Bernd Gaiser was born in 1945 and is a gay activist and co-founder of the HAW (Homosexuelle Aktion Westberlin) and the SchwuZ. He was co-initiator of Berlin’s first CSD, as well as the queer multi-generation housing project Lebensort Vielfalt of the Berlin Gay Counselling Service. He is the author of "Die Farben der Haut oder Orte schwuler Selbstverwirklichung und Konfusion", which was published in 2016. Gaiser is the recipient of the Soul of Stonewall Award/lokal 2017.