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11 and 12 July: the first Intersex Film Festival

July marks the first Intersex Film Festival! Although 1 in 90 people are intersex, their stories often remain hidden. On the big screen, we make an invisible subject visible. Get carried away during Pride Amsterdam, a time of visibility, spreading knowledge, raising awareness and celebrating diversity.

'I' on Screen offers in OBA Oosterdok a programme of impressive films, documentaries and shorts focusing on intersex experiences.

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june 2025

Discover LGBTIQ+ heritage at IHLIA

IHLIA is the heritage organisation with a socially relevant and indispensable collection.

IHLIA is an independent organisation located in OBA Oosterdok in Amsterdam. IHLIA is continuously involved in collecting information about the LGBTIQ+ community and making it accessible. LGBTIQ+ stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersexe and queer persons. Anyone can turn to IHLIA for information about homosexuals, lesbians, bisexuals, transgender, interexe and queer persons, and about their history, everyday life and culture.

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Due to the transfer of our new collection management system we cannot currently (yet) offer English translations of the labels and texts on the website, so that international visitors can navigate more easily. We apologise for any inconvenience

IHLIA PLAZA
The IHLIA plaza (3rd floor, OBA Oosterdok) has an exhibition space and an information desk.

ONLY AT OUR COLLECTION
The IHLIA collection contains rare documents. To safeguard the quality of our collection, you may peruse all the material, but only at our location. On your request, we prepare everything you need. 

A small part of our collection is >accessible online. We are working hard to expand this in the future.

BOOK DEPARTMENT
The most recent and sought-after books in the collection are found in our book cabinets at the IHLIA plaza (3rd floor of the OBA in Amsterdam). We don’t lend out this material either, but feel free to grab a copy from the shelf and take a seat on a nice seat in the library. You’ll get a nice view of Amsterdam for free!

Open Up! the history of LGBTI emancipation and development, mainly in central, east and southeast Europe. Read more Historical magazines Featuring titles such as Der Eigene and Levensrecht Read more Buttons Online exhibition about the
IHLIA button collection
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T-shirts Wearing Gay History Read more

Latest news

Diego Galdo González awarded the IHLIA Thesis Award

Last Thursday, in a celebration at the Tolhuistuin, in Amsterdam, Diego Galdo González was awarded the IHLIA Thesis Prize. Titled Descendants of Sodom: A History of Pleasure in Lima (1950-1982), Galdo González (University of Amsterdam) wrote a...

Contact

Visiting address IHLIA
OBA Oosterdok
Oosterdokskade 143, 3rd floor
1011 DL Amsterdam

Tel: 020-5230837
Email: info@ihlia.nl

Exhibits on the IHLIA Plaza
Free to visit every day, follow OBA opening times