{"id":75123,"date":"2026-03-27T10:46:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T08:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/?post_type=magazin&#038;p=75123"},"modified":"2026-09-26T08:18:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T06:18:04","slug":"the-king-of-biros","status":"publish","type":"magazin","link":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/collecting\/the-king-of-biros\/","title":{"rendered":"The king of biros: 200,000 ballpoint pens in one collection"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"cover--lead-in has-spacing--m\">\r\n\r\n    \r\n    <div class=\"cover--lead-in__content typo--tiempos\">\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"entry-categories\">\n\t<a class=\"post__tag\" href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine-category\/collecting\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Collecting<\/a><\/div>\r\n        <h2 class=\"cover--lead-in__headline headline-size--s\">\r\n            The king of biros: 200,000 ballpoint pens in one collection        <\/h2>\r\n\r\n                    <div class=\"cover--lead-in__text\">\r\n                <p>Clicky pens, special editions, promotional freebies: Heinz-Hermann has them all. The story of the biro, from Budapest to Brockel.<br \/>\n<strong>By <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/inga-kloeber\/\">Inga Kl\u00f6ber<\/a> (photos), <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/tosha-hausmann\/\">Tosha Hausmann<\/a> (text)<\/strong><\/p>\n            <\/div>\r\n        \r\n                    <div class=\"cover--lead-in__author\">\r\n                \r\n                    \r\n                            <figure class=\"cover--lead-in__author__image\">\r\n\r\n                                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/tosha-hausmann\/\" target=\"\">\r\n                                \r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z633235-2-68x68.png\"\r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z633235-2-68x68.png 68w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z633235-2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z633235-2-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z633235-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z633235-2-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z633235-2-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z633235-2-1400x1401.png 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z633235-2-1050x1051.png 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z633235-2-670x670.png 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z633235-2-420x420.png 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z633235-2-350x350.png 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z633235-2-52x52.png 52w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z633235-2-96x96.png 96w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Z633235-2.png 1830w\"\r\n                                    width=\"68\"\r\n                                    height=\"68\"\r\n                                    alt=\"Black-and-white photo of Tosha Hausmann sitting on a chair.\"\r\n                                \/>\r\n\r\n                                                                    <\/a>\r\n                                \r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                    \r\n                            <figure class=\"cover--lead-in__author__image\">\r\n\r\n                                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/inga-kloeber\/\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n                                \r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeberPortrait-1-68x68.jpg\"\r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeberPortrait-1-68x68.jpg 68w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeberPortrait-1-52x52.jpg 52w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeberPortrait-1-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeberPortrait-1.jpg 100w\"\r\n                                    width=\"68\"\r\n                                    height=\"68\"\r\n                                    alt=\"\"\r\n                                \/>\r\n\r\n                                                                    <\/a>\r\n                                \r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                                    <\/div><!-- .cover--lead-in__author -->\r\n        \r\n    <\/div><!-- .cover--lead-in__content -->\r\n\r\n    \r\n        <figure class=\"cover--lead-in__image cover--lead-in__media cover--lead-in__media--image\">\r\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\r\n                src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sammeln-4_Inga-Kloeber-1920x1280.jpg\"\r\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sammeln-4_Inga-Kloeber-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sammeln-4_Inga-Kloeber-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sammeln-4_Inga-Kloeber-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sammeln-4_Inga-Kloeber-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sammeln-4_Inga-Kloeber-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sammeln-4_Inga-Kloeber-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sammeln-4_Inga-Kloeber-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sammeln-4_Inga-Kloeber-670x447.