have, dont have to that degree. Which is the reason why many trans people moved to berlin in order to live their life. Berlin 1st became a queer haven over a century ago. That long history has helped give to days city its colorful and inclusive reputation. But the terms we use now to describe queer people are comparatively new. The term transgender didnt really come into existence until the middle of the 20th century. Is not to say that people werent experiencing discomfort and theyre assigned gender dysphoria or feeling a desire to express gender more broadly or more or differently then them society um would have wanted or expected. Oh, tempted to have a pioneer challenged sexual norms more than a 100 years ago. Oh, berlin became internationally famous in the early 20th century for its hedonistic decadent night life. But it was also where the 1st groundbreaking research on sexuality and gender identity was conducted. And the 1st sex reassignment surgery, magnus, her spelled, was the driving force. He was the pioneer of sexology and one of the 1st people to scientifically investigate sexual and gender identities. In 1919, he set up the institute for sexual science in berlin. He coined the now outdated term transvestite for people who described themselves as trans asterisk today. He actually researched on think i a spectrum of gender identity and sexuality. He assisted people in his practice as a doctor to try to come to terms. He gave people a vocabulary about what they were experiencing and he offered actual assistance in the case of, for example, of trans men and women. He helped them with, with early on gender confirmation surgery with homeland therapy with 6 her tree was tactical, less like ah, her movable. So he really didnt make a difference in all other peoples lives. Mm hm. James conway is the translator of berlins 3rd sex, written by magnus hersh, felt it was published at the start of the 20th century. And was one of the 1st works about berlins queer subculture he ish failed, was himself part of this community, and wrote about venues like the queer night club and cabaret el dorado. It was later targeted by the nazis before that berlin was a place of freedom and experimentation in the viola era. You have really over who is known to us through the of the book in the film, the danish girl, the movie, the danish girl from the year 2015 retails the story of lily albert, the danish trans person, an artist was a media sensation. She was one of the 1st intersects people to undergo gender reassignment surgery. In 1930, she came to germany for the procedure the over came from denmark and consult with bruce levels his throat. And he guided her through tend to confirmation surgery madness. Harshfield wasnt just a doctor and a scientist. He was an activist campaigning for the rights of queer people. This campaign included a revolutionary regulation in berlin from the year 19 o 9 co drafted by harshfield, a granted trans people the right to dress as they pleased in public and in the workplace. They no longer needed to fear arrest for public order offences. Yes, fed haute middle pull inside president and deal else. God, it does. The 1st world negotiated a deal with the police chief which looked like this, an athlete. Herschel would issue a medical certificate ignore and a diagnosis which red transvestite consistent me. Diesel duke knows a good with this diagnosis. The trans person will go to the Police Headquarters and get a photo id stating that the or transvestite interstate, these episodes and plants the steep and possibly that soon. And then the document would be stamped by the police chief div upon spelled out after father life has come to put it site on has the if this trans person walking down the street in the Police Stopped them say they could show their transvestite id and the police would refrain from arresting and charging them are covered up c, n. C, fests, a name on, unsecure the 1st. In other words, to ireland. This was a waiver, beating legal persecution hospital. And that was an important milestone set at 19 o. 9 on her spilt initiatives. Yeah, whats the handled . 9 with the 2nd gazette stood, afo sophisticated, said to you yes, felt was ahead of his time, but not everyone agreed with his ambitious reforms. As far as the nazis were concerned, he embodied every thing they despised about the unsure min weimar republic. When they seized power in 1933, the nazis ransacked the Research Library at here spelled institute. It was one of the 1st targets of the nazi book burning program. The diesel dish awful panel for the d vista fall knocked us hills at this burning that the bust of mark masters felt it was carried over the hands of the nazis as they marched towards the bonfire. Little fear, Human Institute miss seizing these trophies from the institute. There was a way of showing that the spirit of the bye mar, era must be extinguished, wi symbolically casting them buzzed on the entire contents of the library into the flames. Wound the sc isnt the shift good in does foil ga bolton built . I was almost a pagan ritual to cleanse germany of quote unquote, unclean tendencies. Madness harris felt