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About Dachau
Dachau is a town just northwest of Munich and the seat of the district of the same name. It has no Pride march or street festival of its own, and there is no known local queer association that organises regular Pride events. People from Dachau who want to join a Pride celebration usually head into Munich, whose queer community services are within easy reach.
The town still matters for queer history. The Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site stands on the grounds of the former camp and documents the people who were imprisoned there. According to the memorial, the prisoner groups included homosexuals, whom the Nazis persecuted on grounds of racial ideology and so-called social hygiene. Visitors who want to learn more about this part of the persecution will find material on the history of the camp and portraits of individual prisoners on the memorial's website and on site.
Most support for queer people from Dachau is based in Munich. Sub, the city's gay and queer community centre on Müllerstraße, offers psychosocial counselling, evening counselling, legal advice, prevention and testing services and a café run entirely by volunteers, where people from across the region meet. Lesbian and queer women can turn to LeTRa, a Munich counselling centre that also supports lesbian refugees and lesbians with disabilities.
Individuals and groups from the district take part in events in Munich, and anyone who wants to get involved locally can contact the Munich counselling services, which are open to people from the surrounding area as well.
Dachau Pride – frequently asked questions
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