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...
Roze Reuzen (Pink Giants
As a rainbow community, we stand on the shoulders of Pink Giants (Roze Reuzen). In this podcast, historian Mark Bergsma talks with five important Dutch activist icons from our Dutch queer history: Maaike Meijer, Lionel Jokoe, Twie Tjoa, Corine van Dun and Marty van Kerkhof. They organized, protested and rebelled, each in their own way. And that at a time when “being different” was viewed with suspicion.
Listen in on their stories in the podcast Roze Reuzen (in Dutch). In honor of its first season, this in-depth exhibit was created with historical material from Europe’s largest queer archive IHLIA LGBTI Heritage.