Translation of Vater is Father, and Kesser is the augmentative of Kess which translates as sassy, fresh, new, modern, cool, etc. Kesser Vater has no equivalent term in other languages, but its literal translation, as on other occasions, has given us some clues.
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María Cano has translated into Spanish Kesser Vater entry of Jody’s book, and with the appropriate video about the Thai Tomboys sent us by Mª Ángeles Rodríguez, we have come full circle. But it has not been easy to know what Kesser Vater means and finally, tired of searching, we decided to contact the professor Jody Skinner, from Koblenz University of Cologne, who kindly made us a present sending his great books, published in German, about homosexual slang in Germany. Later in the 70s, Kesser Vater was a term used by the German LGBT groups, and today can be found in the press without explanation, also with the initials KV, so it may be a relatively well-known expression. However, this association of the term with marginality may be due more to the illegality of anything that was not heterosexuality and the approach that the kesse Väter implied than a real relationship with the underworld and crime. Some point out the relationship of this expression in its origin, with Rotwelsch, a jargon based on the German language with additions and mixtures of Romany and Yiddish, related with crime and street vending. The expression appears later, in the 50s, when we find the first references in the literature. On many occasions it can be found translated into English as “Butch” and into Spanish as “Marimacho”, however, these translations and explanations describe just a hint of the reality behind this expression.Įven before the appearance of this form of naming, kesse Väter (1) movement began in the cities of Berlin and Cologne back in the 30s, probably imported from the United States. Kesser Vater is a term used in Germany to appoint lesbians. Two Kesser Vater, Gertrude Sandmann, with her couple Hedwig Koslowski.
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