Karel's guide to a young gay man in Prague

What it was like growing up in nineties Prague, experimenting with your sexuality, drugs and discovering your different orientation. And how the party goes when it comes to coming out… You may be familiar with the movie Mandragora (1997), which describes gay child prostitution. The movie is based on a true story and Karel grew up during this time, so he knew some of the characters personally. Karel was in gay porn himself and he knows how it was back then. During the tour, visitors will be transported to a time that can no longer be understood from today's perspective. The tour will start at Karlovo náměstí (Charle´s square), where, even today after sunset, life is a little wilder. The route will lead through the center. Karel will show you the famous clubs of the nineties, where customers were chased away, Hlavní nádraží (Prague Main Railway Station), where the main plot of the movie Mandragora took place, and you will finish the tour in a sex shop and booths. Karel looks like an older skater, wearing a sweatshirt, a flat-brimmed cap and a face full of deep wrinkles. He was born in Prague and he is 60 years old. Although he grew up in a complete family, his father was an alcoholic and, as Karel says, he inherited the addiction gene from him. He graduated from high school, completed 2 years in the military, and even though he knew his orientation all along, he only came out later. And because he wanted to have fun and liked sex, he went all out. Parties, occasional prostitution, drugs, alcohol, even 2 liters of vodka a day. Due to addictions, he lost all his money and ended up on the streets.