June is pride month: check the article on pride to learn more about it. USA: Biden will increase the number of Afro-American women judges in the federal courts of appeal. Currently, only four of these judges are Afro-American women which is 2 % of the judges whereas Afro-American women represent 7% of the US citizens. […]
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In honor of this month’s theme Transidenties and feminism, we will highlight four different trans artists who are working hard for the rights of trans people. Zackary Drucker & Rhys Ernst The visual art of this couple points out real-life issues of trans people. Zackary Drucker focusses mainly on installation, performance and film. She believes […]
Trans Identities knowledge digest
Every month we – the FCA team together with you, our beloved guest writers – discuss, share personal stories, or explain theories around the monthly topic. Besides our own content, there is so much knowledge out there worth diving into. Every month we take the challenge to further educate ourselves, by writing but also by […]
THROUGH THE WINDOW
About Through the Window The Turkish/Dutch online queer art project Through the Window hosts talks and an exhibition via Instagram. The exhibition launch event takes place on the 24th of June. Through the Window was founded at the beginning of the pandemic by Turkish musician, songwriter and DJ Kübra Uzun, artist and filmmaker Ömer Tevfik […]
Written by Sophia Drawing by Dionne To many, freedom may seem like a simple enough concept. It often boils down to being able to do what you want whenever it strikes your fancy, not having to answer to anyone else, or just being who you are. Attaining it might be a far more complicated and/or […]
What happened in April 2021?
Gay marriage: On the 1st of April 2001, 20 years ago, gay marriage was allowed for the first time in the world by the Dutch government. Dubai: Noura Al-Matrooshi is the first female Emirati to become an astronaut. She was born in 1993, studied mechanical engineering and is working for the National Petroleum Construction Company. […]