EXBERLINER Issue 148 April 2016

KOTTI FOR...
KOTTI FOR...
Queers
Forget Forget Schöneberg and and its its yesteryear men-only meat market. You
belong belong here, here, where where the the scene attracts not not just boys but girls and every
gender gender in between in and and beyond... while a a cursory glance at Grindr
shows shows there’s there’s still still plenty of of dick dick to to go go around. By By Walter Crasshole
Since Since the the 1990s, the the venerated punk club has
been been putting on on some of of Berlin’s best queer
parties. Tonight it’s it’s Gayhane, a a gay Oriental
music night started by by local Turkish lesbian
legend Ipek. You bounce around to some Middle
Eastern beats while eyeballing a German
dude dude you’ve already seen around Kotti twice
this this week – – at at the the monthly release party for
queer mag mag Siegessäule at at Monarch; and right
here here at at Esso for for one of of Pansy’s drag shows.
Grindr confirms he’s into you, and the rest
of of your your night is is best left unwritten.
You You wake up up late and decide not to kick
your your paramour out out of of bed, but the hangover
needs to to go. go. Time for for the weekly €9 Sunday
brunch buffet (and more booze) at Möbel Olfe
satellite
SÜDBLOCK (Admiralstr. 1-2). Among
Turkish mothers, construction workers and local
artists, you you catch up up with your queer scene bud-
Your Your evening evening starts starts at the at the neighbourdiesdies,
some of of whom have barely left this very spot
hood’s hood’s first first homo homo hotspot: MÖBEL MÖBEL OLFE OLFE since since Friday night’s Boo Hoo party started.
(Reichenberger Str. Str. 177). 177). Since Since Richard
With so so much going on, you almost forget
Stein Stein opened opened it in it 2002 in 2002 as the as the successor to his to his that that you’ve got got to to head back to to SO36 this after-
legendary legendary Cafe Cafe Anal, Anal, it’s been it’s been the the number-one
noon. There’s an an organisational meeting for the
stop stop for locals for locals and and in-the-know queers queers from from KCSD KCSD – your – your big big gay gay day, the alternative to the
across across the city, the city, with with a no-frills a no-frills Kneipe Kneipe feel feel and and way-too-mainstream CSD at at the Brandenburg
glass glass windows windows that that are perfect are perfect for for people people watch-
Gate. Every year on on the last Saturday of June
ing both ing both inside inside and and out. out. It’s It’s early early on Saturday, on (this (this year year it’s it’s June 29) 29) Kotti and Oranienstraße
which which means means you you can can actually actually find find a seat a seat (unlike
become a huge a daytime explosion of lefty
on super-gay, on super-gay, super-packed Thursday nights) nights) and and queers, taking over the the streets, demonstrating
there there are plenty are plenty of guys of guys here here (unlike (unlike Tuesday’s
and and of of course partying. The cause may be great,
lady-oriented Mädchendisco). At the At the bar, bar, you you but but you you also also can’t wait to to dust off those heels
encounter encounter a tall, a tall, strapping Norwegian in town in town that that only only look good in in daylight. ■
for the for weekend... the promising, until until
dle
he asks he asks you where you where can he can go to go dance to dance
with with some some hot girls. hot girls. Ugh, Ugh, didn’t didn’t he see he see
the “Homo the “Homo Bar” Bar” sign sign on the on the window?
Undeterred, you you take take a trip a trip around around
the corner the corner to ROSES to ROSES (Oranienstr. 187), 187),
a cramped a cramped micro-bar micro-bar that that looks looks and and
feels feels like being like being trapped trapped inside inside a furry, a furry,
hot pink hot pink lava lava lamp. lamp. You You shout shout your your
drink drink order order over over the unending the 1980s 1980s
playlist playlist and are and relieved are relieved to find to find you’re you’re
in the in good the good graces graces of formidable of bartendetender
Gabrielle Gabrielle (who (who simply simply ignores ignores
bar-
the orders the orders of folks of folks she she doesn’t doesn’t like). like).
Roses Roses is a total is a total hook-up hook-up bar, bar, especially
for horny for horny tourists tourists who who don’t don’t know know
where where else to else go, to so go, you so you look look around around
for some for some prey. prey. But But pickings pickings are are slim, slim,
and anyway and anyway you’re you’re being being cock-blocked
by a gaggle by a gaggle of straight of straight girls girls who who want want
you to you be to their be their new new BFF. BFF.
So, still So, filled still filled with with energy, energy, you you head head Möbel Möbel Olfe Olfe
next next door door to SO36 to SO36 (Oranienstr. 190). 190).
JASON HARRELL
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