{"title": "Lesben in der Provinz – damals und heute", "start": "2026-10-30T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "EWA-Frauenzentrum", "address": "Prenzlauer Allee 6 10405 Berlin", "price": "Gratis / free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr", "society/queer"], "description": "A talk with photos and a conversation with contemporary witnesses about the lives of lesbians in small towns of the GDR. In 1989, Christiane Kloweit and Ina Röder Sissoko researched the realities of lesbian life in the provinces; their findings were presented at the first lesbian conference of the GDR in Halle. Judith Geffert illuminates the history of this conference in the autumn of the 1989 political upheaval and its significance for the visibility of lesbian life. She draws connections to the situation of lesbians outside large cities today.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/lesben-in-der-provinz-damals-und-heute-16579/", "official_url": "https://www.ewa-frauenzentrum.de/Kultur/Veranstaltungen/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b5aa69eeb67d8799b25766deda7caeae4b7231c585a01254afbc8c14fcd810b7-600.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-30T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "EWA-Frauenzentrum", "address": "Prenzlauer Allee 6 10405 Berlin", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Queer Thursay: Frauke Hippler und Zeitzeug*innegespräch", "start": "2026-11-05T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Stadtteilbibliothek Buch", "address": "Wiltbergstraße 21 13125 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=288671&ls=10&c=409", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr", "society/queer"], "description": "As part of the Queer Thursay series, the Stadtteilbibliothek Buch hosts a talk followed by conversations with contemporary witnesses. Frauke Hippler, a cultural scholar who completed her master's degree at the University of Leipzig, tracked down and examined coded contact ads placed by women who loved women in the Wochenpost, one of the most widely read magazines of the GDR. Being lesbian was long taboo in the GDR, and with no official meeting places, women* sought all kinds of ways to find like-minded people – the ads speak their own language. The talk explores this hidden chapter and these routes of making contact.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/queer-thursay-frauke-hippler-und-zeitzeuginnegesprach-16805/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=288671&ls=10&c=409", "image": "https://noky.io/images/573b025978cde125a5cb2b152f59ace4fd981f1a7ab717c99fa3a698b97e570a-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Wir sind anders! Wie die DDR Frauen bis heute prägt", "start": "2026-11-12T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Forum Willy Brandt Berlin", "address": "Behrenstraße 15, 10117 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr"], "description": "A reading and conversation about the book „Wir sind anders!\" by Annette Schuhmann. The historian from the Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History in Potsdam portrays 13 East German women – artists as well as workers, scientists as well as activists – and shows how memories, ruptures and origins continue to have an effect 35 years after reunification. Elke Sasse and Petra Steffan moderate, and the bookshop „Buchfink\" joins in with a book table. A joint event by the Willy-Brandt-Haus Lübeck with the women's office of the city of Lübeck and the equal opportunities office of the city of Wismar; registration is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/wir-sind-anders-wie-die-ddr-frauen-bis-heute-pragt-29696/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c043b0c81e463db7c6232d9d1fa42cd5d53dfe0fa7bf9cda497949bc2c8d2088-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Klingel bei…? Begleitprogramm zur Ausstellung – Zeitzeug*innen im Gespräch. Ein Abend mit und über Zeitzeug*innen", "start": "2026-11-05T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Museum Lichtenberg im Stadthaus", "address": "Türrschmidtstraße 24, 10317 Berlin", "price": "kostenfrei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr", "society/queer"], "description": "An evening of conversation held as accompanying programme for the exhibition „Klingel bei…?“. Contemporary witnesses talk with co-curator Karl-Heinz Steinle about queer lived realities in Lichtenberg, sharing memories, anecdotes and personal perspectives. Rare interview and film clips make the evening a lively encounter with queer history.