Out on the street.

We asked a sampling of LGBT people in Berlin:

"Are female leaders like German chancellor Angela Merkel more sympathetic to gay rights?"

MANUELA KAY, 42 MAGAZINE EDITOR

"Women can be just as homophobic as men but are not as afraid of homosexuality itself,"

STEFAN MEY, 25 JOURNALIST

"Women also suffer from hetero male macho culture, so they feel for the gays."

CARSTEN FABIAN,40 COMPUTER TECHNICIAN

"Hillary Clinton, yes. In general, no. They're politicians, and it's a specific job that doesn't necessarily include being pro-homo."

REINER NARR, 31 BOOKSELLER

"No, because they represent and speak for a whole party. I don't think gender influences this."

MAIKE SCHULTZ, 23 STUDENT

"Yes. In general I think females are more sympathetic, and men are afraid of gays."

--Compiled by Lawrence Ferber