was on an International Lecture Tour when the nazi came to power and laid his institute to waste. He never went back to germany. After all, he knew that as a gay jewish social democrat, he would never be safe. In the 3rd rush, legacy, his phone died, a broken law. He died on his birth. I dont know if the citizen difficult to that, but he died having seen his lifes work literally going up in flames. Hash felt reformist, influence was lost during the nazi dictatorship. Berlins free spirit disappeared for decades and with it the freedoms that queer people had fought. So hard to gain but then came the 19 sixties and seventies. Chapter 3, how berlin became a cult location for the Queer Community in the seventys when berlin was still divided by a wall, there were places in both parts of the city where transgender and queer people could gather and express themselves. Ill viet in different ways. As of responding by damage south, west berlin really was a safe haven back then. Thats true, maam. You could live here without being bothered. Youre wrong. We didnt really have any rights, but we could get everything we needed is copyrighted. There was a Trans Community which meant we could communicate with each other. This is scott, there were already basic networks in place, which is important because you need information. And that existed in west berlin within this. But the Trans Community was small as it existed here. And you didnt have to feel that you would just on your own, obscene or more sinister sca food hom yolanda to sign. Ah norah occurred as written a book about her life story. As a, as in the time 63, when i came to west berlin in 1973, it was the 1st place i had ever heard of trans people consent or, and i learned there were people who were trans. Hm. And that was very important for me because i saw that it was impossible that these people actually did exist. As a mentioned certain has gotten there was a nightly drag show, which was also something really special about it. But for me, it was also an opportunity to go and see trans people, yard times mentions to see it, not every one on stage was trans allen, there were also gay man who had made a career of performing and dragged his grandma. But they were also trans women performing and seeing them was very, very special for me because i was able to see that it was possible to live that way. Who the best known trans performer at the time was ro, me hard . Whos tardies for one of the reasons why disreputable west berlin became a hot spot for myth and the art community. The Dutch National arrived in berlin in the 1970s. Before that shed been a dancer at the famous Paris Night Club alcazar, seen viner cuz he was an absolute idol. Of course, she looked amazing and that alone made her role model ive, it will be in 974. 00 ro me hug, opened her travesty club. She wrote me hug in west berlin. It quickly became a popular venue with those thinking a more open, inclusive night. Life experience ah, this was when ro, me hug started dating david bowie. This thing are like to play with gender roles and adopted an androgynous look in rebel rebel. He sings about a mother who is annoyed by her childs confusion. A boy at the same time dancer marlo la fantastic, was lured by berlins free spirit and arrived from the United States. She loved the city so much, she ended up staying for 30 years. She also worked with ro, me hug for a time where she was coming from barry and she was with her name and she came to say new. Ready work that think oh my kid to the quiet enjoy of ah, before she wrote me her, there was the she new berlin oldest here cabaret, or travesty theater as they are called, famed throughout europe. It opened in 1958 and closed in 2008. I still try to work in cabaret. She knew by be original owner and founder of the capital and i left on new york. I went to fair lane after my college, i wish i knew it was a year. Then i end up staying in work and other clubs and cabaret behavior ah cabaret and especially cross dressing were in vogue at the time, marlo felt more comfortable and accepted as a trans woman and performer in germany than in the United States. And we just had a different type of check and the girls werent just terminated again very badly. But theyre lame with them and i liked it and jamie was very exciting. And in a while theyre brand minded. Fantastic people. Im a lot travesty. Ah. Oh, the night clubs and cabarets shade to west berlins image around the world. Ah. 7 in east berlin, there was also a small connected queer scene in communist east germany. Nadia schellenberg lived openly as a trans person and was an activist in the Queer Community groups. One of her main Meeting Places was the san tugs club which still exists today. Ah, as a 1000000000 via fell in was always a melting pot for all kinds of people in east germany for intellectuals, homosexuals, artists, and miss fed. Mm hm. All there wasnt much information in the eightys and from a, neither in west germany, nor in the east to go on. Wed also wish. And what you did see in the media was almost always presented in a very negative light, a man in womens clothes, angleton. That was something