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/klingel-bei-begleitprogramm-zur-ausstellung-zeitzeuginnen-im-12364/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Zu warm für die DDR? – Queeres Leben zwischen Anpassung und Emanzipation - Vortrag von Peter Rausch | Queer Monday", "start": "2026-11-09T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Wolfdietrich-Schnurre-Bibliothek", "address": "Bizetstraße 41, 13088 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/konzerte/festivals/biennale-2027/", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr", "society/queer"], "description": "A lecture as part of the 'Queer Monday' series, in which the Wolfdietrich-Schnurre-Bibliothek meets the Sonntagsclub. It is given by Peter Rausch, co-founder of the GDR's first gay-lesbian emancipation group (HIB) and of the Sonntags-Club e. V., who still works as a contemporary witness for queer history. The lecture looks at the GDR's four decades and traces the development of homosexuality, homophobia, emancipation and sexual culture chronologically. Afterwards there is time for questions, discussion and conversation, and everyone interested is welcome.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/zu-warm-fur-die-ddr-queeres-leben-zwischen-anpassung-und-ema-2579/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=290828&ls=20&c=409", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bdd61acbf68f63db7b281228cfefea6e3f2f1d896d867e77dd66b5bdf9c049d0-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Uferfrauen - Dokumentarfilm über lesbisches L(i)eben in der DDR", "start": "2026-11-04T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Bettina-von-Arnim-Bibliothek", "address": "Schönhauser Allee 75, 10439 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/documentary", "history/gdr", "society/queer"], "description": "“Uferfrauen – Lesbisches L(i)eben in der DDR” is an award-winning documentary film. It was made by Barbara Wallbraun and is about lesbian life in the GDR. The screening takes place at the Bettina-von-Arnim-Bibliothek.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/uferfrauen-dokumentarfilm-uber-lesbisches-lieben-in-der-ddr-20419/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=295265&ls=0&c=22&v_ort=37538&stichwort=Uferfrauen&date_start=12.10.2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8fd7cbca01a9b28c8a570da830be61f9683cef6551643f36667a5bec1f296f0d-600.webp"}, {"title": "Lesebühne: „Lesbische Selbstbehauptung in der DDR“", "start": "2026-11-10T18:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-10T20:00:00+01:00", "place": "Ehemalige Stasi-Zentrale (Haus 22)", "address": "Ruschestraße 103 10365 Berlin", "price": "Der Eintritt ist frei.", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://renaissance-theater.de/produktion/stefan-juergens-bram-stokers-dracula/?source=bde", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/queer/lesbian", "history/gdr"], "description": "A book presentation and discussion with a conversation afterward. Drawing on texts, interviews and archival material, Dr. Teresa Tammer tells the life story of Karin Dauenheimer, who as a theologian, feminist, lesbian and single mother did not conform to the expectations of state and society, wrote for a feminist underground magazine, and organized women's festivals that became a crucial impulse for the emergence of a GDR-wide lesbian movement, placing her under the Stasi's surveillance for years. The author and the contemporary witness appear together on stage. The event is part of the Lesebühne series.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/lesebuhne-lesbische-selbstbehauptung-in-der-ddr-20460/", "official_url": "https://www.bundesarchiv.de/themen-entdecken/vor-ort-entdecken/veranstaltungen/termin/lesbische-selbstbehauptung-in-der-ddr-berlin-10-11-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8fe597a19a39d627d5e9ab2974a8b5a765b22cc9d667819f651f6503f61ca7d4-600.webp"}, {"title": "Queer und jüdisch im \"Dritten Reich\" und darüber hinaus", "start": "2026-11-05T00:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Mitte Museum", "address": "Pankstraße 47, 13357 Berlin", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era", "religion/jewish", "society/queer"], "description": "Mitte Museum hosts an evening of talks about people who were both queer and Jewish. Four speakers shed light on Jewish-queer life stories between 1933 and 1945 and beyond, from Gertrude Sandmann to gay and lesbian Jews in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Paige Harouse, Hani Esther Indictor Portner, Jake Schneider and Rafael Nasemann present their topics, including the remembrance project \"Queere Held*innen\". A shared exchange follows; the event takes place in spoken German.