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sammeln-4_Inga-Kloeber-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sammeln-4_Inga-Kloeber-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sammeln-4_Inga-Kloeber-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sammeln-4_Inga-Kloeber.jpg 2000w\"\r\n                width=\"1920\"\r\n                height=\"1280\"\r\n                alt=\"Close-up of a multi-tiered shelf holding brightly coloured boxes, each filled to the brim with ballpoint pens.\"\r\n                style=\"object-position: 50.33% 17%\"\r\n            \/>\r\n        <\/figure>\r\n\r\n        \r\n    \r\n<\/div><!-- .cover--lead-in -->\r\n\r\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--default\"><strong>Hungary, 1938<\/strong>: the story is quickly told. L\u00e1szl\u00f3 B\u00edr\u00f3 is fed up with blotchy fountain pens. He wants something faster and, above all, smoother. A game of marbles provides the inspiration and \u2013 bingo \u2013 the first ballpoint pen is patented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--m\">The invention of the ballpoint was a small revolution. A simple little ball replaced leaking ink and bent metal nibs. In 1943 B\u00edr\u00f3 sold the patent, and shortly afterwards the British military was using the new technology too \u2013 after all, a ballpoint still works at altitude. In no time the new pen found its way into everyday life, and today it&#8217;s hard to imagine being without one.<\/p>\n\n\n    <figure class=\"block-photo post__image--wide-left has-spacing--m no-title\">\n\n        <div class=\"post__image__container\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \n                src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sammeln-4_Inga-Kloeber-1050x700.jpg\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sammeln-4_Inga-Kloeber-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sammeln-4_Inga-Kloeber-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sammeln-4_Inga-Kloeber-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sammeln-4_Inga-Kloeber-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sammeln-4_Inga-Kloeber-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sammeln-4_Inga-Kloeber-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sammeln-4_Inga-Kloeber-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sammeln-4_Inga-Kloeber-670x447.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sammeln-4_Inga-Kloeber-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sammeln-4_Inga-Kloeber-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sammeln-4_Inga-Kloeber-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sammeln-4_Inga-Kloeber.jpg 2000w\"\n                width=\"1050\" \n                height=\"700\"\n                alt=\"Close-up of a multi-tiered shelf holding brightly coloured boxes, each filled to the brim with ballpoint pens.\" \n            \/>\n            \n                    <\/div><!-- post__image__container -->\n\n                    <figcaption class=\"post__image__caption--soehne\"><p><strong>In Heinz-Hermann Bending\u2019s<\/strong> cellar, his collection is stacked to the ceiling in brightly coloured storage boxes. Every single pen is carefully sorted by type and catalogued.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n        \n    <\/figure><!-- post__image -->\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--m\">Whether it&#8217;s a chunky four-colour pen or a tacky promotional freebie \u2013 we all have one: a favourite pen. But which one is actually \u2018the best\u2019? In April 2025 the FAZ&#8217;s product-testing site named the \u2018Pelikan Jazz Noble Elegance\u2019 its test winner.&nbsp; For \u20ac10 you can treat yourself to this \u2018elegant-looking\u2019 ballpoint. The budget pick, at \u20ac2.99, is the Schneider Slider Rave XB. And if you like things pricey, the \u2018Graf von Faber-Castell Pen of the Year 2022 Aztec Rollerball \u2013 Limited Edition\u2019 is currently on offer for \u20ac4,675&nbsp;\u2013 though only 125 were made. Better be quick!<br><br>Even writing beyond Earth has been catered for. The \u2018Fisher Astronaut Space Pen\u2019 was developed especially for astronauts. The refill is made entirely of metal and is so robust that neither Arctic cold of \u221245&nbsp;\u00b0C nor tropical heat of +120&nbsp;\u00b0C can harm it. The world&#8217;s largest working ballpoint doesn&#8217;t quite make it into space: in April 2011 Acharya Makunuri Srinivasa set a Guinness World Record with a pen five and a half metres long and weighing 37.23 kilograms.<br><br>But however ubiquitous the ballpoint may be, for some people it becomes their life&#8217;s work.<\/p>\n\n\n \n\n<div class=\"photo-grid grid-layout--tableau has-spacing--m\">\n\n            \n\n            <div class=\"photo-grid__image\">\n\n                <figure>\n\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \n                        src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber6-768x1152.jpeg\" \n                        srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber6-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber6-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber6-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber6-1024x1536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber6-1365x2048.