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GAY BERLIN IN FEBRUARY

Gay Berlin in February: Berlin's big event is the Berlinale film festival and tucked inside it are the Teddy awards - awards for gay films. There's a Teddy reception at SchwuZ Friday 10.2, ELSE award at Südblock Wed 15.2, awards and party at Templehof Flughafen Friday 17.2. More at http://news.teddyaward.tv/en/.

In addition to that, Sexx dance moves to New Action Sunday 12.2 and will possibly stay there for a while. New venture Club Bunga is at Hubertuslounge Tuesday 14.2. Gay sex club Ajpnia is closed 18.2-6.3 for some rebuilding. And Discodamaged will be showing the full version of The Bareback Issue, our documentary about less safe sex in London and Berlin, next Friday 3.2.

Scroll down for club by club listings or use the calendar for your daily dose of gay Berlin.

Pictures this month from SchwuZ.

AJPNIA CLOSED 19 FEB-6 MAR

Ajpnia, our favourite Schöneberg sex club, will be closed 19 February to 6 March for a bit of rebuilding. If you go there by mistake, there's always CDL round the corner: less homely, more industrial but just as effective. Can't wait to see the new Spring look!

NEW MOVIE IN GAY MEMORIAL

That gay memorial in Tiergarten had its new film unveiled yesterday including lesbians and they've got it on queer.de. We weren't able to show it here, so if you want to save yourself the walk, you can watch it there: http://www.queer.de/detail.php?article_id=15830

BLITZ X FRIDAY FEB 10

Blitz X is at Horst Krzbrg Friday Feb 10 with DJs Fil OK, Sarah Adorable, Devi Doll and VoIn. It's a queer genderfucking new romantic experience. Starts 11pm, 6€ before midnight, 8€ after, at Tempelhofer Ufer 1, Kreuzberg. Click the headline for more.

PET SHOP BEAR PASSEPIED 27 JAN

Pet Shop Bear Passepied is tonight at Berghain Kantine or CUNTINE/ Bear'ghain as they say. Erobique will be there live with regulars Justin Case, & Open Mike. Expect lively crowd and not too many bears. Starts midnight Berghain Kantine is at Wriezener Karree, Friedrichshain. Check the gay Berlin calendar for more stuff.

MURDER IN MARIENDORF

Gay man Carsten Srock, who we reported missing five days ago, was murdered. Srock had been missing since doing a shift at Boiler Sauna on 1st January. A member of the public became suspicious and reported a 43 year old who lived in Markgrafenstrasse Mariendorf. The police visited and discovered him with self inflicted knife wounds and they found the corpse of Srock. The man has been arrested.

Bild newspaper reported today that the corpse had been chopped up. The police have not confirmed it.

WHAT IS A LUSTGARTEN?

Q: What is a Lustgarten?
A: A darkroom.
We just learned that the 200 square meter 'Lustgarten' at Rose Kennedy is in fact a darkroom. Since when were Berliners so coy? Rose Kennedy, Saturday Jan 28, at Brunnen70 - Brunnen Str 70, Wedding.

GAYS HAVE TO WEAR DIAPERS!

And some people believe this! Must see my doctor.

Great comments on Youtube http://youtu.be/rOg2eg1eS1w

YET MORE BREAST PICS

We noticed that this PIP breast implant scare has given all the newspapers a great excuse to picture even more breasts, so we thought we would too. And we're sure that everybody is relieved to hear that the most famous breast implants on the Berlin gay scene are safe. House of Shame's mistress Chantal had hers made in Japan in 1985 - which makes them one year older than her boyfriend.

GAY MAN MISSING

Police are appealing for witnesses who may know something of 37 year old Carsten Srock missing since New Year's day. Click the headline if you can help. Srock worked in a bank with a part time job at the Boiler sauna, where he worked until 10pm 1st Jan. After that, about 23:30, he drew a large amount of cash from the Sparkasse in Mehringdamm. He had told his boyfriend that he was meeting someone. The person is not known. Srock's mobile phone has been switched off since 2nd January.

