In the exhibition Protest2Pride - on view through Sept. 15 - IHLIA explores the Roze Zaterdag protests of the 80’s and 90’s through the lens of photographer Marian Bakker. Marian focused on lesbian subcultures, but her photos also zoom out to reveal who else was in the fight for LGBTIQ+ rights in this period, how they dressed, their perspectives, their strategies, and how they paved the way for the Pride celebrations we know today.
Marian’s photos act as a nuanced historical record, a public service to our collective memory and understanding. They invite us to step into their world and consider how today’s activism, and the ways we document it, compares.
The impetus for the exhibition were five photo books full of photos of Pink Saturdays from the 1980s and 1990s that Marian Bakker donated to IHLIA earlier this year. On September 10, you can view the exhibit and the photo books live during a tour.
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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.
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!
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