Since 2019, the City of Geneva has celebrated the rich history of the LGBTIQ+ people and movements with a series of meetings and events in October designed in partnership with numerous associative and institutional partners.
Since the 1970s, Geneva has been the scene of numerous movements fighting for the rights and visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual, intersex and queer people and those belonging to other sexual and gender minorities (LGBTIQ+).
This extraordinary dynamism has resulted in a network of associations and groups which are still very active today. It has contributed to making our city a pioneer in the fight against different forms of discrimination and in favour of the respect for and promotion of human rights.
In 2019, fully aware of the value of this heritage, the City launched the “Mémoires LGBTIQ+” programme, which aims to increase awareness of the rich, local LGBTIQ+ history as well as the importance of identifying, preserving and promoting its archives.
Every year in October, LGBTIQ+ history month, the City of Geneva proposes a series of events as part of this programme in collaboration with numerous associative and institutional partners.
The 2023 edition
The programme of LGBTIQ+ history month 2023 will begin on 5 October with an after-work event at the Museum of Art and History, which will revisit its collections from the queer standpoint, involving a round table and performances, in collaboration with the association Lestime, the Notre Histoire compte collective and the Maison de l’histoire. It will continue the following day at the Centre Maurice Chalumeau sur les sciences des sexualités with a day of meetings and workshops providing an opportunity to examine the questions of memory linked to the history of HIV/AIDS and the means of keeping the archives alive.
Finally, on 10 October, the Archives contestataires will open their feminist and lesbian collections to the staff of the City before a new Mémoires LGBTIQ+ award is presented on 14 October, offered by the City of Geneva to reward one of the films scheduled to be shown as part of the Everybody’s Perfect festival with the aim encouraging cinematographic production and broadcasting in this field while reminding us that LGBTIQ+ history is an integral part of the history of our societies.
Article modifié le 08.02.2024 à 09:33