At the beginning of February, a multi-page article appeared in the magazine of the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” under the hashtag ActOut, in which 185 actors came out as lesbian, gay, transgender, intersexual or non-binary.
The tone of this joint appearance was impressively calm.
Nevertheless, this appearance has been causing dramatic conflicts and heated discussions in cultural life for several weeks, between actors, journalists, the lesbian and gay association and of course on Twitter - and most recently even ex-Bundestag President Wolfgang Thierse finds himself in the middle of a heated debate in the social Media again.
What has changed so that more and more people meet with hatred today?
People who up to now have actually advocated tolerance, understanding and democratic values together - of course, each in his own way, each in his “bubble”, driven by the individual's will for freedom and yet united by solidarity.