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/queer-und-judisch-im-dritten-reich-und-daruber-hinaus-12330/", "official_url": "https://www.mittemuseum.de/de/veranstaltung/2026/queer-und-juedisch-im-dritten-reich-und-darueber-hinaus", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e87ba75a48aad48550b6a7857f4cba5182c7ffc54c5048e82c91b74627345947-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Jennifer Evans & Guests: Buchpräsentation „Eine queere Art der Geschichte“", "start": "2026-11-05T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Schwules Museum *", "address": "Lützowstraße 73, 10785 Berlin", "price": "7 Euro (ermäßigt 4 Euro)", "price_from": "7.00", "price_to": "7.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/queer-history", "society/queer"], "description": "The Schwules Museum hosts a book presentation, in spoken German, of the German translation of Jennifer Evans' award-winning book „Eine queere Art der Geschichte“. Evans is a queer historian at Carleton University in Ottawa, who describes the museum as no passive archive but a living place of queer kinship. Her book traces the conflict-ridden yet productive struggles over sexualities and gender in art, politics and everyday life in East, West and reunified Germany since 1945, asking about gaps in historiography and archives. Together with invited „special guests“, she will also explore how historical research can help shape a radically intersectional future.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/jennifer-evans-guests-buchprasentation-eine-queere-art-der-g-12551/", "official_url": "https://www.schwulesmuseum.de/veranstaltung/jennifer-evans-guests-buchpraesentation-eine-queere-art-der-geschichte/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8d343629d92fbc086f55027651dbee79eb505a6c31c1f6f3479fa6f8a48cae1e-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Frauen und Revolution", "start": "2026-11-05T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Berliner Landeszentrale für politische Bildung, Besuchszentrum Ostkreuz", "address": "Revaler Straße 29, 10245 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/gender", "history"], "description": "“Frauen und Revolution” is a theme evening with a discussion about what role female voices play in revolutions, then and now. From the revolutions of 1848 and 1918 to political upheavals around the world, it looks at women as actors in revolutionary movements and asks how they shape political change. Together the audience discusses female perspectives on revolution, democracy and social change; guests include the author Shila Behjat. The event takes place as part of the changing exhibition “Stimmen – Ein Ausstellungsexperiment zwischen Demokratiegeschichte und Gegenwart” in cooperation with the Berliner Landeszentrale für politische Bildung; admission is free, registration is requested.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/frauen-und-revolution-16803/", "official_url": "https://forum1848.de/veranstaltungen/stimmen-frauen-revolution/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0d47bc1053ff6769a228f55c1a9b83fcccb97e2e6afa28d7e45c713b068ac6f1-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Palästina zwischen Augen: Zwischen Solidarität und Schweigen: Was bleibt? Palästinensische Stimmen in der DDR und heute", "start": "2026-10-31T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst (nGbK)", "address": "Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 11-13, 10178 Berlin", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics/israel-palestine", "history/gdr"], "description": "A conversation event within the project „Palästina zwischen Augen“ at the neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst (nGbK) in Berlin-Mitte. Mahmoud Dabdoub and Sophie Ataya talk with each other, moderated by Irit Neidhardt; the topic is Palestinian voices in the GDR and today, between solidarity and silence. The conversation is held in English and admission is free. An awareness team will be present at all events, and the nGbK has a complaints procedure.