Editing Gay bar (section)

=== Germany ===
{{Main|LGBT culture in Berlin}}
{{See also|First homosexual movement}}
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1983-0121-500, Berlin, Bar "Eldorado".jpg|thumb|right|The gay club Eldorado in Berlin, 1932]]
In [[Berlin]], there was gay and lesbian night life already around 1900, which throughout the 1920s became very open and vibrant, especially when compared to other capitals. Especially in the [[Schöneberg]] district around [[Nollendorfplatz]] there were many cafes, bars and clubs, which also attracted gay people who had to flee their own country in fear of prosecution, like for example [[Christopher Isherwood]]. The gay club Eldorado in the [[Motzstraße]] was internationally known for its [[transvestite]] shows. There was also a relatively high number of places for lesbians. Within a few weeks after the Nazis took over government in 1933, fourteen of the best known gay establishments were closed. After homosexuality was decriminalized in 1969, many gay bars opened in [[West Berlin]], resulting in a lively gay scene.

In [[Munich]], a number of gay and lesbian bars are documented as early as the [[Golden Twenties]]. Since the 1960s, the ''Rosa Viertel'' (pink quarter) developed in the ''Glockenbachviertel'' and around ''Gärtnerplatz'', which in the 1980s made Munich "one of the four gayest metropolises in the world" along with San Francisco, New York City and Amsterdam.<ref name="stankiewitz">{{cite book |last=Stankiewitz |first=Karl |date=May 2018|title=Aus is und Gar is |publisher=Allitera Verlag |isbn=978-3-96233-023-1|language=de}}</ref> In particular, the area around [[Müllerstraße]] and ''Hans-Sachs-Straße'' was characterized by numerous gay bars and nightclubs. One of them was the [[Travesti (theatre)|travesty]] nightclub ''Old Mrs. Henderson'', where [[Freddie Mercury]], who lived in Munich from 1979 to 1985, filmed the music video for the song ''[[Living on My Own]]'' at his 39th birthday party.<ref name="stankiewitz"/><ref name="mitvergnuegen">{{cite web|url=https://muenchen.mitvergnuegen.com/2017/11-verrueckt-vergessen-clubs-muenchen/ |title=11 verrückte Clubs in München, die Geschichte schrieben |trans-title=11 crazy clubs in Munich that made history |last=Schauberger |first=Anja |publisher=Mit Vergnuegen |access-date=29 December 2022}}</ref><ref name="BR_20211004">{{cite AV media |title=Sechs Jahre hat Freddie Mercury in München gelebt – eine Spurensuche |trans-title=Freddie Mercury lived in Munich for six years – a search for clues |url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/YqhkiNg1OPg |publisher =[[Bayerischer Rundfunk]] |type=documentary |language=de |date=4 October 2021  |access-date=29 December 2022}}</ref> Other gay venues include ''Pompon Rouge'', ''Mandy's Club'', ''Pimpernel'' nightclub, the bar ''Mylord'', the ''Ochsengarten'', which was "Germany's first bar for [[leather subculture|leather men]]", as well as the gay hotel-pub ''Deutsche Eiche''. Regulars in many of these bars and nightclubs include, for example, Freddie Mercury, [[Rainer Werner Fassbinder]], [[Walter Sedlmayr]] (who met his later murderer in the Pimpernel), [[Inge Meysel]] and [[Hildegard Knef]].<ref name="stankiewitz"/><ref name="mjunikdisco">{{cite book |last1=Hecktor |first1=Mirko |last2=von Uslar |first2=Moritz |last3=Smith |first3=Patti |last4=Neumeister |first4=Andreas |date=1 November 2008 |title=Mjunik Disco – from 1949 to now |publisher=Blumenbar |isbn=978-3-936738-47-6 |language=de}}</ref>