Freiheit für die Liebe (translated as Freedom to Love ) is a West German documentary-style film released on August 29, 1969
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Founded in 1970, HAW’s direct predecessor was the 1969 Berliner Homosexuellen-Arbeitskreis (BHA). In 1969, a small group of gay men (exclusively male, mostly students) began meeting privately in West Berlin to discuss political liberation, distinct from homophile assimilationism. Their use of “Freiheit für die Liebe” was radical: they rejected the idea that love must be heterosexual. Yet their circles were by gender (no lesbians until 1972) and class (academic). Lesbian activists later criticized that “Freiheit für die Liebe” in 1969 rarely included their love. Freiheit für die Liebe (translated as Freedom to