Pubic Politics in Homosexual Action Groups in 1970s West Germany
Hauke Branding How should a leftist style their pubic hair? The question might seem bizarre and frivolous, but to gay liberation activists in West Germany during the 1970s, it was anything but. When I accidentally came across this undated leaflet (most …
How should a leftist style their pubic hair? The question might seem bizarre and frivolous, but to gay liberation activists in West Germany during the 1970s, it was anything but. When I accidentally came across this undated leaflet (most likely from 1977/78) by the Aktionsgruppe Homosexualität Osnabrück, AHO (Action Group Homosexuality Osnabrück), it struck me as a noteworthy and provocative example of how activists playfully approached gay politics of the time. The leaflet's eye-catching and provocative illustration helped to draw attention to the group and define its membership as pluralist: "we are: gays, faggots, assfuckers, cocksuckers, bisexuals – in all positions (professionally as well as socially). Partly red, partly green (not brown), but immensely alternative, progressive, and fiercely liberal."
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