Check Out The German Show Verbotene Liebe Gay Storyline Christian & Oliver Story On You Tube!!!

A few months ago, I discovered the German soap Verboten Liebe which means Forbidden Love in English on You Tube. I am very impressed with Jo Weil and Thore Scholermann’s acting because their characters are very convincing of a gay male couple in love.  Jo’s character Oliver Sabel is a sensitive gay manager of a bar called No Limits in Dusseldorf Germany. Thore’s character Christian Mann is a former boxer and he is now a horse trainer. Oliver and Christian have dated for three years which is an eternity in the soap world.

I know, it sounds strange that I am talking about a soap. However, there is a paucity of quality gay male entertainment in pop culture. I think the internet has allowed people to find interesting stories about gay male love from across the world. It is exciting to see how homosexuality is viewed in different countries.  Some German soap fans  of Forbidden Love have translated the German dialogue into English. I notice that it is only the Christian and Oliver storyline that got translated from  German into English. It seems to me that everyone likes seeing hot men make out on television!

Now the Oliver and Christian storyline has reached a huge international audience. One of the first things I noticed about Christian and Oliver’s storyline is the passion and eroticism is so strong  compared to gay male romances on North American television. The love that Christian and Oliver have for each other is evident it is not just about sex.

I am surprised to see multiple scenes of the two men in bed together! I know I shouldn’t be surprised but gay male love is simply not shown like this in Canada or the USA mainstream television. Of course, Queer as Folk was on cable on the showcase channel in Canada. However, I never liked Queer as Folk for multiple reasons. I just did not feel a connection to Queer as Folk as I do to Forbidden Love. The sex was gratuitous on Queer as Folk and I also felt the acting was terrible.  Christian and Oliver really seem to be in love and their friends accept their same-sex relationship. Perhaps, Germany is more progressive than Canada and the United States in relation to male homosexuality depicted on television?

The character Christian Mann is actually not gay, he is probably bisexual because he has cheated on his partner Oliver Sabel with a few women. Meanwhile, Oliver is gay and his character is furious at Christian so he went to Spain and had an affair with a Spaniard. Currently, Christian and Oliver have actually broken up because Oliver is distressed that Christian has cheated on him with multiple women. First Christian slept with Jessica and Theresa.

Some fans of Forbidden Love are upset that Christian is still sexually attracted to women. However, I think it is refreshing because the writers of Forbidden Love are illustrating to the audience that Christian’s sexuality is fluid. I think the reason Forbidden Love fans are upset is they fear the writers will place Christian with a permanent female partner.  Christian is mad at Oliver because  he has tried multiple times to make up with his boyfriend but he is constantly being pushed away.