#actout

[screwtheprinceimtakingthehorse]

gonna start working on a video about #actout, the initiative of 185 queer german actors that launched in february 2021 to assert their presence and participation in the german tv, film, and theatre industry.

i want to know what, if anything, has materially changed in terms of casting and industry attitudes; i'll also summarise what the initiative is, who's in it, its goals, and public/critical reception at the time to catch everyone up.

aside from material conditions, what's most interesting to me in looking at this is the tension between wanting equity, needing more queer stories told by queer creatives, the power of visibility and representation, and the notion that complete freedom & unconditional support necessitate that no-one owe the public their coming-out in order to participate (regardless of whether visibility might be dangerous). the goal is for no-one to be excluded, for no-one to be pigeonholed: focusing on (a series of) individuals and forcing them out of or back into the closet in the name of queer liberation is useless and will not change the system. that's why these 185 came out together.

tl;dr the german theatre gays unionised and i want to know what's come of it

#actout #german stuff #lgbtqia #queer

[100gayicons]

Congratulations to Vladimir Burlakov who celebrated his professional coming out along with 185 other German LTBG+ performers.

Burlakov was born in Moscow and moved to Germany in 1996. Ten years later he was studying at Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts. After graduating he began accepting guest and recurring roles on German TV.

Burlakov had been open about his sexuality with family and close friends, but not within the film industry. He became aware that he was subconsciously hiding being gay with producers and casting agents. He asked himself if maybe that’s why he didn’t get certain roles.

“I couldn’t be myself – and that’s why I had to break free.”

He decided to participate in Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazine’s 2021 declaration by 185 German LGBT+ performers to demand more recognition and diversity in theatre, film and television.

Vladimir isn’t afraid of negative consequences:

“I don’t worry. I’m still the same person and actor as yesterday and last week and two weeks ago and I believe that the people who believing in my talent will continue to cast me as an actor and not who I go to bed with.”

Burlakov celebrated his coming out shortly afterward by walking the red carpet with his partner Martin at the “GQ Men of the Year” gala in Berlin.

“It was not as exciting as I thought, because it was normal for me to have a nice evening with my partner,

Burlakov can be seen by audiences in the US in the Netflix series “Kleo” where he plays a very straight handler of German Stassi assassins.

#gay icons #Vladimir Burlakov #German actor #Süddeutsche Zeitung #Actout #kleo on Netflix

[leighrachelfaith]

Every bath you take, I’ll be watching you.🎵🐾🖤 . #maverick #lovehim #shihtzu #love #shihtzunation #shihtzusofinstagram #shihtzulovers #shihtzulove #dog #dogsofinstagram #actress #actout #producer #leighrachelfaith #dogmom #unleighshed https://www.instagram.com/p/ConlLGNp-gO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#maverick #lovehim #shihtzu #love #shihtzunation #shihtzusofinstagram #shihtzulovers #shihtzulove #dog #dogsofinstagram #actress #actout #producer #leighrachelfaith #dogmom #unleighshed

[quirinah]

doing this really cool thing in darkest dungeon lately called forgetting to check any of my character's stats before embarking

#my bounty hunter kept failing his bleed check from wyrd reconstruction and missing all his blows and struggling everywhere and i was like #whats with the rng today??????????? (nervous bleeder) (hemophilia) #quirinahscreams #i think weald in general just has Not Been going great for me my flagellant hit deaths door like 8 times last run #everyone was really low health and i didnt have any antivenom so he kept taking damage and hit deaths door three times in one corridor #which got everyone back up to full health nicely HAHAHAHA #i also got a heart shaped dungeon generation.......... #BUT I FINALLY CLEARED THE STUPID ANCESTORS PEN QUEST RAGHHHHHH (everyone went afflicted) #this game is evil thou bc i see the afflicted stats on paper and its like oh not Too Horrible! i guess #and then my shieldbreaker had a heart attack because she kept refusing jesters stress heals. etto....... #my heroes tend to go selfish a lot.....i wish they went more courageous when virtous bc stress heal actouts sound so nice... #but then again my abusive shieldbreaker somehow got us thru miller (increased dmg) so watever -_-

[berg-gry]

Diversity win! Der Nachfolger von Herr Paschulke in Löwenzahn ist gay!

Die Darsteller [Daniel] Zillmann und [Knut] Berger haben beide bei der ActOut-Kampagne mitgewirkt, bei der sich vor rund zwei Jahren 185 queere Schauspieler*innen geoutet hatten. (x)

Hier gibt's die Folge :)

#lieben wir doch #löwenzahn #german stuff

[wonderpommey]

NGL “Roman Roy always gets it wrong and has a micro-dick” hits different in an episode where he tries to normo-fuck his normo-match, dismisses the quasi love of his life as “phsychosexual hangups and actouts” (never mind that Logan iced her out for this, fired her, she gets jabbed by her co-workers about it) and then tries to fully kill her and leave her in the dust because he thinks she'll never take him and his potency seriously.