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber6-1920x2880.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber6-1400x2100.jpeg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber6-1050x1575.jpeg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber6-670x1005.jpeg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber6-420x630.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber6-350x525.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber6-300x450.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber6-150x225.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber6-scaled.jpeg 1707w\" \n                        width=\"768\"  \n                        height=\"1152\" \n                        alt=\"\"  \n                    \/>\n\n                    \n                                            <figcaption class=\"photo-grid__image__caption--soehne\"><p><strong>Heinz-Hermann Bending<\/strong> collects ballpoint pens and shares his home with 200,160 of them.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n                    \n                <\/figure>\n\n            <\/div><!-- photo-grid__image -->    \n\n\n            \n\n                    \n                \n\n            <div class=\"photo-grid__image\">\n\n                <figure>\n\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \n                        src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber8-768x512.jpeg\" \n                        srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber8-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber8-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber8-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber8-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber8-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber8-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber8-1400x933.jpeg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber8-1050x700.jpeg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber8-670x447.jpeg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber8-420x280.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber8-350x233.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber8-150x100.jpeg 150w\" \n                        width=\"768\"  \n                        height=\"512\" \n                        alt=\"\"  \n                    \/>\n\n                    \n                                            <figcaption class=\"photo-grid__image__caption--soehne\"><p><strong>Thanks to newspaper articles and<\/strong> a TV documentary, Bending is no longer an unknown.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n                    \n                <\/figure>\n\n            <\/div><!-- photo-grid__image -->    \n\n\n            \n\n                    \n                \n\n            <div class=\"photo-grid__image\">\n\n                <figure>\n\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \n                        src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber1-768x512.jpeg\" \n                        srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber1-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber1-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber1-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber1-1400x933.jpeg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber1-1050x700.jpeg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber1-670x447.jpeg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber1-420x280.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber1-350x233.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IngaKloeber1-150x100.jpeg 150w\" \n                        width=\"768\"  \n                        height=\"512\" \n                        alt=\"\"  \n                    \/>\n\n                    \n                                            <figcaption class=\"photo-grid__image__caption--soehne\"><p><strong>Most pens find<\/strong> their way into the collection quite naturally: friends, acquaintances and strangers regularly drop off new ones at Heinz-Hermann\u2019s door.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n                    \n                <\/figure>\n\n            <\/div><!-- photo-grid__image -->    \n\n\n            \n\n            \n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"devider has-spacing--none\">\n    <hr>\n<\/div>\n\n\n \n    \n    <div id=\"quote-block_99abd5fcbf83aad6619523ad765e551b\" class=\"block-quote has-spacing--m\">\n        <figure class=\"quote\">\n            <blockquote>\n                <p><strong>At Christmas I&#8217;d have<\/strong> loved to lock myself away and sort biros.<\/p>\n            <\/blockquote>\n\n            <figcaption>\n\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"portrait--inline\" src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Bildschirmfoto-2025-11-30-um-18.45.53-52x52.png\" width=\"52\" height=\"52\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                            <span>Heinz-Hermann Bendig<\/span>\n            <\/figcaption>\n            \n        <\/figure>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--default\"><strong>In Brockel, a village of 1,359 people,<\/strong> lives Heinz-Hermann Bendig \u2013 together with 200,160 ballpoint pens.