Community
And which communities do you belong to? You can find diverse and varied perspectives on gay/queer communities here.
When Sven*, 32, meets Steffen*, who is two years younger, he already knows that Steffen is HIV-positive. They have now been a couple for eight years and have been partnered for two years. Axel Schock asked the two of them how they feel about the message that effective HIV treatment protects against transmission just as well as condoms.
Theo (name changed) is 42 years old. He has been a volunteer at the Berlin AIDS service organisation Aids-Hilfe for nine years, providing emotional support for people with HIV. A portrait by Moritz Krehl
Tom from Duisburg is only 53, but already retired. The reason: he contracted AIDS in 1994 and only just survived. Since the trained tax assistant has recovered, he has been involved with the AIDS organisation. Philip Eicker spoke to him about his voluntary work at Online Health Support (OHS), the health chat for gay men at Gayromeo.
Nico Woche (33) works as a freelance screenwriter. Since the end of 2010, he has been involved in the "Mobile Salon", a service offered by the gay counselling service in Berlin. Once a week, he visits Rainer* and keeps the 73-year-old company: the two of them have lunch together, go for a walk or just have a chat.
Holger is a volunteer counsellor at the Cologne AIDS service organisation. You can read why he volunteers here.
Volunteering has many faces. Today this one: Carsten Stock runs the football department at the Hamburg club Startschuss on a voluntary basis.
And so it was done: The highly controversial awarding of the compass pin to the news magazine DER SPIEGEL. What was the mood like? What did the award winners and laudator have to say about the months-long discussion surrounding this event? A report by Christian Scheuss.
