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#TQUlovesYou – what’s new:
To be or not to be… this has been my question
by Jocelyne Rigal // illustration by LITA /// Family is a strange thing to me… I like to think my friends constitute some sort of…
Sweet Movie
Film Review // by Stella Andrada Kasdovasili // On January 25th, 2019, Dusan Makavejev, one of the most prominent figures in Yugoslavian film history –…
No Date, No Signature
Film Review // by Stella Andrada Kasdovasili // No date, No signature (Bedoune Tarikh, Bedoune Emza) by Iranian director Vahid Jalilvand is an intense moralist…
Climate Crisis – Call
How can all of us act together against climate change? How do you experience climate change where you live? What are you or what is…
Open Meeting for volunteers
When? Every other month. Next date: coming up Where? FAQ, Jonasstr. 40, 12053 Berlin
Queermoves
Next Date: June 23rd, 2019 // At: ReSource – Wissmannstr. 20, 12049 Berlin, Germany // What is queermoves? Why queer-y yoga and what will it…
Pride season is here again!
Faces of Pride – Zine
Happy (critical) Pride 2018 everyone! Download and view Pride zine here! Interviews with pride organizers from all around the world. Ever wondered what’s still political about Pride? This is!
Faces Of Pride: Maurice Tomlinson || Montego Bay Pride
“Montego Bay Pride also is an opportunity for the small LGBT community to share survival strategies, feel empowered knowing that we are not alone, and…
Faces of Pride – Zine
Happy (critical) Pride 2018 everyone! Download and view Pride zine here! Interviews with pride organizers from all around the world. Ever wondered what’s still political…
Faces of Pride: Tin & Linus || Hong Kong Pride
“The growth of HK Pride as an event, and to see how the crowd changes is pretty remarkable. At 2008 we had 1.000 participants and…
Faces Of Pride: Kaye Ally || Johannesburg Pride
“Don’t turn a blind eye to the plight of the LGBT+ community in Africa. Africa needs your support!”
Faces of Pride: Lasia Casil || Guam Pride
“It was a challenge because Pride had never been celebrated out in the open before here on the island. There were parties in the nightclubs,…
Faces of Pride: Alexa Hoffmann || Barbados Pride
“In a society such as Barbados, where religious ideologies and pop culture influence prejudice against LGBT persons, Pride stands as a statement by those who…
OUR_STORY – queer history in the making
Storytelling is one of the oldest and most accessible tools used to share culture and experiences over generations.
But telling our own stories, and sharing our own experiences in our own words, is also a means of empowerment and self-affirmation – especially when our voices have been marginalized for as long as we can remember. OUR_STORY aims to gather queer narratives from all around the world, seeing that freedom of expression for people that don’t conform to the majority’s gender norms is still relatively or completely absent in some parts of our planet and underrepresented everywhere.
Interview with spoken word artist Uppa Tsuyo
TEXT BY: Sneha Rooh // India || PHOTO BY: Uppa Tsuyo // India “I love words and the power they hold. They can save you,…
HOMOPHOBIC POEM NO. 8
TEXT BY: T.M. Brown // Ireland || ILLUSTRATION BY: Tom Moore // Germany Are Gay People Artistic Because They’re Gay Or Gay Because They’re Artistic?, Either…
In Ireland and in Love
TEXT BY: Jocelyne Rigal // Ireland || ILLUSTRATION BY: Lea Daniel // Ireland How do you heal a broken heart? Mine had been reduced to…
Girls To The Front – The true Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution
text by: Verena Spilker // Germany || photo by: Verena Spilker // Germany Girls to the Front – The True Story of the Riot Grrrl…
Edgewise: A Picture of Cookie Mueller by Chloé Griffin
text by: Corinna Cliff // Germany || photo by: Tobi Seftel // USA Edgewise: A Picture of Cookie Mueller was originally thought of as a film…
Jef Barbara – authentic and outrageous!
questions by: Verena Spilker // Germany || photo by: Jason Harrell // Germany I first learned about Jef Barbara a few years back, when Jef…
7 Signs You Should See a Therapist
text by: Anna Geary-Meyer // Germany || photo by: Anna Geary-Meyer // Germany When a rainbow speaks you in the face – do not tell…
Jay Brannan on Gummy Bears and new languages
questions by: Verena Spilker // Germany || answers + photo by: Jay Brannan // USA I’m actually using the same guitar that I recorded that…
To the girl who made me realise that my being straight was a phase!
TEXT BY: Sneha Rooh // India || ILLUSTRATION BY: Elizabeth Watkin // USA I remember asking you if you were sure of what you were…
Queermoves
Next Date: June 23rd, 2019 // At: ReSource – Wissmannstr. 20, 12049 Berlin, Germany // What is queermoves? Why queer-y yoga and what will it look like? Queermoves will look like a class/space that combines yoga and other movement practices with mindfulness practice and explorations of mobility and strengthening techniques…
TQU-Tresen – our monthly event in Berlin:
TQU-Tresen: Believe
WHEN? 30.08.2019 WHERE? FAQ, JONASSTR. 40, 12053 BERLIN Open for performances, stories, poetry and songs! Apply now
Short Film Night – It’s all about the art
WHEN? 19.07.2019 WHERE? FAQ, JONASSTR. 40, 12053 BERLIN
Propslist – make meaningful connections
Propslist is non-commercial and free, however please consider making a donation to support TQU to continue this work.
PROPSLIST is for artists, film makers, writers, photographers, cooks, explorers, listeners, football players – any person who wants to connect with others in a meaningful and creative way. On PROPSLIST you can find calls for submissions, learn about interesting people, wonderful projects and much more. Explore new ideas for your own work or find someone to collaborate with.
Celine Watson
PROPSLIST | SKILL SHARING Offering: Writing, Recording, Filming, Poetry Looking for: inspiring projects
Laura Schen
PROPSLIST | SKILL SHARING Offering: Singing, Songwriting, Producing Looking for: inspiring projects
Alhaji Mansaray
PROPSLIST | INTRODUCING Where? Sierra Leone – Wellington – Freetown What? ONLINE HIV/AIDS SUPPORT FOR LGBTQI/MSM COMMUNITY IN SIERRA LEONE
David Abramov
PROPSLIST | SKILL SHARING Offering: Film Directing, Video Editing, Research for Documentaries Looking for: script writers. Film makers, Projects
Michael Ampersand
PROPSLIST | SKILL SHARING Skills: writing Looking for: artist to create comic or graphic novel with