Policy Field: Culture & History
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„Diverse city” project
The city of Giessen has taken the two events: “Diversity Days” and “Pride Month”, May and June, as an opportunity to show with various activities how diversity enriches our university city of Giessen. Giessen is particularly admired by new Giessen residents and visitors for its great diversity, internationality and peaceful coexistence. Giessen’s comparatively young population…
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The Ljubljana Pride Festival 2024
The Ljubljana Pride Festival 2024 held under the slogan »Looking Back, Marching Forward«. June is the month of pride marches all around the world. In this framework we were hosting the exhibition Kiss it Better in the Right Atrium of the City Hall, representing a radical placement of queer bodies and experiences in the very…
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Queer culture of remembrance of the LGBTIQ victims of National Socialism and the post-war period
On February 13, 2019, the Mainz City Council unanimously decided to create a place of remembrance for people who were persecuted in Mainz during the National Socialist era and in the post-war period because of their gender identity or sexual orientation. Due to the court conviction of the male victims of § 175 StGB and…
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A tram celebrating 30 years of Pride
The Zurich Pride Festival took place for the 30th time on 14 and 15 June 2024. Once again, tens of thousands demonstrated their solidarity with the LGBTI community. To mark the anniversary, the city parliament made a generous financial contribution to the Zurich Pride association. This enabled the association to implement various measures to improve…
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Special Exhibition “Queer in Life! Paths and Stages of Queer Life in Mannheim and the Region” at the Mannheim City Archive MARCHIVUM
The exhibition follows the eventful paths and stages of queer life in Mannheim and the region. On the one hand, they are characterized by persecution, stigmatization and discrimination, and on the other hand by rebellion, queer emancipation and the emergence of queer communities. The MARCHIVUM exhibition, curated by Dr. Andreas Schenk, is a follow-up project…
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Remembrance culture on LSBTIQ topics – the example ‘Stolperstein’ (‘stumbling stone’) for Karl Alberti
Queer people were murdered during the Nazi regime and Karl Alberti from Frankfurt was one of them. In 2019 a ‘Stolperstein’ was laid for him. Scattered throughout Europe, these small brass stones are embedded directly on the pavement, amongst the cobbestones. The brass plaques commemorate the lives that were lost, in cities whose past is…