{"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", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-19T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Stadtteilbibliothek Buch", "address": "Wiltbergstraße 21 13125 Berlin", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"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": ""}, {"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": "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": "Queer-Thursday: Vortrag und Gespräch mit Nadja Schallenberg", "start": "2026-11-12T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Bibliothek Buch", "address": "Wiltbergstraße 19-23, 13125 Berlin-Buch", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/queer"], "description": "A talk and discussion with Nadja Schallenberg, hosted by the Stadtteilbibliothek Buch. The event is part of the Queer-Thursday series. It takes place in the district of Pankow and is listed in the calendar of the State of Berlin under the categories Feste and Events.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/queer-thursday-vortrag-und-gesprach-mit-nadja-schallenberg-28796/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=293458&ls=0&c=409&v_ort=47759&date_start=26.10.2026", "image": ""}, {"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": "Que(e)r Lesen", "start": "2026-11-12T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Bibliothek Schöneberg", "address": "Hauptstraße 40, 10827 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/poetry", "society/queer"], "description": "'Que(e)r Lesen in der Bibliothek Schöneberg' is a reading and discussion from the poetry collection 'Parabolis Virtualis 5'. Readers are Hannah Schraven, Pia Laguna de la Vera and Mátyás Dunajcsik, moderated by Kevin Junk, with a greeting from Jim Baker of Querverlag. The event is a cooperation between Querverlag and the Tempelhof-Schöneberg public library. Admission is free and no registration is needed.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/queer-lesen-92148/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f72524b6b4d610380b733f172f86a72029a05aa61a65a3aca5eb103d6c272c40-1200.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, "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"}]}