by Tutu Akinlabi

It seems that the lesbian community in Germany is not only seeking equality in life, they also want special treatment in death.

A new burial area created specially for lesbians is set to be introduced in the Berlin cemetery for the community to live together in the afterlife.

The reserved space is a 400-square-metre (4,300-square-foot) area of the Lutheran Georgen Parochial cemetery, established in Berlin in 1814. The plot is expected to house up to 80 graves.

The area was created by the Safia association, a national group primarily for elderly lesbians, and it is planned to be a space ‘where life and death connect, distinctive forms of cemetery culture can develop and where the lesbian community can live together in the afterlife.’

Strange, isn’t it?