And is driven past a giant "moron" poster. they really didn't go for subtetly in that one!

#roman roy #succession hbo #I wonder when they knew they were cutting Tabs #She's not at the funeral #he's acting heartbroken angry and sad after Gerri breaks up in episode 7 #romangerri #tabitha succession

[eohachu]

hey na? warum hat mir denn noch niemand gesagt, dass Daniel Zillmann (aka Dino Callas) 2021 im Rahmen von #actout sein coming out hatte?

#. oder war das common knowledge #. sorry aber jede*r queere deutsche Schauspieler*in ist für mich persönlich wichtig ok #spatort #tatort saarbrücken #daniel zillmann #spatort 2020 #der fluch des geldes 2024 #r.txt

[letsbealone-together]

Sonntag 👀

#mehr Rep ist immer gerne gesehen #bin gespannt #tatort #queer #spatort #polizeiruf #der nächste Tatort auf der Watchlist #who would have thought 🤔

[cookiekobold]

I dislike and make fun of german TV and Til Schweiger-films as much as any other german. However, I hate 'I didn't know Germany even had 185 actors'-jokes! Because they hurt. Especially now, they hurt so much. Why, you ask?

I work at a theatre. (Behind the scenes, not as an actor, but still) Right now, I have a front row seat watching the german theater, music and art scene die.

Yes, Germany has more than 185 actors. (And more than 185 of them are Queer). And right now, they are desperate.

The lucky ones are employed at city or state funded theatres, same goes for stage technicians or musicians in orchestras. We will probably survive, because we get 'Kurzarbeit'. (Thought we do have to fight even in normal years to get funding, so I wouldn't be suprised if some cities use this as an excuse to close their theatres for good)

The unlucky ones are self-employed and work contract-to-contract. Contracts that do not exist right now. Same goes for musicians, roadies, stage technicians,...

You can apply for 'Coronahilfen' for running costs like rent for office space or paying wages. Running costs that these people do not have. An actors running costs are the food they eat and the rent for the space they live in. (EDIT: seems like the newest 'Überbrückungshilfe III' is also available for 'Soloselbstständige'. Small progress I guess)

There are businesses like clubs or indipendant theatres that do qualify for 'Coronahilfen', but often they get too little, too late.

So, how can you help?

1)Please, please, when this is all over, go to your local theatre, go see a live band, visit a museum exhibition,...

  1a) Buy tickets for shows now (even if they might be rescheduled) or gift vouchers for theatres/clubs/etc.

   1b) If you think that theatre is boring and old fashioned, try a different one or even just a different play (often plays that are not 'Deutschunterichtlektüre' are more diverse and creative, because we don't need to pander to german teachers)

Same goes for indipendant theatres, they are often more experimental and modern than city theatres.

2) Interact with us! We love feedback! In my theatre, there is a pin board where all e-mails etc. that reach us are hung up. Tell us when you liked/disliked a play! (And why) Tell us when there was an aspect you want to see more often!

In general, we want to make art that is well recieved and liked by the public. So we need feedback to adjust our repertoire. (Just don't expect imidiate change, in general the schedule is planed a year in advance.)

3) Check out #AlarmstufeRot (mostly on twitter) and alarmstuferot(.)org

It is an alliance of people and companies in the event industry that try to get the governement to listen to their struggles right now.

4) Many theatres have uploaded online content, maybe check your local theatres website.

5) Indipendant theatres and other culture centeres are sometimes organised as a 'Verein'. Check out wether there are any around you and become a member.

I'm sorry for ranting, it's just that I love theatre and live music and I'm so tired of the uncertainty that I've been living with for a year now and watching my friends struggle.

#Germany #AlarmstufeRot #die Gesamtsituation #loosely connected to #ActOut #keine Ahnung warum ich das auf Englisch geschrieben hab #german stuff #Ich liebe Theater #und ich hab Angst um die deutsche Kulturszene #Sehr theaterfokussiert #aber gilt auch für Livekonzerte etc #tumblr killed my formatting

[grace-and-ace]

185 Queer actors in Germany came out together!

There aren’t many English articles but here is one I found. Below is their official manifesto, originally in German, it can be toggled to several languages:

#actout #queer #lesbian #gay #intersex #trans #nonbinary #biseuxal #Germany #international news

[proudofmygeneration]

#ActOut

Thinking about the fact that 185 (!!!) German actors and actresses collectively came out as gay, lesbian, transgender, bisexual, queer, or nonbinary in one of the biggest newspapers. What a f*cking power move, holy shit.

