Open-hearted video portraits of transgender elders Despite all the attention given to the diverse group of transgender people, until now the older generation remains somewhat underexposed. While they in particular, with their personal history of...
Seven stories from famous LGBTQ people about the one person who lifted them up and made them feel not alone for a while Hero. Heroine. Heroism. Hero worship. Existing, fictional, historical. Warriors, saviors, protectors: heroes can be role models...
How a failed wreath-laying attempt gave birth to a new kind of activism within the LGBT movement On 4 May 1970, fifty years ago, two members of the Amsterdam Homosexuality Youth Action Groups tried to lay a wreath during the 25th memorial of the...
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...
New IHLIA Research blog: The representation of bisexual women in Dutch lesbian periodicals 1980-1999
On the IHLIA Research website, scholars and students regularly write about LGBTQI research. Read their contributions on our blog. This time a contribution from Mo Cramer. This analysis looks at the representation and visibility of bisexual women in...
An Archive of Radical Practice How We Behave presents materials from researcher Grant Watson’s expansive archive of interviews about radical life practices, which he has been conducting and collecting for more than ten years. Taking French...
20 objects and 20 organizations from all over the country and their story in LGBTIQ+ history The archives of IHLIA LGBTI Heritage tell the story of the LGBTIQ+ community. Unfortunately our collections are never complete, meaning we’re missing...
Lesbian comics and cartoons from the UK and the Netherlands, 1970s – 1990s Fueled by the women’s and the gay liberation movements, as well as the rise of feminist and LGBTQI press, comics and cartoons with lesbian content proliferated in the...
Inspiring stories of those who have paved the way for LGBTIQ+ individuals IHLIA is proud to present the exhibition With Pride: Rainbow History & You. On 11 October it is Coming-out Day, when we will open the exhibition developed especially for...
The stories behind 40 years of community initiatives From August 19 through September 9, 2022 (and through September 25 at IHLIA!), House of Hiv highlighted the many initiatives from HIV communities over the past forty years. At various locations in...
