Same sex activity was "alternatively viewed as a remnant of bourgeois decadence, a sign of moral weakness, and a threat to the social and political health of the nation".
In September 2020, the German Government issued a formal apology for past anti-gay discrimination in the military.
In May 2019, , the and proposed a joint legislative initiative to amend Article 3 of the to ban discrimination on grounds of "sexual identity" sexuelle Identität.
In Deutschland wurde die Serie von , später auch von , , und ausgestrahlt.