Also thinking about the fact that some of them are in their 70s and haven’t spoken publicly about their sexuality until now. Can you imagine what that must feel like? To keep your sexuality a secret for 20, 40, maybe 50 years, and now, finally, feel like you can walk a red carpet with your same-sex partner?

And thinking specifically about the importance of Mark Waschke coming out.

Why him? Two reasons.

1)     He is in the most popular German cop-show (Tatort) and played Noah in DARK, and is therefore one of the most high-profile actors to sign the manifest.

2)     He is married to a woman.

His situation is different to that of many of the others, who felt like they had to hide their partners to be perceived as “straight” or “desirable to the opposite sex” (this was mostly a concern for young actresses, which, yikes). But he didn’t “have to” come out, like, he can talk about his partner without outing himself, he seems straight to an unknowing audience, and still, STILL, he chose to come out, because this is not about relationships dammit, this is about identity. And I think that’s super important, for an established, “straight-passing” (yikes) actor to come out and say he is part of this community, and basically show that LGBTQ+ people have been on our screens for ages and we didn’t know and it doesn’t matter and, like they say in the article “we are already here”.

#actout

(please note that his sexuality is not specified in the manifesto. All we know is that he is not straight. Speculation isn’t helpful)

#LGBT #Actout #Mark Waschke #lgbtq #dark netflix #tatort #mine

[leighrachelfaith]

True love 💜🤍💙 . #mowiewowie #loveher #shihtzu #love #shihtzunation #shihtzusofinstagram #shihtzulovers #shihtzulove #dog #dogsofinstagram #actress #actout #producer #leighrachelfaith #dogmom #unleighshed https://www.instagram.com/p/CoSuO17JFu_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#mowiewowie #loveher #shihtzu #love #shihtzunation #shihtzusofinstagram #shihtzulovers #shihtzulove #dog #dogsofinstagram #actress #actout #producer #leighrachelfaith #dogmom #unleighshed

[ageofconnor]

“We are already here”

This week 185 German actors came out as lesbian, gay, bi, trans, non-binary, queer.

Instagram: @actout_manifest

Also check out the website, where you can download their manifesto in more than 15 languages: http://act-out.org/

#coming out #gay #lesbian #trans #non bianry #biseuxal #actor #actors #pride #germany #actout #queer

[berg-gry]

Warum hab ich jetzt das Gefühl, dass es sich (auch) am Tatort aus Saarbrücken zeigen wird, ob die Öffentlich-Rechtlichen zuhören und die Forderungen der Schauspieler*innen umsetzen oder ob sie es weiterhin verkacken...?

#tatort #tatort saarbrücken #karin hanczewski #mark waschke #actout #ich glaub at some point hab ich bei den ÖR produktionen einfach aufgegeben #gerade tatort hat mich so enttäuscht irgendwann weil mein herz überall queer rep gesehen hat aber es immer so scheiße war #der artikel ist leider hinter pay-wall #hab also nur paar zitate gelesen aber das tut echt weh #und jetzt zu erfahren dass mindestens zwei dieser tatort kommissar*innen selbst lgbtq+ sind #gedanken #ignore my rambling #german stuff #mein beitrag zu dieser sendung

[everything-maxriemelt]

“Wir sind schon da” - 185 lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, non binary and trans actors in Germany share a coming out day in Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin this month ❤️🌈

#actout

Power in numbers

#actout #germany #süddeutsche zeitung

[all-chickens-are-trans]

Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin - “Wir sind schon da”

Am 5. Februar gab es in der Magazin-Beilage der Süddeutschen Zeitung einen großen Beitrag zur Initiative #actout, wo sich 185 Schauspieler*innen zu einem Massen-Coming Out zusammengeschlossen haben. Der Artikel ist hinter einer Paywall - ich habe euch hier den gesamten Artikel gescannt und verlinkt, weil ich den Inhalt zu wichtig finde, um ihn nur gegen Geld verfügbar zu machen (hoffentlich verklagt mich niemensch lol). Im Artikel gibt es wichtige Statements von ein paar der Schauspieler*innen zu Sexualität, Geschlecht, Mehrfachdiskriminierung im Zusammenhang mit Rassismus, Ableismus und Sexismus, Forderungen für Film, Fernsehen und Bühne in Deutschland, und ein paar persönliche Erfahrungen. Das ist eine große Sache und ich hoffe, dass all das nicht allzu schnell wieder in der Versenkung verschwindet, sondern im Gegenteil, ganz viel anstößt!

#germany #deutschland #queer germany #actout #my posts