by Catarina Vila Nova During the Summer months, Esther and Carmen will be riding their motorcycles across 15 European countries in search of what it means to be young and gay in Europe. They will be connecting with partners in film festivals and organizations that advocate for LGBTI+ rights to create a movie platform targeted to professors to get the conversation going in the classroom.
Tag: lgbtq+
Christine Jorgensen: Out in the Open
Another week, another article. Today’s article is on one of the first transgender people who openly expressed her gender identity: … More
Nikkie de Jager: From YouTube to International Role Model
TW: Bullying/blackmail, death, transphobia Our next informative article is up and ready for you to read! This one’s about an … More
The L-Word
By Femke Boom I often find myself thinking about The L-Word, and I wonder how many LGBT+ people still remember … More
SHOUT: A safe place to meet for LGBTQ+ people in Wageningen
SHOUT Wageningen is a LGBTQ+ interest group and social association. with the main goal of creating a safe environment for LGBTQ+ people. Everyone is welcome: young, old, student, non-student, gay, transgender, cisgender or (cis) straight ally.
The forgotten I: Following the traces of intersex people in Venezuela
By Daniel Rodríguez Claveli In Venezuela, as in many other countries of South America, the fight for the civil rights … More
Shifting perspectives among Muslims: LGBTQ rights and Islamic faith
On March 20th 2018, students and other interested people came together in an overcrowded room at Leiden University’s Law Faculty. Here, Dino Suhonic, Director of Maruf (platform for Dutch Queer Muslims), gave a lecture about the relation between Muslims and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) community, both in Muslim majority countries as in Muslim minority countries. The lecture “How to reconcile LGBTQ rights with Islamic faith” was organized by Leiden University Pride (LUP) and Amnesty International Nederland Student Group Leiden.