Gay Oktoberfest is held each year on the Sunday of the opening weekend at the Wiesn fairgrounds’ Braeurosl tent
A blue checkered shirt, brown lederhosen shorts with embroidered braces and wild tufts of hot pink hair - James Rozeboom is ready to party Sunday at Gay Oktoberfest, which fought for a place at the table at Germany's giant beer festival.
Munich: A blue checkered shirt, brown lederhosen shorts with embroidered braces and wild tufts of hot pink hair — James Rozeboom is ready to party Sunday at Gay Oktoberfest, which fought for a place at the table at Germany’s giant beer festival.
After small beginnings three decades ago with just a few friends at one of the legendary beer tents, “Pink Wiesn” as it is known, has become a tradition at Munich's annual event, and a fixture on the global gay party calendar.
Soon after the opening Sunday morning, Los Angeles native Rozeboom, 30, toasted his wedding engagement just two days before with his fiance, Trent Dempsey, and two big glasses of German beer.
“I just love the fusion of the traditional with gay culture — it’s a wonderful feeling,” Rozeboom, a bar manager, said. “We didn't want to miss this while we were in Europe, especially after we got engaged,” added Dempsey, also sporting lederhosen hastily bought from a vendor at the main railway station.
Gay Oktoberfest is held each year on the Sunday of the opening weekend at the Wiesn fairgrounds’ Braeurosl tent. It started with a misunderstanding, when Munich Lions’ Club, a local gay fetish group, reserved a few tables at the tent and organisers mistook the name for a football team.
( Source : AFP )
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