<strong> <\/strong>In theory, this passionate collector could give one to every resident of Potsdam and still have plenty left over. <br><br>His treasures are stacked up to the ceiling in colourful storage boxes. Every single pen is carefully sorted and catalogued by type. Yet he doesn&#8217;t spend a penny on his hobby. Most of the pens find their way into his collection quite naturally: friends, acquaintances and strangers regularly drop off new specimens at Heinz-Hermann&#8217;s door. Even the SPD politician Lars Klingbeil has sent one along with his regards. <br><br>And if a particular pen is still missing, the collector is well connected: once a year there&#8217;s a ballpoint swap fair, and of course Heinz-Hermann is a member of the \u2018Club der Kugelschreibersammler\u2019, the club for ballpoint pen collectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-spacing--default has-spacing--default\">\n<div class=\"devider has-spacing--none\">\n    <hr>\n<\/div>\n\n\n \n\n    <div id=\"lead-in-block_aed00b7fe9130781c75dfcb25227d233\" class=\"block-lead-in typo--default font-size--xl has-spacing--s width--default\">\n        <p><strong>Recommended by the editors:<\/strong><\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"teaser-grid grid-layout--3col has-spacing--s width--inline\">\r\n\r\n            \r\n                <article class=\"post-teaser\">\r\n\r\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/collecting\/the-worlds-largest-playmobil-collection\/\" rel=\"permalink\">\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"post-teaser__content\">\r\n\r\n                            <span class=\"entry-categories\">Collecting<\/span>\r\n                            <h3 class=\"post-teaser__headline\">\r\n                                The world&#8217;s largest Playmobil collection: 400,000 figures                            <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                            <div class=\"post-teaser__excerpt\">\r\n                                <p>It all began in a child&#8217;s bedroom \u2013 today Oliver Schaffer owns the world&#8217;s largest Playmobil collection, with more than 400,000 figures. A visit to his high-bay warehouse.<\/p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                        <\/div><!-- .post-teaser__content -->\r\n\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                            <figure class=\"post-teaser__image\">\r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/20241212_FR87726-Playmobilbauer-\u00a9Felix-Kaspar-Rosic_4000px-768x614.jpg\" \r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/20241212_FR87726-Playmobilbauer-\u00a9Felix-Kaspar-Rosic_4000px-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/20241212_FR87726-Playmobilbauer-\u00a9Felix-Kaspar-Rosic_4000px-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/20241212_FR87726-Playmobilbauer-\u00a9Felix-Kaspar-Rosic_4000px-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/20241212_FR87726-Playmobilbauer-\u00a9Felix-Kaspar-Rosic_4000px-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/20241212_FR87726-Playmobilbauer-\u00a9Felix-Kaspar-Rosic_4000px-1920x1536.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/20241212_FR87726-Playmobilbauer-\u00a9Felix-Kaspar-Rosic_4000px-1400x1120.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/20241212_FR87726-Playmobilbauer-\u00a9Felix-Kaspar-Rosic_4000px-1050x840.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/20241212_FR87726-Playmobilbauer-\u00a9Felix-Kaspar-Rosic_4000px-670x536.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/20241212_FR87726-Playmobilbauer-\u00a9Felix-Kaspar-Rosic_4000px-420x336.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/20241212_FR87726-Playmobilbauer-\u00a9Felix-Kaspar-Rosic_4000px-350x280.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/20241212_FR87726-Playmobilbauer-\u00a9Felix-Kaspar-Rosic_4000px-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/20241212_FR87726-Playmobilbauer-\u00a9Felix-Kaspar-Rosic_4000px.jpg 2000w\" \r\n                                    width=\"768\"  \r\n                                    height=\"614\" \r\n                                    alt=\"\"\r\n                                \/>\r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                    \r\n                    <\/a>\r\n\r\n                <\/article><!--- .post-teaser-->\r\n\r\n            \r\n                <article class=\"post-teaser\">\r\n\r\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/masculinity\/being-gay-is-not-a-choice\/\" rel=\"permalink\">\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"post-teaser__content\">\r\n\r\n                            <span class=\"entry-categories\">Masculinity<\/span>\r\n                            <h3 class=\"post-teaser__headline\">\r\n                                \u2018Being gay is not a choice\u2019                            <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                            <div class=\"post-teaser__excerpt\">\r\n                                <p>Dirk and Thomas came out to their families only recently. Today they live together as a couple. 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