{"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": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "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", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-13T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Bezirkszentralbibliothek Pablo Neruda", "address": "Frankfurter Allee 14a, 10247 Berlin", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"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": "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": "L*Ost : Lesben in der Provinz“ – damals und heute Vortrag von Judith Geffert und Zeitzeug*innengespräch, Ort: EWA e.V. – Frauenzentrum Prenzlauer Allee 6 10405 Berlin", "start": "2026-10-30T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Sonntags-Club", "address": "Greifenhagener Straße 28, 10437 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/queer/lesbian", "history/gdr"], "description": "A talk by Judith Geffert with a conversation featuring contemporary witnesses about the lives of lesbians in the East German provinces. In 1989, Christiane Kloweit and Ina Röder Sissoko interviewed lesbians living in small towns and presented these conversations at the first GDR lesbian conference, „Lesben im Umfeld der Kirche“, in Halle. Geffert has researched this conference and will talk with contemporary witnesses about the events of that time and their significance in the transformation process of 1989. She will also connect them to the situation of lesbians living outside big cities today; the event takes place at the women's centre EWA e.V.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/lost-lesben-in-der-provinz-damals-und-heute-vortrag-von-judi-76227/", "official_url": "https://programm.sonntags-club.de/programm/lost-lesben-in-der-provinz-damals-und-heute-vortrag-von-judith-geffert-und-zeitzeuginnengespraech-ort-ewa/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0572be631cbe32e9bbcb66085617a842a0ca8e2c2755623b0a59e9a1b98aaa3f-1200.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": "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": "Büchertisch: Berliner Literaturwerkstatt QUEER Vol 3", "start": "2026-10-31T16:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-10-31T18:00:00+01:00", "place": "Eisenherz", "address": "Motzstraße 23, 10777 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/creative-writing", "society/queer"], "description": "The Berliner Literaturwerkstatt QUEER continues its series in 2026; in each workshop session, two literary texts in progress are read and discussed. Up to five queer authors from Berlin give appreciative feedback, together with the audience, in a moderated session lasting 120 minutes. The workshops make visible how many decisions lie behind writing that is often solitary, and they also serve to network queer writers, especially those just starting out. They are a cooperation between »Glitter – Die Gala der Literaturzeitschriften«, the bookshop Eisenherz and BrotfabrikLiteratur.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/buchertisch-berliner-literaturwerkstatt-queer-vol-3-14678/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8066c99e09151c04d6d617d4673534290abbd2a612297eed005fb87c590cb614-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Berliner Literaturwerkstatt QUEER Vol. 3", "start": "2026-10-31T15:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-10-31T17:00:00+01:00", "place": "Brotfabrik", "address": "1, 13086 Berlin", "price": "Kostenlos (zzgl. VVK)", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/creative-writing", "society/queer"], "description": "The Berliner Literaturwerkstatt QUEER is a moderated event at which two literary texts in progress are read out and discussed together. For Vol. 3, the writers Ade Ajayi, Crispin Scholz, Danou Chazarenc, Anja Kümmel and Sonja M. Schultz take part, with moderation by Donat Blum. Up to five queer writers from Berlin and the audience offer appreciative feedback, and the workshop also serves as a networking event for queer writers. The cooperation between »Glitter – Die Gala der Literaturzeitschriften«, the Buchladen Eisenherz and BrotfabrikLiteratur takes place in the Roter Salon.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/berliner-literaturwerkstatt-queer-vol-3-48487/", "official_url": "https://brotfabrik-berlin.de/veranstaltung/berliner-literaturwerkstatt-queer-vol-3/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/07b4ca817f76a476eab7720ad4a7ca0eab3b3688bd0d7fb2c2bc2e49527fe19a-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Queer Sprachcafé", "start": "2026-11-05T18:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-05T20:30:00+01:00", "place": "Village.Berlin", "address": "Kurfürstenstraße 31-32, 10785 Berlin", "price": "kostenlos mit Anmeldung", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://wearevillage.org/shop/language-cafe/w45-2026", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/languages/language-learning"], "description": "Queer Sprachcafé is a casual meetup where people can exchange in different languages and join lively conversations. It is hosted by Michał, a volunteer with Village.Berlin, and is part of the Queer Bridges program, which provides resources and networking for LGBTQIA+ people with migration experience. There are tables for English and German, and all language levels are welcome, from beginners to native speakers. Participation is free with registration, advance sign-up is encouraged, but dropping in spontaneously is also possible.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/queer-sprachcafe-32461/", "official_url": "https://wearevillage.org/shop/language-cafe/w45-2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/87dcfa544a8f0605d69e461cfc9bae1fbd796328ffb080d6a6ef94f70489fb4d-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Erzählsalon Migration: Wir haben keine Wahl, aber eine Stimme!", "start": "2026-11-07T10:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Berlin Museum: Ephraim-Palais", "address": "Fidicinstraße 40, 10965 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.stadtmuseum.de/#/product/event/801", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/migration", "society/activism"], "description": "The “Erzählsalon Migration: Wir haben keine Wahl, aber eine Stimme!” is an informal storytelling event at the Berlin Museum: Ephraim-Palais. It is the second instalment of a new quarterly series by the Stadtmuseum Berlin, in which actors from migrant and diasporic communities share their stories of migration and resistance. This edition is about migrant struggles and international solidarities from the 1970s to the 1990s, when Berlin (West) was shaped by resistance and fights for a more just world. Contemporary witnesses such as political scientist and urban researcher Max Welch Guerra tell these stories with photos, documents and music; moderation is by Aurora Rodonò, curator for migration history, and visitors are welcome to bring their own mementos.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/erzahlsalon-migration-wir-haben-keine-wahl-aber-eine-stimme-16877/", "official_url": "https://www.stadtmuseum.de/veranstaltungen/erzaehlsalon-migration-wir-haben-keine-wahl-aber-eine-stimme", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f032946314bbfa165cd0081a68e36afe6d9c0defe3c0f8f8a60a3780b0aaf605-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Berlin's Queer & Trans History Tour", "start": "2026-10-10T00:00:00+02:00", "end": "2027-01-30T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Nollendorfplatz", "address": "Nollendorfplatz 10777 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/berlin", "society/queer"], "description": "Berlin’s Queer & Trans History Tour is a multimedia guided walk through the city’s queer and trans past. Run by Berlin Guide, it traces that history from the early emancipation movements and persecutions through resistance to the present day. The tour uses augmented reality.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/berlins-queer-trans-history-tour-15328/", "official_url": "https://berlinguide.de/where-it-all-began-berlins-queer-trans-history-tour/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a426ef67689cbaf17b20592c3bdbae0588012cb320ef791128527e932af88863-600.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": "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": "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": "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": "Queerer Vernetzungsabend in Lichtenberg", "start": "2026-11-03T19:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-03T22:00:00+01:00", "place": "AHA-Berlin", "address": "Monumentenstraße 13, 10829 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.facebook.com/pg/aha.berlin.ev/events/", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/queer"], "description": "A relaxed evening of networking, exchange and getting to know one another for anyone who is queer, active or interested. AHA-Berlin invites clubs, organisations, initiatives and individuals to introduce themselves and their causes in short pitches of at most two minutes each, with plenty of time afterwards for direct, personal conversation. The evening is open to everyone interested, from long-established clubs and newly founded initiatives to activists, curious free spirits or anything in between.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/queerer-vernetzungsabend-in-lichtenberg-67509/", "official_url": "https://www.aha-berlin.de/vernetzungsabend", "image": ""}]}