Der Skorpion

'This trilogy—putatively the only work of Weirauch's to center on a lesbian theme—was so immensely popular both in lesbian circles and, as book reviews indicate, beyond that the first volume's initial printing sold out soon after it hit the shelves. It became a "Kultbuch," the German equivalent of the lesbian novel The Weil of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall.'

'A "Damenklub" was named after the novel, and the symbol of the scorpion became a "Kleinanzeigen-Chiffre" and even made its way into sexological texts as a code for homosexuality…'

(Winkelmann 2001)