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/palastina-zwischen-augen-zwischen-solidaritat-und-schweigen-10275/", "official_url": "https://ngbk.de/de/programm/termine/palaestina-zwischen-augen-between-solidarity-and-silence-what-remains-palestinian-voices-in-the-gdr-and-now", "image": ""}, {"title": "Die Geschichte der Homo- und Transphobie - Vortrag von Nadja Schallenberg | Queer Monday", "start": "2026-11-02T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Wolfdietrich-Schnurre-Bibliothek", "address": "Bizetstraße 41, 13088 Berlin", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/queer-history"], "description": "An interactive lecture followed by time for questions and discussion. Nadja Schallenberg, who has long campaigned for the visibility and rights of trans* people and leads two self-help groups at Sonntags-Club e. V., takes participants on a journey through the history of hostility towards homo- and trans people, from its historical origins to current societal challenges. It looks at how prejudices arose, why they persist to this day and what perspectives exist for more acceptance and diversity. The event is part of the Queer Monday series, in which the Wolfdietrich-Schnurre-Bibliothek meets the Sonntagsclub.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/die-geschichte-der-homo-und-transphobie-vortrag-von-nadja-sc-2530/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=290825&ls=0&c=409", "image": "https://noky.io/images/824313e7cf62af9041f6694232f7e862f132166ff29e59e597cb0436ee2efbbc-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Selbstbehauptung und Widerstand von queeren Menschen im Nationalsozialismus", "start": "2026-11-05T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand", "address": "Stauffenbergstraße 13-14", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era", "society/queer"], "description": "An evening of talks and discussion on self-assertion and resistance by queer people under National Socialism. Prof. Dr. Martin Lücke speaks on the persecution and resistance of homosexual men, and Dr. Claudia Schoppmann on the living conditions and forms of defense of lesbian women, moderated by staff of the Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand. Around 10,000 homosexual men were sent to concentration camps, lesbian women were interned even without a legal basis, and there was diverse resistance, for example in oppositional groups or through marriages of convenience. The occasion is the extension of the memorial's permanent exhibition with this new area; registration by 4 November is requested.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/selbstbehauptung-und-widerstand-von-queeren-menschen-im-nati-22557/", "official_url": "https://www.gdw-berlin.de/angebote/veranstaltungen/veranstaltung/event/1565-selbstbehauptung-und-widerstand-von-queeren-menschen-im-nationalsozialismus", "image": ""}, {"title": "Lesbian* Lounge Lizards im Silverfuture", "start": "2026-11-03T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Silverfuture", "address": "Weserstraße 206, 12047 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "party-club", "tags": ["society/queer"], "description": "\"Lesbian* Lounge Lizards\" is a pub evening in a cozy setting with drinks and sociability. Dykes*/lesbians* of all genders meet to get to know each other and exchange ideas. The series is run by LesLeFam e.V. as part of Lesbisch*.Sichtbar.Berlin. Everyone is warmly welcome, whether first-timers or regulars, alone or with a friend.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/lesbian-lounge-lizards-im-silverfuture-26963/", "official_url": "https://leslefam.de/event/lesbian-lounge-lizards-im-silverfuture-2-2026-07-07-2026-08-04-2026-09-01-2026-10-06-2026-11-03/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/175bc85cccb86f24d4e0dba2ab7a04a246e6296a53b164171d68179b3b83c73f-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Auf der Schotterpiste der Geschichte 3: Die Freiheit der Andersdenkenden", "start": "2026-11-06T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Deutsches Theater", "address": "Schumannstraße 13a, 10117 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/politics", "society/democracy"], "description": "„Auf der Schotterpiste der Geschichte 3: Die Freiheit der Andersdenkenden“ is a discussion event in the DT Kontext series, held in the Rangfoyer of the Deutsches Theater. The panel features political and social scientist Naika Foroutan, head of the German Institute for Migration and Integration Research, and historian Uwe Sonnenberg of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, moderated by André Mumot. At its centre is Rosa Luxemburg's famous line „Freiheit ist immer auch die Freiheit der Andersdenkenden“ and her legacy at a time when democratic values are under pressure worldwide. The discussion asks what her courage, her critique of the system and her idea of political participation can teach us for the challenges of the 21st century. Admission is free.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/auf-der-schotterpiste-der-geschichte-3-die-freiheit-der-ande-16847/", "official_url": "https://www.deutschestheater.de/programm/produktionen/auf-der-schotterpiste-der-geschichte-3-die-freiheit-der-andersdenkenden", "image": ""}]}