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Love Without Borders? Where Queerness Is (Not) Accepted Around the World
Not everywhere in the world can LGBTQIA+ people live openly, love freely, and be their authentic selves. While in many countries legal equality, Pride events, and LGBTQ-friendly societies are part of everyday life, others are still marked by discrimination, invisibility, or even persecution. According to the Gay Travel Index 2025 ...
Why Cologne Pride 2025 Felt Different
Hi, I’m Andi, and this year I had the chance to experience Cologne Pride 2025 in person. Maybe you were there too, or maybe not. Either way, you should definitely keep reading, because this year’s Pride Parade in Cologne was not just colorful, loud, and crowded as always. It felt ...
Transgender – The Journey to Your True Self
Defining gender based solely on external physical characteristics no longer reflects today’s standards. Gender and the identity that comes with it are, above all, what each individual feels and makes of it. This becomes especially important when a person’s outward appearance doesn’t align with how they truly see and feel ...
30 Years of Change in Sexuality, Self-Love and Education
Not only has pjur evolved over the past 30 years, but so have the topics of sexuality, self-love, and education. We are all approaching these aspects of love more openly than ever before, paying better attention to ourselves, and there is a much greater acceptance of diverse expressions of sexuality. ...
Asexuality – Everything You Need to Know
Asexuality is a sexual orientation that you may identify with if you experience no sexual attraction to people of the same or opposite sex. In fact, asexual people don’t usually have any desire to engage in sexual activity at all. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at the ...
The Magic of Drag: Glamour, Self-Expression and Culture
Nowadays, we’ve all heard the word “drag” or the phrase “drag queen”. They might even bring to mind a celebrity. “Drag” simply means that a person performs in female clothes and with exaggerated drag queen makeup. Today, queens are often seen as a voice for the entire LGBTQIA+ community. In ...
Safer Sex: Everything You Need to Know
What does personal responsibility mean to you? And how important is your health? These questions are critical if you want a fulfilled life. Today, we want to talk about something important that affects us all, regardless of our gender or stage of life: safer sex. Dive into the world of ...
Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation – Everything You Should Know
Non-binary, pansexual, intergender… maybe you’ve come across these expressions before. Society’s views on love, sex, and gender are undergoing a long-overdue seismic shift. Words like gender, sex, and sexual orientation are being thrown around and mixed up. And this is a problem – you can’t compare fish with birds. We ...
Love Has Many Faces – Have a Colorful and Free Start to Pride Month
June and July are all about the rainbow. The LGBTQIA+ community proudly and confidently celebrates its rights and visibility in society. But there is more to the countless colorful and exuberant parades than just rainbow fun. Homophobia and transphobia continue to be as pervasive as ever – even in Germany. ...
Bisexuality: It’s Not a Phase. It’s Pure Love
We believe that people should be free to live their sexuality on their own terms regardless of age, gender or lifestyle. However, people who openly embrace their sexuality often suffer stigma and discrimination. But we stand with them: Love is love and everyone deserves to be loved. Bisexuality is not ...