{"title": "Queer Monday „Zu warm für die DDR? – Queeres Leben zwischen Anpassung und Emanzipation“ Vortrag von Peter Rausch, Wolfdietrich-Schnurre-Bibliothek", "start": "2026-11-09T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Sonntags-Club", "address": "Greifenhagener Straße 28, 10437 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr", "society/queer"], "description": "The talk \"Zu warm für die DDR? – Queeres Leben zwischen Anpassung und Emanzipation\" traces the development of homosexuality, homophobia, emancipation and sexual culture across the four decades of the GDR. Peter Rausch from the Wolfdietrich-Schnurre-Bibliothek explores the everyday lives of lesbian, gay and queer people with their challenges, freedoms and forms of resistance. Historical insights and shared conversations open up varied perspectives on queer life between social constraints and growing visibility. No prior knowledge is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/queer-monday-zu-warm-fur-die-ddr-queeres-leben-zwischen-anpa-131913/", "official_url": "https://programm.sonntags-club.de/programm/queer-monday-zu-warm-fuer-die-ddr-queeres-leben-zwischen-anpassung-und-emanzipation-vortrag-von-peter-rausch/", "image": "", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-09T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Sonntags-Club", "address": "Greifenhagener Straße 28, 10437 Berlin", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"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", "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": "Queer-Thursday: Vortrag und Gespräch mit Peter Rausch", "start": "2026-11-19T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Stadtteilbibliothek Buch", "address": "Wiltbergstraße 21 13125 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr"], "description": "A talk followed by a discussion about the lives of lesbian, gay and queer people in the GDR. The event looks at the four decades from the 1950s to the 1980s and traces the development of homosexuality, homophobia, emancipation and sexual culture chronologically. It takes place at the Stadtteilbibliothek Buch, admission is free and no prior knowledge is needed. Through historical insights and shared conversations, it paints a vivid picture of queer life between social constraints and growing visibility.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/queer-thursday-vortrag-und-gesprach-mit-peter-rausch-31890/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=288674&ls=0&c=409&v_ort=47759&date_start=05.11.2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/573b025978cde125a5cb2b152f59ace4fd981f1a7ab717c99fa3a698b97e570a-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Queerinnert – Community Building in Ost-Berlin von LGBTQIA+ Zeitzeug*innen erzählt", "start": "2026-11-13T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Bezirkszentralbibliothek Pablo Neruda", "address": "Frankfurter Allee 14a, 10247 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr", "society/queer"], "description": "“Queerinnert – Community Building in Ost-Berlin von LGBTQIA+ Zeitzeug*innen erzählt” is a discussion event in which contemporary witnesses share their experiences of queer spaces and movements. It looks at how queer structures were built in East Berlin before 1990, when LGBTQIA+ people in the GDR had to get by without civil rights, public representation or meeting places, and what can be learned from those experiences. The event is moderated by Barbara Wallbraun, a cultural educator and filmmaker of the documentary “Uferfrauen-Lesbisches L(i)eben in der DDR”. Guests are Samirah Kenawi, founder of the GrauZone archive, Peter Rausch, founder of the Homosexuellen Interessensgemeinschaft Ost-Berlin, and Nadja Schallenberg, a trans* human rights activist.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/queerinnert-community-building-in-ost-berlin-von-lgbtqia-zei-31739/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin.de/stadtbibliothek-friedrichshain-kreuzberg/bibliotheken/bezirkszentralbibliothek-pablo-neruda/veranstaltungen-projekte/queerinnert-community-building-in-ost-berlin-von-lgbtqia-zeitzeug-innen-erzaehlt-1719514.php", "image": "https://noky.io/images/938f9ffd20427c8b7462380fa41e96588e083ea61508e0c4dbac9f0f4e4af363-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Klaus Lederer: „Queerpolitik im Handgemenge: Ein Blick zurück, ein Blick nach vorne“", "start": "2026-11-18T00:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Bajszel", "address": "Emser Straße 8-9, 12051 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/germany", "society/queer"], "description": "An evening of talk and discussion at Bajszel. Klaus Lederer speaks about queer politics, looking back at what has been achieved and looking ahead to what comes next. His subject is how queer policy took shape amid the thick of things and which paths lie open to it. After the talk, there is room for a shared discussion.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/klaus-lederer-queerpolitik-im-handgemenge-ein-blick-zuruck-e-81868/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "„Lesbische Selbstbehauptung in der DDR“", "start": "2026-11-10T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Ehemalige Stasi-Zentrale (Haus 22)", "address": "Ruschestraße 103 10365 Berlin", "price": "Der Eintritt ist frei.", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "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/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/7c74108740eefe1b685cf1a7520500bcb189fd0102ec528b45dbb930ec54dc2d-600.webp"}, {"title": "Feuer unterm Arsch: ACT UP wird 40, Widerstand feiern, Gesundheitsversorgung für alle ...", "start": "2026-11-19T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Schwules Museum *", "address": "Lützowstraße 73, 10785 Berlin", "price": "auf Spendenbasis", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/queer"], "description": "An evening for World AIDS Day 2026 at the Schwules Museum. The museum brings together experienced activists and a new generation of organizers to mark four decades of radical HIV/AIDS activism by ACT UP and ask what can be learned from it today. It presents the ACT UP at 40: Celebrating Resistance and Demanding Healthcare for All — Calendar 2027, which combines previously unpublished photos and footage from ACT UP chapters worldwide with daily reminders of protests, followed by a conversation with activists, the calendar's designers, museum representatives and Berlin-based activists currently fighting police harassment and for the freedom of LGBTQIA+ and HIV-positive people. The title \"Fire Under the Ass\" comes from an expression popularized by Berlin ACT UP co-founder Andreas Salmen and asks what remains of the radical spirit that transformed the German AIDS movement between 1989 and 1993.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/feuer-unterm-arsch-act-up-wird-40-widerstand-feiern-gesundhe-125645/", "official_url": "https://www.schwulesmuseum.de/veranstaltung/feuer-unterm-arsch-act-up-wird-40-widerstand-feiern-gesundheitsversorgung-fuer-alle-fordern/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/73b4e7163703a765292385603e3cdb6272ef9018495f1bec6a1d7799107d746d-1200.webp"}]}