{"id":27729,"date":"2020-03-31T09:37:12","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T07:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/?p=27729"},"modified":"2020-04-20T21:35:09","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T19:35:09","slug":"lindenstrasse-how-a-tv-series-revolutionised-the-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schwulekontakte.com\/en\/2020\/03\/31\/lindenstrasse-how-a-tv-series-revolutionised-the-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Lindenstra\u00dfe and the LGBTQ scene"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bye-bye, Lindenstra\u00dfe! How a TV series revolutionised the scene<\/h1>\n

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So now the time has come: The last episode of Lindenstra\u00dfe was broadcast. Millions of fans were eagerly awaiting the finale, but still wished that it had been filmed decades later.<\/p>\n

No question: Lindenstra\u00dfe was and is cult. Not least because it dealt with topics that the rest of the TV landscape often shied away from.<\/p>\n

In the 1990s, for example, the television programme (or rather: its viewers) was \"shaken\" by the homosexual love of Carsten Fl\u00f6ter. What for the Gay scene<\/a> represented a real liberation and a departure from the taboo zone, was not yet understood by many viewers at the time. Questions like \"How can it be permissible for two men to kiss in front of the camera?\" seemed omnipresent at the time and were taken up in the series by Else Kling, among others.<\/p>\n

But even (or perhaps precisely because?) Lindenstra\u00dfe has always been a series in which modern, contemporary themes played an important role, Georg Uecker also developed into one of Germany's best-known gay men of the time in the role of Carsten Fl\u00f6ter.<\/p>\n

Lindenstra\u00dfe and the LGBTQ scene<\/h2>\n

No question: a gay protagonist shocks very few people today. Even though there is certainly still a lot to be done with regard to the rights of gays (and lesbians) within society, a lot has changed over the course of time.<\/p>\n

However, a look at the scripts of the last few years showed that Lindenstra\u00dfe never stopped looking where the philistinism turned away. Until the end, not only homosexuality but also transsexuality played an important role.<\/p>\n

It almost seemed at times as if actors and scriptwriters didn't feel like dealing with annoying petty slogans on Facebook. Instead, it was about standing up for an important message. To make a statement.<\/p>\n

Accordingly, the question arises as to who will replace Lindenstra\u00dfe in the future? Who is to take over LGBTQ<\/a> Flagship of the Scene<\/a> by raising such \"uncomfortable\" issues for the rest of the world?<\/p>\n