How Queer Shadow Networks Gain Access to German Students
German schools are increasingly hosting taxpayer-funded "queer workshops" where adolescents meet alone with activists, a practice backed by academic studies recommending teacher absence.
According to Junge Freiheit, which has conducted an undercover investigation into the phenomenon, these workshops are increasingly legitimized by academic studies that actively recommend the absence of teaching staff as a “quality criterion” for such sessions.
The investigation, the second part of a broader exposé, takes readers to Bremen, where the organization “Rat&Tat-Zentrum für Queeres Leben” (Advice&Action Center for Queer Life) conducts such workshops for schoolchildren. The theoretical foundation for excluding teachers comes from a study by Humboldt University Berlin titled “Quality Characteristics of Queer Educational Work,” published by the federal association “Queere Bildung.” The study concluded that workshops function best when “teachers are not present.”
Nearly Half a Million Euros in Annual Funding
The Bremen Senate is spending lavishly on this form of ideological education. The “Rat&Tat” activists receive just under half a million euros annually from taxpayers for their “educational work.” Despite supposed budget constraints, the funding is actually increasing: from 446,000 euros in 2025 to nearly 474,000 euros in 2026, with 482,000 euros projected for 2027. Additional project-based funding comes from the federal “Democracy Lives!” program housed in the Family Ministry under Karin Prien (CDU), amounting to a mid-five-figure sum.
Yet activists want more. During undercover conversations with the organization’s activists in Bremen’s “Viertel” district where the group is headquartered, they demanded “long-term budget commitments” and “reliable and permanent institutional funding in the state budget” so that so-called specialists “can also be employed in the long term.”
The workshop organizers have ambitious plans: they want their “instruction” permanently anchored in Bremen’s curriculum and mandatory training in “queer life realities” for all teachers.
Headquartered in Antifa Stronghold
The location of “Rat&Tat” is revealing. The organization sits at Theodor-Körner-Straße 1, in the heart of an Antifa stronghold in Bremen’s “Viertel” district. The graffiti-covered building also houses “Café Kweer,” a gathering point for the LGBTQ scene. Nearly opposite is the Golden Shop, a far-left bookstore that recently made national headlines when Culture Minister Wolfram Weimer removed it from the nomination list for the German Bookstore Prize due to doubts about its constitutional loyalty.
The “Rat&Tat” office is located directly at the Sielwall intersection, a central gathering point for left-wing autonomous demonstrations and rallies. The origins of this arrangement lie in the organization’s history: it emerged in the early 1980s from the “Homosexual Action” movement and the left-alternative scene. That same scene now instructs children and teenagers unsupervised about sexual diversity and queer ideology.
Munich Project Targets Older Students
In Munich, the “diversity@School” project operates similarly to “Rat&Tat,” though it focuses on students from eighth grade onward rather than fifth grade. The project is run by Diversity München e.V., which receives 100,000 euros annually in subsidies from the city of Munich. The organization is located on Blumenstraße 11, near the Viktualienmarkt, one of Munich’s most prestigious addresses. It also operates a youth center there, providing additional contact opportunities with minors beyond school workshops.
When an undercover reporter attempted to investigate the queer center’s surroundings, access was denied. A person who appeared female but spoke with a male voice stated that “young people should be exclusively among themselves here; this is a retreat space for them.” When asked for informational materials, the person claimed none were available, though after persistent requests, a brochure was eventually produced. The reluctance is noteworthy for what is supposed to be a center of the queer community where abundant informational material should be readily available.
Network of Subsidized Organizations
Also at the Munich location is the Aufklärungsprojekt München e.V. (Munich Enlightenment Project), which conducts queer workshops in schools throughout the Bavarian capital and Upper Bavaria. The city of Munich subsidizes this organization as well, with 145,000 euros flowing annually into its coffers. This taxpayer money finances three part-time positions for so-called “teamers” who conduct the workshops and have direct contact with students.
The queer education scene operates fundamentally as a network structure with various umbrella organizations coordinating local groups across Germany.
With information from Junge Freiheit
