在民主德国的意识形态将同性恋视为资产阶级道德腐朽的残余的情况下，男同性恋如何且如何得以生活在民主德国的社会主义环境中？尽管同性恋自五十年代以来已摆脱法律惩罚，但环境的谴责以及顺应社会和性自由造成的压力依然存在。影片中包括作为个人主义者的理发师、曾建立同性恋协会的东德网络的神职人员等六名不同背景的男性公开谈论各自的社会经验和情爱经历，反映其以不同的生存手段和调节策略独自或共同应对自己性取向的过程。

More than two decades ago, a country in Europe existed that marked the border to a different political and economic system, yet was the very heart of the continent. This country called the German Democratic Republic, made Socialism a reality and was home to 17 million people. Born in the deep eastern provinces, Ringo Rösener witnessed East Germany's collapse as a nation. Ringing in the new millennium, he leaves his hometown of Anklam to live out his homosexuality – something he had never dared to do. Would an openly gay life even have been possible in the real Socialist system? Ringo Rösener meets six gay men who lived in the GDR. Some of them speak openly about their sexuality for the first time in their lives. Little by little, they open up, share their stories, and talk about their lives in the supposedly uniform state.

Die Freiheit, so zu sein, wie man ist, ist auch heute nicht selbstverständlich. Aber wie schwer war es, in der DDR anders zu sein - schwul zum Beispiel?