out of the movies own. Clyde on the popular, infirm with brooklyn, in east berlin show, lot of fun mas door was a pioneer in the Trans Community. She began collecting every day objects in the 19 fifties and exhibiting them in the goods house. Mazda of the manor house became a villa, communion era museum, and a famous Meeting Place for east berlins Queer Community. On coming all a topic for after coming out i met shalysea, and thats how i found the Community Via luncheon was already well known in the east german scene. But after german reunification, Peoples Awareness about her grew a lot. 62nd, she, a lot of un mazda received the federal order of merit, germanys highest order in 1992. She passed away in 2002, she to pave the way for todays more tolerant berlin. At the gay museum in berlin, and exhibition is dedicated to the efforts of trans activist lecture, lot of fun miles dwarf and Nadia Schellenberg chapter 4. How do trans people live in berlin today . And what problems do they face . Barren, many spaces in berlin, a can act a safe harbors for trans people, but not universally as video as a whole. Is huge dimension of head crimes and violence and discrimination that we experience in the streets in our workplaces and in our social environments. Its difficult to gauge the exact extent of violence against queer people until recently, only a fraction of anti l g b t q i. Crime was recorded by the authorities in 2020 however, for lynn became the 1st german state to publish an annual report monitoring the homophobic and transpose big violence. In 2021. The Victim Support Center monet registered a spike and reports. Despite an estimated 80 to 90 percent of incidence going unreported, the center recorded 731 cases of insults, threats, and attacks against transgender people, gays, and lesbians. In this in between phase where like they cant tell if youre a woman or a man, people get really angry. They get angry that they, they cant figure it out, you know . And so now people would spit at you had like, um like boys with like square water. It me was quick ions or Something Like that. You know, like that stuff like that happens all the time. Went on, i was walking home late at night and a boy was riding his bicycle and he was just like harassing me and is really scary. He was really late at night and there was maybe around here and it is not only the fear of hate crime that weighs heavily on members of the Trans Community. Those who hope are fast and uncomplicated medical treatment in berlin may also be disappointed. And it will talk about germany specifically then there are the, there is the issue of massive barriers for trans people when they are entering the medical system, looking for gender affirming treatments. Some of these various may include extensive waiting periods before access to im hormone replacement therapies. Are, and it kind of other medical procedures there long waiting periods with discriminating and humiliating processes that are part of that. Despite many obstacles, trans people are becoming more visible in society. In 2021 voters elected the 1st 2 trans women to the german parliament. The bonus tag internationally, the spotlight is on hollywood stars, like elliot page or mikaela j rodriguez, who raise awareness about diversity. I wore many decades of on activism and resistance and risk taking by many people, particularly by people who could not who could not hide who they were and who cant hide, who they are. Oftentimes, its people who dont fit into the categories and who cant, who dont have the option of hiding. Right . Its, its people who who are trans and present has trans. I think the history off, like the Queer Community in berlin is still important till today because like our cheese and family, our ancestors did a lot of work like also and the very hash condition. And i think like is their work and their passion, which allows us today to have this spaces job knowledge and to have the idea of what it could mean being trans, being queer. And i am very thankful and i think leg is one of the important part of being queered to honor the people. Yeah. Who have worked for it, who have died for it, who have suffered for it and a thing. Its important to acknowledge that every single time youre being out and queer, although the struggle for more tolerance and diversity continues, the cities past offers some hope. I think as a transportation in berlin, what i think ice, i see it becoming more of a sort of interconnected carrying system. So i see things like that getting even better in berlin. Grilling is definitely home and i, i would like it to stay as my home. I know ha long clock you debts hock da, vice small vote, or my dentist da says dont the fall was like munsey. I expect that as an artist, as like a singer. I will probably move a couple of times for jobs, but berlin will always be home. Berlin, the rainbow capital. It might not be a trans persons paradise yet, but the city remains the refuge for queer people seeking an open community. Just as it has been for over a century, ah ah ah ah, ah, with social inequality across africa. 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