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Wowereit: Being gay is still taboo for many people
Klaus Wowereit’s sentence “I’m gay and that’s a good thing” is legendary. A lot has happened socially since then. Not enough, however, believes the former mayor of Berlin.
“After Hitzlsperger, even after the end of his career, no one has really come out yet and that’s because the environment is not prepared for it.” Thomas Hitzlsperger came out in 2014 after the end of his career. If you hear swear words in the dressing room of youth teams, “how can a young person who is just experiencing their sexuality during puberty and realizes that they may be different from the others have the courage to come out? That won’t happen happen,” said Wowereit.
Wowereit turns 70 on Sunday and, in the rbb 88.8 broadcast, wished, among other things, that “humanity would finally become wiser.” He has the impression that society is declining again and that there is a lot of irrationality.