events

Online lecture followed by a discussion

Speaker: Robin K. Saalfeld (sociologist and project coordinator InTraHealth)

Inter- and transgender people face numerous hurdles in the healthcare system. Not only are they confronted with a system that thinks of gender in binary and dichotomous terms. In often lengthy processes, trans* people who want to physically transition have to fight for the approval of vital measures. Inter* people are sometimes exposed to medical measures aimed at assigning either a female or male gender as early as infancy and early childhood. This has negative psychological and psychosocial consequences for many. The continuing social marginalization of gender minorities also has an impact on the health of intersex and transgender people, which is reflected in the increased incidence of depression, anxiety and trauma disorders among these groups of people.

The lecture first outlines the connection between social gender perceptions and the health status of inter* and trans* people. Barriers that (may) exist for inter* and trans* people in the healthcare system will be outlined. Finally, using the example of the InTraHealth project funded by the Federal Ministry of Health, a special focus will be placed on the question of what measures can be taken in the German healthcare system to provide people with gender-sensitive and needs-based care.

Almost five decades of the lesbian movement in West Germany: a good opportunity to come together, take a critical look back at lesbian feminism and continue spinning utopias.

A series of events from April to July 2019 in Dortmund and Bochum. Radical - lesbian - feminist - queer

In the early 1970s, activists founded the first lesbian groups in West Germany. In 1973, the first public lesbian political action took place in (West) Berlin: Activists protested with flyers against the hostility towards lesbians in the BILD newspaper. Lesbian-feminist activism has changed a lot in society, much of it is still relevant today - and yet most people know very little about it.

At the end of June 1969, lesbians, gays, bisexuals, trans and intersex people (LGBTI) in New York (USA) fought back against police raids on their bars and clubs and the criminalization of their way of life. The violent clashes on Christopher Street in front of the trendy Stonewall Inn bar went down in the history of LGBTI movements as the "Stonewall Riots". Even today, LGBTI people around the world refer to these events and fight for equality and against discrimination on Christopher Street Day (CSD). We are taking the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots as an opportunity to discuss the past and current struggles of lesbians, for lesbian and queer feminism and against heterosexism in this series of events. We look forward to coming together across generations, an exciting exchange and stimulating discussions. Five events took place in the series. We showed two films ("Frauen bildet Banden!" and "Gender Troubles: The Butches") and discussed feminism, the lesbian movement and anti-fascism today in three substantive events `Lesbische Sichtbarkeit` - Lesben zwischen LSBTTIQ*, Queer, Förderpolitik, Aktivismus und Autonomie Intersectionalität in der Lesbenbewegung.

Prof. Dr. Katja Nowacki & Prof. Dr. Gabriele Dennert invite you to an evening of lectures and discussions with: * The practical research project HUMAN Gender and Diversity (Fachhochschule Dortmund) * gerne anders! (NRW specialist advice center for sexual diversity and youth work) * Project Senlima - Without Borders (Rosa Strippe e.V. Bochum)

On the one hand, the results of the practical research project HUMAN Gender & Diversity will be presented, in which young LGBTI* refugees and employees from youth welfare and youth work are interviewed about their experiences of discrimination and integration. On the other hand, two institutions will present approaches in child and youth work with young LGBT* refugees and concepts for training accommodations. The situation of marginalized groups of LGBTI* refugees will be discussed with Senlima visitors.

Speaker: Erik Meyer, Trans*beratung Nord e. V. (Hamburg)
Conducted by: Prof. Dr. Gabriele Dennert and Prof. Dr. Katja Nowaki - Faculty of Applied Social Sciences, Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts

Trans people experience a wide range of discrimination in their everyday lives, including from institutions within the support system. This particularly affects young trans* people. As part of a network of trans* activists in Germany, empowerment media workshops were held in several cities in 2015 in the run-up to the founding of the "Bundesvereinigung Trans*". As an accompanying participatory research project, focus group interviews were conducted with people between the ages of 14 and 26 about their self-perceptions, life situations and wishes for support.

Erik Meyer will present the project and the results of the accompanying research in his lecture.