We called these parties “La Délire” (The Madness). Soon we were having parties of some 300 men. Since we were so close to the border we mainly got French visitors. He wanted to do the same here in Belgium and since I was a well known gay networker he asked me for the organization.
In ‘88 the owner saw an English straight club organize Gay Parties every so often. A marvelous spot for parties, in the middle of the forest far away from civilization. I was working there behind the bar in a straight club in a beautiful old castle. That was in 1989 near the French border in Kortrijk. It’s April 30, the night of the huge “Man Killers Party” and it also happened to be Thierry’s Birthday.
And if you prefer saunas than parties, go to Der Boiler, the biggest and busiest sauna of the city.įinally, we want to thank Ross Ospina, receptionist of TWO Hotel Berlin by Axel, to help us with this post.While visiting the Belgian capital, getting ready for Gay Pride, I decided to take the opportunity to interview Thierry Coppens, the owner of the biggest and most successful gay disco “La Demence” in Brussels. If they’re not your style, you can visit Siegessäule, the LGBTQ+ agenda of Berlin. In our view, this are the funniest LGBTQ+ parties in Berlin. If you don’t like techno or hard parties, this is a perfect place to spend the night and laugh. They define themselves as a drag karaoke for queens and kings and spectacular beings. Monster Ronson’s Ichiban Karaokeīerlin’s most famous karaoke is called Monster Ronson’s Ichiban Karaoke.
You have te get there early, because it easily reaches full capacity. Every month they organize a party where the less clothes you wear, the less you pay. Pornceptual is much more than a party, it’s an artistic project that wants explicit sexual content to be considered as art. It’s one of the most crowded parties of Berlin and it’s oriented to gay men only. The best option for Sundays and house music lovers is GMF at House of Weekend Club, close to Alexanderplatz. There’s always a gay party on Fridays, Saturdays is for bisexuals and during the year there are 3 big LGBTQ+ parties: Revolver, Revolver XL y Revolver XXL. There is also no censorship, in this club you can have sex whenever and wherever you like.
Everyone is who wants to be, there’s no dress code. People are in disguise, with atypical make-up, leather clothes, underwear and shorts. KitKatClub is techno and sex, Berghain is techno. KitKatClub is one of the busiest clubs in Berlin and has a bigger portion of gay people in the crowd than Berghain. Berghain is the cathedral of techno music and its doormen are in charge to divide the techno parishioners from the curious. If you want to have more chances, stay serious at the queue, formal dresses are not recommended (actually, the weirder the better), don’t look like a tourist and know who is going to be the DJ tonight. If you want to get in Berghain… you’ll need to be lucky. To get in Lab.Oratory you’ll need to be there before midnight, at 00:01, doors are closed. They connect twice a year, with a party called SNAX. Berghain and Lab.Oratoryīerghain and Lab.Oratory are in the same building, but they are not connected. Leave your baggage and go and have a beer! You can begin at Hafen, Blond or Heile Welt, or if you want something “harder” enter the dark room of Tom’s Bar.Īfter this warm-up, you are ready to discover the best LGBTQ+ clubs in Berlin. A good option to stay in the gay area is Axel Hotel Berlin, where most of the guests are gay and looking for fun. To start the night, go to Schöneberg neighbourhood, the gay district of Berlin and, also, the first gay district of the world. Most of the clubs are not gay or straight, the crowd is mixed. Besides being the best city of Europe (and perhaps, the world) to go partying, Berlin is completely queer. If you love techno music, you can dance for hours and you are a fetishist, Berlin is your city.