Policy Field: Culture & History
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Living Library
During the annual Theater aan Zee festival in Ostend — a major cultural event attracting visitors from across Belgium — we hosted a “living library”. In a cafe-like atmosphere, guests engaged […]
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Inauguration of two new squares in tribute to two lesbian and bisexual women who made history
As part of Pride Month, the City of Bordeaux inaugurated two new squares, central locations in neighbourhood life, named after two lesbian and bisexual women who made history through their […]
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Queer History & Remembrance: a memorial plaque for Magnus Hirschfeld & the exhibition “gefährdet leben”
In 2025, Heidelberg unveiled a memorial plaque for Magnus Hirschfeld at Sandgasse 10, where he lived as a student in 1890–91. The physician and pioneer of sexual science and queer […]
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Day of Remembrance for the Victims of National Socialism on January 27
January 27, 2025, marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. In Germany, this day has been commemorated since 1996 in memory of the victims of […]
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Month of LGBTIQ+ actions and visibility
The 2025 theme was LGBTIQ+ History & Archives. In collaboration with associations in Lausanne, more than 10 events open to the public were proposed (a queer walk to iconic sites, […]
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2025 Color Taipei
To celebrate Pride Month 2025, the Taipei City Department of Information and Tourism is partnering with TWeen Drag Queens of Taiwan to launch the “2025 Color Taipei” series. The highlight […]
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Inauguration of a monument honoring homosexual victims of deportation and all LGBTQIA+ people persecuted throughout history
On May 17, 2025, a memorial created by artist Jean-Luc Verna was inaugurated in Paris. The project was led by the organization “Les Oublié·e·s de la Mémoire”, which has worked to raise […]
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40 years of LGBT movement in Slovenia
In 2024, we were celebrating the 40th anniversary of the LGBT+ movement in Slovenia. Throughout the entire year, events have taken place to commemorate this, many of them during Pride […]
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Exhibition: “Who´s Afraid of Stardust? Positions of Contemporary Queer Art”
The Kunsthaus and Kunsthalle Nürnberg were collaborating to present the international group exhibition ‘Who’s Afraid of Stardust? Positions of Contemporary Queer Art’. The exhibition features works by 30 artists who […]
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Focusing on Queer History
To coincide with International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, the city of Heidelberg presented the exhibition “Broken Connections Ravensbrück – The Paths of Women-Loving Women into Resistance and Deportation” […]