CTM.12 – SPECTRAL

CTM.12 – Festival for Adventurous Music and Related Arts is all over Berlin 31.12-5.2. There are a heap of concerts in Berghain, Berghain Kantine, Horst Krzbrg, HAU and elsewhere. Click the headline for Berghain / Kantine concerts or go to http://www.ctm-festival.de/ for full listings, ticket sales etc.  Limited quantity of Early Birds tickets @ 70€ available until 20.12, otherwise 90€. Cheaper options for individual concerts.

QUEER SUPER VILLAINS KARAOKE

Silver Futura tells us of queer super villains sing along karaoke next Friday 20.1 at Silverfuture, Weserstrasse 206, Neukölln. You get extra fame if you come in a costume and they have a few spare dresses there usually. Be there early: 19:00-22:00. Facebook here.

 

NIGHTMARE AT SAUNA

Advert from Phoenix Sauna, Köln

FIRED FOR BEING HIV+

Just over a year ago a 24 year old lab assistant at Eckert und Ziegler EuroPet in Berlin was fired as discovered he was HIV+.  He took the firm to court and now a judge at the Berlin employment court has said that it was OK, because he was in his probationary period and no reason needs to be given.

Deutsche Aids-Hilfe have criticised the judgement and demand that the federal government do something about it. The judge in the Berlin court said that the case can be taken to appeal at a federal court. Read more in German at queer.de.

SPORT HELPS HIV TREATMENT?

Sport therapy helps treatment of many diseases, but does it help with HIV? Nobody knows right now and people with HIV may be reluctant to do sport because of the uncertainties. Humboldt University in Berlin want to put that right and part of the effort is for people with HIV to fill out an anonymous survey. So if you can help follow this link: http://www.hibes.eu/survey/en/1/ . You can complete the survey in English or German.

SPANK ME DISKO + SLOW MOTION FRI 13.1

Spank Me Disko meets Slow Motion at Salon Zur Wilden Renate tomorrow Friday 13.1 with a party on three floors and eight DJs. Starts 23:30, ends very late. Salon Zur Wilden Renate is at Alt-Stralau 70, Berlin-Friedrichshain. Click the headline for details.

MADAME CLAUDE 4 FEB

Nuclear family, Debmaster and DJ Richard Steel are putting on a party at Madame Claude's on Saturday 4.2. Starts 9pm ends midnight, Madame Claude Berlin is at Lübbener Strasse 19, Kreuzberg and it's in the gay Berlin calendar. Click the headline for more.

TATCHELL: THE END OF GAY

Heresy! British gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has kindly allowed us to republish an article he wrote for the Huffington Post - quite a gay drama queen name for a news website isn't it?! The article is fascinating stuff so click the headine if your brain has recovered sufficiently from New Year.

BIG GAY BERLIN DATES 2012

They are pretty mean with holidays in Berlin - but then hardly anybody works so who cares? What big dates have we got this year? Something at Easter, then three holidays in May, one in October for reunification and then nothing until Christmas - there are more gay holidays than official holidays:

Big gay parties Berlin 2012
Easter Saturday 7th April Snax
at Berghain / lab.oratory http://www.snax-club.de/
+ BLF Leather & Fetish Week April 4th-10th http://www.blf.de/

16-17th June – Gay / Lesbian Street party
(Strassenfest / Stadtfest) in Schöneberg: http://www.regenbogenfonds.de/

23rd June – Berlin gay Pride / CSD
CSD = Christopher Street Day: http://www.csd-berlin.de/ 
 
Mid August - Gay lesbian bi Parkfest
in Volkspark Friedrichshain
http://www.parkfest-friedrichshain.de/ 
 
Early September - Folsom Europe
http://www.folsom-europe.info/
 
Late October - Hustlaball 
http://www.hustlaball.de/

Official Holidays
Fri Apr 6, Easter Friday / Karfreitag
Mon Apr 9, Easter Monday / Ostermontag
Tue May 1, Labour day / Tag der Arbeit / Maifeiertag
Thu May 17, Ascension / Christi Himmelfahrt
Mon May 28, Pentecost / Pfingstmontag
Wed Oct 3, Reunification day / Tag der Deutschen Einheit

FLAT RATE BEER AT MONSTER RONSONS

All the beer you can drink free at Monster Ronsons new age Bäraoke tomorrow from 7pm until midnight. After you paid the 6€ entry fee that is. Ronsons is at Warschauer Str. 34, Kreuzberg.