{"id":1644,"date":"2026-01-29T10:50:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T10:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relaunch.kinky-berlin.info\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T23:02:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T23:02:37","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/relaunch.kinky-berlin.info\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1644\" class=\"elementor elementor-1644 elementor-1642\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-826047a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"826047a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74b8b4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"74b8b4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About us<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa541b1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"aa541b1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74f29627 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74f29627\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>You&#8217;re crazy, my child, you have to go to Berlin.<\/em><\/p><p>Individual freedom for self-expression is the spirit of Berlin. Protecting and promoting this spirit is the mission of Kinky Berlin e.V. <\/p><p>We are Berlin kinkers: designers, event organisers, coaches, retailers and artists. We live the Berlin dream and ensure that Berlin remains an attractive city. <\/p><p>Over 12 million visitors come to Berlin every year to discover themselves. They dance the night away with strangers who become friends. They have seen so many other crazy \u2018children\u2019 that they no longer need courage to open up. What breaks conventions elsewhere is culture in Berlin. We at Kinky Berlin work in this culture every day and understand that our interests are Berlin&#8217;s interests.    <\/p><p>So that in the future, everyone in Berlin can be happy in their own way.<\/p><h2>Our History<\/h2><p>The association was founded by Tonia Merz.<\/p><p>Tonia established her corset manufacturer To.mto Berlin in 2002. She was firmly rooted in the tradition of the wild 1920s and embodied it from head to toe. <\/p><p>Her sudden death in 2024 from a brain haemorrhage came as a great shock to the entire community. But she created something that will remain. Her spirit lives on in her corset factory and in Kinky Berlin e.V. Her passion for beautiful things, her fire for tolerance and respect, and her sense of decency in the indecent live on in us.   <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f374207 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f374207\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbca8e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cbca8e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>KINKY BERLIN e.V. is the network for Berlin&#8217;s sex-positive creative industries and kink labels.<\/b><b><\/b><\/p><p>Together, we represent Berlin&#8217;s BDSM, fetish, and sex-positive subcultures and connect our scenes.<\/p><p>We share know-how &amp; resources and promote cooperative marketing, events &amp; projects.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span><\/p><p>Our goal is to convey a positive image of sexual and gender diversity, as well as to reduce prejudice in public opinion.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab5c6cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ab5c6cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/relaunch.kinky-berlin.info\/en\/become-a-member\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Become a member<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About us You&#8217;re crazy, my child, you have to go to Berlin. 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